Gran Vía Metro Station - Madrid, Spain
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bluesnote
N 40° 25.201 W 003° 42.108
30T E 440462 N 4474613
This is one of many subway station entrances in the capital city.
Waymark Code: WMKJ25
Location: Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Date Posted: 04/19/2014
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This one is for the trains one and five which will bring you uptown or downtown depending on where you want to go. "The Line 1 platforms were opened to the public when Metro service was inaugurated in Madrid in 1919, under the name Red de San Luis. The Gran Vía was still under construction at that time, but a year later the station adopted that name. During the dictatorship of Franco, the name was changed again to José Antonio. This reflected the renaming of the Gran Vía to José Antonio Avenue by Franco, in honor of José Antonio, founder of the fascist party Falange."
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