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Chamberí station, closed since 1966, was designed by Antonio Palacios and after being abandoned for decades, the film, Barrio by Fernando Leónde Aranoa brought it back to the present in 1998, and now its bright, colourful and luminous finishes can be seen once more.

Have you ever stopped to think what the Madrid Metro was like when it all started? Thanks to the Andén 0 project, you can travel back in time and obtain quite a reliable image of the reality of those years.

Indeed, the walls, arches and advertising panels, as well as the furniture and original platforms have been fully restored.  It is possible to visit the station from the ticket booths to the platform and hence discover a 1919 station with all of its original elements: ceramic advertising panels and period furniture, accompanied by audiovisual documentation on the history of the Metro.

The former Chamberí station is part of the first Metro line opened in Madrid in 1919, on the Cuatro Caminos-Sol section. Its design, by the architect, Antonio Palacios, opted for a very simple functional solution in terms of routes and organisation, with simple finishes.

In December 1960, a refurbishment plan was commenced, whose objective was to enable the circulation of trains with six carriages in order to increase the capacity of Line 1.  This forced the length of the platforms to be extended so as to avoid passenger agglomeration.

As Bilbao station to the north and Iglesia station to the south were extended, they became too close to that of Chamberrí, which was located between them.  Furthermore, it was complicated to extend its platforms due to its curved shape and slope.  These reasons led it to be closed to the public on 22 May 1966.