A metro station that closed in 1966 and stayed exactly as it was. Andén 0 keeps the disused Chamberí station with its original platforms and tiling, and visiting costs nothing — but access is tighter than the word free suggests: it opens 16 hours a week across 3 days, always by advance booking, in guided passes of about 30 minutes.
How do you visit the Chamberí ghost station? Free, with an advance booking through the Metro de Madrid museums website. It opens Fridays 4pm to 8pm, Saturdays 10am to 2pm and 4pm to 8pm and Sundays 10am to 2pm, 16 hours a week in total. The guided visit lasts about 30 minutes. Monday to Thursday it does not open.
Andén 0 is Metro de Madrid’s interpretation centre, with two sites: the disused Chamberí station entered from the Plaza de Chamberí, and the Nave de Motores on Calle Valderribas 49. The station belonged to the first metro line, opened in 1919, and stopped serving passengers in 1966.
Booking is the part people miss
Free does not mean walk-in, and that confusion is what leaves visitors at the door.
The visit requires an advance booking through the Metro museums website and is guided, lasting about 30 minutes. A station built in 1919 has no capacity for improvisation, so the booking rather than the price is the real bottleneck. It follows the same pattern as the Temple of Debod, free and still requiring a reservation, in Temple of Debod free entry and booking.
Sixteen hours spread over three days
This is what decides whether the visit fits into a short trip, and it is rarely presented as a total.
| Day | Window | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | No opening | 0 hours |
| Friday | 4pm to 8pm | 4 hours |
| Saturday | 10am to 2pm and 4pm to 8pm | 8 hours |
| Sunday | 10am to 2pm | 4 hours |
The total is 16 hours a week, less than a state museum opens across two days. Anyone in Madrid from Monday to Thursday cannot see it at all, which is why the calendar matters more than the price here.
The other site, and why to keep them apart
Andén 0 is not a single place, and looking up the wrong timetable costs a journey.
The second site is the Nave de Motores on Calle Valderribas 49, part of the metro’s original electrical infrastructure and a museum space in its own right. Both make up the interpretation centre, but they are separate visits and do not necessarily share a calendar.
Getting there and what it costs
The museum station sits in the Chamberí district, well connected and with no reinforced traffic restriction.
Chamberí is not a special-protection zone, so an emissions label suffices, in the Chamberí district guide. On the metro a single runs €1.50 to €2.00 and the whole municipality is fare zone A, in what a Madrid metro ticket costs and how Madrid’s transport zones work.
Frequently asked questions about Andén 0 and Chamberí station
Do you have to book the Chamberí ghost station?
Yes, every time. Entry is free but requires an advance booking through the Metro de Madrid museums website. Turning up without one does not guarantee a place, since each guided pass has a limited capacity set by the station’s size.
What does it cost to visit?
Nothing at all. The constraint is not the price but the calendar and the capacity, because the station opens only 16 hours a week across three days and admits visitors in guided passes lasting about 30 minutes.
What are the opening hours?
Fridays 4pm to 8pm, Saturdays 10am to 2pm and 4pm to 8pm, and Sundays 10am to 2pm. That totals 16 hours a week over three days, so a visit is impossible between Monday and Thursday however you plan it.
How many sites does Andén 0 have?
Two. The disused Chamberí station, entered from the Plaza de Chamberí, and the Nave de Motores on Calle Valderribas 49. Both form Metro de Madrid’s interpretation centre and do not necessarily share a timetable.
Why is the Chamberí station disused?
It stopped serving passengers in 1966 and was left as it stood, with its platforms and original advertising intact. It belonged to Madrid’s first metro line, opened in 1919, and now works as a museum space rather than a station.
It is free, it lasts half an hour and it opens three days, so what needs booking is the slot in your calendar.