El Pozo railway station explained

El Pozo
Style:Adif
Country:Spain
Coordinates:40.4467°N -3.6922°W
Structure:At Grade
Platform:2
Levels:2
Zone:A

El Pozo Station is a Cercanías station in Vallecas neighborhood (Madrid). It was opened on July 15, 1992, and it is located in El Pozo area. It belongs to lines C-2 and C-7 of Cercanías Madrid.

On the morning of March 11, 2004, a double-decker commuter train exploded with two bombs at this station, thus killing 68 people. It was later discovered that the Islamic terrorist cell Al-Qaeda was behind the attack.[1] In 2011, a monument made by the architect with the collaboration of several Spanish artists, including Juan Genovés, Forges, and, was inaugurated near the station in memory of those who died in the attacks of March 2004.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-03-10 . Lunes, 11 de marzo de 2019 . 2023-12-19 . La Vanguardia . es.
  2. Web site: VA . Vallecas . 2011-03-11 . Gallardón inaugura el monumento de El Pozo junto a Rajoy . 2023-12-19 . Vallecas VA . es.