Atocha

Madrid, Spain

The first train station in Madrid was inaugurated in 1851 and destroyed by fire years later.  In the same space, this new station was built and opened in 1892 under the name Estación de Madrid Atocha (Madrid Atocha Railway Station), named after a nearby basilica Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Our Lady of Atocha).  The architect of the new station was Alberto de Palacio y Elissague, a former student of the famous Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.