El Pozo railway station

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El Pozo
Madrid - Puente de Vallecas - Estación de El Pozo 4.jpg
LocationCentro, Madrid
Spain
Coordinates40°26′48″N 3°41′32″W / 40.44667°N 3.69222°W / 40.44667; -3.69222Coordinates: 40°26′48″N 3°41′32″W / 40.44667°N 3.69222°W / 40.44667; -3.69222
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeAt Grade
Platform levels2
Other information
Fare zoneA
History
OpenedJuly 15, 1992 (1992-07-15)
Services
Preceding station   Cercanías Madrid   Following station
toward Chamartín
C-2
toward Guadalajara
C-7

El Pozo Station is a Cercanías station in Vallecas neighborhood (Madrid). 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.

On the morning of March 11, 2004, a double-decker commuter train exploded with two bombs at this station, thus killing 67 people. It was later discovered that the Islamic terrorist cell Al-Qaeda was behind the attack.


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