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Hours | Tues-Sun 10am-3pm. Theater shows Tues-Fri 10:30-11:45am | |
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Address | Paseo de las Delicias 61 | |
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Transportation | Metro: Delicias | |
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Phone | 91-506-83-33, 90-222-88-02 | |
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Web site | www.museodelferrocarril.org | |
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Prices | Admission 4.50€ ($7.20) adults, 3€ ($4.80) children 4-12. Free Sat | |
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Season | Closed Aug | |
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Frommer's Review
Located just south of Atocha in the barrio of Delicias, this ironwork trainspotter's delight was built in 1880 by Gustave Eiffel. Once trains ran from here as far as Portugal, but all services stopped in 1968. Today -- in a locomotive time warp -- it's the only station in Madrid that still looks like it belongs to the 19th century. Climb aboard the trains (check out the 1950s TALGO that looks like the one Spencer Tracy took in the movie Bad Day at Black Rock), watch early locomotive movie footage, attend short "theater shows" and see the "clock room," whose array of timers includes the one that clocked up the very first train trip in Spain: from Barcelona to Mataró. Sometimes there's a buy-and-sell model-train market.
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0 stars | Frommer's Recommended |
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3 stars | Frommer's Exceptional |
Frommer's ranks every hotel, restaurant, attraction, shop, and nightlife establishment it reviews for quality, value, service, amenities, and special features using a star-rating scale, an expression of the strong compare-and-contrast opinions that are a brand hallmark.
Other ratings provide stars based primarily on price and amenities; the Frommer's star rating is meant to quantify the kind of intangible, experiential elements that help travelers make informed decisions.
The "baseline" recommendation is zero stars--every hotel, restaurant, attraction, shop, and nightlife establishment that Frommer's chooses to review is recommended; otherwise, we simply wouldn't include it.
