Subway Madrid - Life From Underground

Advertising for the Madrid Metro is some of the most creative in the world. This television ad is being used currently. Some of the buildings and places you see are instantly recognisable to anyone who knows the city.

Madrid Metro

Let’s go down - down to the underground. The Madrid Metro is very well run, generally tidy and the train carriages are clean. You get buskers in the tourist area stations and there are escalators too, just like London. It’s only 1 Euro for 1 viaje (trip) and that trip can be wherever you want - 1 stop or 30. There’s also a ten-trip carnet option or a monthly pass option but at the moment I’m too embarassed with my Spanish (or, let’s admit it, too scared) to try and ask for one at the ticket office. Some of the larger stations also boast video screens to keep commuters occupied and some of the newer stations (they’re still adding routes and lines as I write) are quite space age - you know, lots of tinted glass, whizzy lifts and neon signs and stuff. Apparently it’s the second largest metro network in Europe after London at about 280 km with 280 stations. The UrbanRail.net website has some good info about it if you want to know more.