Gran Vía is a station on Line 1 and Line 5 of the Madrid Metro, located underneath Gran Vía and Red de San Luis Plaza in the Centro district of Madrid. It is located in fare zone A.[1][2]

Gran Vía
Madrid Metro station
General information
Location	Centro, Madrid Spain
Coordinates	40.4200103°N 3.7018052°W / 40.4200103; -3.7018052
Owned by	CRTM
Operated by	CRTM
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	A
History
Opened	17 October 1919 (1919-10-17)
Rebuilt	2018–2021
Services
Preceding station Madrid Metro Following station Tribunal towards Pinar de Chamartín Line 1 Sol towards Valdecarros Chueca towards Alameda de Osuna Line 5 Callao towards Casa de Campo Out of system interchange Preceding station Cercanías Madrid Following station Nuevos Ministerios towards Chamartín C-3 transfer at Sol Atocha towards Aranjuez Nuevos Ministerios towards Santa María de la Alameda C-3a transfer at Sol Nuevos Ministerios towards Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes or Colmenar Viejo C-4 transfer at Sol Atocha towards Parla
Location
Gran Vía Location within Madrid

History

The station was opened in 1919 as one of the original 8 metro stops in Madrid. The original name of the station was Red de San Luis after the nearby plaza. The Gran Vía street was still under construction at that time, but a year later the station adopted that name.[3]

During the dictatorship of Franco, the name was changed again to José Antonio. This was done in parallel with the renaming of the Gran Vía street to José Antonio Avenue by Franco, in honor of José Antonio, founder of the fascist party Falange.

In 1970, the Line 5 platforms opened under the name José Antonio. Fourteen years later, in 1984, the station returned to its previous name of Gran Vía.

For many years, the station was known for the elaborate edifice [es] that housed the elevators, built by the architect Antonio Palacios. It was constructed of polished granite with an iron and glass canopy. To use the elevator, customers had to pay a small fee. The original vestibule, also done by Palacios, was decorated with glazed tiles. When the edifice was dismantled in 1972, it was returned to O Porriño, the architect's hometown. A replica of this structure has since been installed in the station.[4]

Renovation works (2018–2021)

From 2018 to 2021, the station underwent major renovations and physical expansions, which included the construction of a pedestrian tunnel to the nearby Sol station, at an estimated cost of €18 million.[5][3] Following a number of significant delays, the station was finally reopened to the public on 16 July 2021.[4][6] The delay was caused by the finding of the remains of the Palacios elevator and stairs and a collapse risk of the tunnel to the commuter railway station.[7]

Further reading

• Zozaya, María; Barrena, Clemente y Medrano, José Miguel, La Gran Vía, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, 2002, Madrid. (ISBN 84-87181-83-X).

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Estación de Gran Vía.

• Station information page on the Madrid Metro web site

На других языках

[ru] Гран-Виа (станция метро)