Madrid-Atocha station, seen in its last months of pre-AVE life.
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From the left to the right:
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Class 440 EMU in original livery (blue/yellow), on some Regional service;
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Class 352 Diesel (in original condition), with a Talgo III service
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Class 597 DMU with a new yellow livery on a long-distance Regional service (TER)
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These were the days, with ex-MZA signalling and the Trainshed accommodating trains...
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The pic was taken from a point now forming part of the front platform of Puerta de Atocha.
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This station closed on 24th September 1988 in order to be rebuilt (almost) from scratch as Puerta de Atocha, under the Madrid-Sevilla HSL project.
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09th January 1988.



Photo by Guillermo González Martín (ggm@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org.

Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)