For two weeks, between November 4 and 17, Metro’s most emblematic spaces will be open to the public on the occasion of Science and Innovation Week. All scheduled activities will be free, although prior registration will be required to participate.
This is a unique opportunity to get to know some of these spaces, given that the metropolitan company is opening the doors of some of them to the public for the first time. For example, from its headquarters located on Avenida de Asturias in the capital.
There will also be guided tours of the Gran Vía station, the central workshops, the Fire Room – where the technology that Metro has to extinguish any fire that occurs inside is taught –, the fire simulator train and warehouses and laboratories in the suburbs.
Visiting the building where the metropolitan company is headquartered will allow you to discover the operation of an Almost Zero Energy building (NZEB): its entire design was carried out with a view to low consumption with photovoltaic panels and geothermal wells. , lighting with temperature. natural light sensors and LEDs or use of water and plant covers.
On the other hand, a visit to Gran Vía will reveal the details of a space that combines past and modernity: it was one of the eight original metro stations when it was inaugurated in 1919 and it is also the first 4.0 which includes turnstiles and a ticket machine. latest generation transport machines.
In the Canillejas Central Workshops, the public will learn in detail the operation of this space which concentrates, on its 40,000 square meters of surface area, part of the inspections and repairs carried out on convoys.
The visit to the Fire Room and the train and station simulator will show the fire detection, protection and extinguishing systems, as well as the centers where the company’s workers are trained.
Finally, the Metro automatic warehouse and laboratory will be presented, where different materials and elements are experimented to improve the network.
