Railway Museum (Madrid) Museum

Address: Paseo de las Delicias 61, 28045 Madrid, Spain

Website: https://museodelferrocarril.org

The Railway Museum in Madrid (Museo del Ferrocarril) is located in the restored 19th-century Delicias station and exhibits historic locomotives, rolling stock, and railway artefacts. It documents the development of rail transport in Spain through vehicles, tools, and archival material.

Exhibition halls present steam and early diesel locomotives, passenger coaches and technical displays; outdoor yards allow viewing of larger equipment. The museum runs educational activities and occasional special events related to rail heritage.

The museum’s collections and the station building together illustrate industrial-era architecture and the growth of rail networks in Spain. Conservation and display focus on both the vehicles and the social history of rail travel.

Located near the Delicias neighbourhood in Madrid, the museum is accessible by public transit and is within the city’s central transport corridor.

• Historic setting: Housed in the historic Delicias station, the museum displays a range of locomotives and carriages illustrating Spain’s railway history.

What to See#

• Delicias station building: A 19th-century railway station building with iron-and-brick architecture that houses many of the museum’s exhibits and administrative spaces.
• Rolling stock exhibits: A display yard and halls showing historic locomotives, passenger carriages and rail equipment spanning steam and early diesel eras.

Madrid’s Railway Museum (Museo del Ferrocarril) is adjacent to the Delicias rail complex in south-central Madrid. Take Cercanías (local commuter trains) to Delicias station or Metro Line 3 to Delicias - the museum is a few minutes’ walk from the station along Paseo de las Delicias. By car it’s on Paseo de las Delicias, a short drive south of central Madrid and a few kilometres from Atocha.

• Enter via the old Delicias station complex and allow extra time to walk the outdoor display yard-the museum's locomotives and rolling stock are best viewed in the open-air areas rather than just inside the exhibition halls.
• If you want fewer crowds, aim for weekday mornings; weekends attract families and rail enthusiasts that fill the shed and yard.