Estación de Madrid

The "Estación de Linarejos", known in Linares as the “Estación de Madrid”, is located along the Paseo de Linarejos. It was built by the MZA Company (Madrid, Zaragoza and Alicante) and is preserved today as in its best moments. The first rails appeared in 1874, although trains didn't begin to arrive until 1877-1879. The impressive building of today, the second for passengers in this venue, was designed by Don Clavería Narciso Palacios in 1915.

The Estación de Madrid is in the eclectic style prevailing at this time and combines Neomudéjar and Modernist features. The horizontal design of the building simulates the form of an inverted carriage, highlighted by four operculums (two at the front and two at the rear) like the spoked wheels of a railway vehicle. It is built of two tone bricks, in horizontal lines, combined with stone. The main façade, the entry from the Paseo, is decorated with gardens enclosed with metal railings; at the rear you will see the typical iron roof canopy over the platform. Nowadays this building houses the Council Hall of the Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Linares.

The canteen was in an adjacent one-storey building to the right at the rear of the main building. Of the remaining buildings, there are two of interest: one of the station's large loading platforms, which has been converted into a Mining Landscape Visitor Centre and another small building, aesthetically similar to the main one originally housing the public toilets, which was refurbished to become the Town Hall's area of consumption office.

Today you can explore some of these old railway lines, restored as the rail trails, which remind us of the important industrial and mining past of Linares.