Grand Via

The Gran Vía Metro station is located in downtown Madrid, beneath the grand boulevard of the same name and the Red de San Luis square. One of the eight original stations, it opened in 1919 and was initially named after the nearby square. It only received its current name the following year, when the Gran Vía was completed. Over the course of its history, the name was changed several times, including during the Franco dictatorship, before being restored in 1984. The station is in fare zone A and is served by lines 1 and 5.

A special architectural highlight was the former elevator shaft, designed by the architect Antonio Palacios. This structure of polished granite, with a roof of iron and glass and a vestibule decorated with glazed tiles, was dismantled in 1972 and moved to the architect's hometown. A replica was later installed in the station, while renovation work in 2018 uncovered the original remains of the shaft. Between 2018 and 2021, the station underwent extensive renovation and expansion work, which also included building a pedestrian tunnel to the nearby Sol station. After several delays caused by historical finds and structural problems, the station reopened to the public in July 2021.