''El Pozo Station'' is a
Cercanías
The commuter rail systems of Spain's major metropolitan areas are called ''Cercanías'' () in most of Spain, ''Rodalia'' () in the Valencian Community, ''Aldiriak'' () in the Basque Country and ''Rodalies'' () in Catalonia. There are twelve ''C ...
station in
Vallecas
Vallecas was a municipality of Spain that disappeared as such in 1950, when its annexation to the municipality of Madrid took place. Nowadays, the territory is roughly occupied by two districts: Puente de Vallecas (population 240,917) and V ...
neighborhood (
Madrid
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). 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
Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that serves Madrid, the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of Renfe, the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. Its tot ...
.
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
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was behind the attack. In 2011, a monument made by the architect with the collaboration of several Spanish artists, including
Juan Genovés
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His work has been recognised domestically and internationally, forming part of ...
,
Forges, and , was inaugurated near the station in memory of those who died in the attacks of March 2004.
References
Cercanías Madrid stations
Railway stations in the Community of Madrid
Railway stations in Spain opened in 1992
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