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20-702: Atocha may refer to: Places [ edit ] Atocha (Madrid) , a central ward (barrio) of Madrid, Spain, in the Arganzuela District Atocha (Salta) , a municipality in Salta Province, Argentina Atocha, Bolivia , a town in the Atocha Municipality in Bolivia. Atocha Municipality , a municipality of Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Atocha, Ecuador ,

40-561: A former gate in the city walls of Madrid Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Atocha . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atocha&oldid=1131470125 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Spanish-language text Short description

60-491: A local brook). Located in the middle of Madrid, the ward is formed by a strip between the avenue Calle de Méndez Álvaro (south-west), and the north-eastern area of Madrid Atocha railway station , that occupies great part of its territory. The northern border is at the square Plaza del Emperador Carlos V and the southern one in the avenue Calle de Pedro Bosch . Atocha borders the districts of Centro (north), Retiro (north-east), Puente de Vallecas (south) and with

80-558: A message through special-purpose consoles. A second monument to this event, known as 11-M in Spain, is the Bosque del Recuerdo ( Forest of Remembrance ) in the Parque del Buen Retiro near Atocha. This monument is made up of 192 olive and cypress trees, one for each person who died on that day, with a tree also planted in remembrance of the police officer, who died on 3 April 2004. He died as

100-609: A parish in Ambato, Ecuador Other [ edit ] esparto or Atocha, a perennial grass in northwest Africa and the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula Madrid Atocha railway station , a central railway station of Madrid Estación del Arte (Madrid Metro) , a station on the Madrid Metro previously named Atocha Nuestra Señora de Atocha , a Spanish ship Santo Niño de Atocha ,

120-685: A representation of Jesus venerated by Hispanic Catholics Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Atocha Paseo Atocha , a historic commercial street turned promenade in Ponce, Puerto Rico Our Lady of Atoċja Chapel in Hamrun , Malta Atotxa Stadium , a football stadium in San Sebastián, Spain "Leaving the Atocha Station", 1962 poem by John Ashbery Leaving the Atocha Station , 2014 novel by Ben Lerner Puerta de Atocha (city gate) ,

140-484: A series of coordinated attacks, killing 193 people and wounding 1,800. The official investigation by the Spanish Judiciary determined the attacks were directed by a Islamist terrorist cell . On 10 June 2004, a somber and minimalist Atocha station memorial was dedicated to the victims of the attacks. The monument includes a virtual shrine . Visitors to the attacked stations can leave a hand silhouette and

160-513: A €500 million expansion of Puerta de Atocha station on 13 June 2023 which would entail the construction of a new four-track underground station with two through platforms for high-speed services, allowing high-speed trains to serve both Atocha and Chamartín , the renovation of the existing station building and the construction of a new southern vestibule along the Calle de Méndez Álvaro. On 11 March 2004, packed arriving commuter trains were bombed in

180-543: Is a railway complex, formed by the Madrid Atocha Cercanías and Madrid Puerta de Atocha stations of Spain's national railways and a station of the Madrid underground called Atocha-RENFE. RENFE is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains since 1941. At this site, Madrid's first railway station was inaugurated on 9 February 1851 under the name Estación de Mediodía (Atocha-Mediodía

200-482: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Atocha (Madrid) The Atocha meadow appears as Prato de Thoia and prado de Toia in the 13th-century Madrid town charter. It has been linked to atochar (" esparto field"), the hermitage of Our Lady of Atocha (derived from Theotoca (" Mother of God ") or Antiochia ) or atochada (an earthwork with grasses to contain water, here applied to

220-456: Is in the Atocha neighborhood of the district of Arganzuela . The original façade faces Plaza del Emperador Carlos V , a site at which a variety of streets converge, including the Calle de Atocha, Paseo del Prado , Paseo de la Infanta Isabel, Avenida de la Ciudad de Barcelona, Calle de Méndez Álvaro, Paseo de las Delicias, Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza, and Ronda de Atocha . Atocha station

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240-557: Is now the name of an area of the Arganzuela district, and means south in old Spanish). After the building was largely destroyed by fire, it was rebuilt by the MZA railway company and reopened in 1892. The architect for the replacement, in a wrought iron renewal style was Alberto de Palacio Elissagne , who collaborated with Gustave Eiffel . Engineer Henry Saint James also took part in the project. The name Atocha has become attached to

260-751: Is the first major railway station in Madrid . It is the largest station serving commuter trains ( Cercanías ), regional trains from the south and southeast, intercity trains from Navarre , Cádiz and Huelva ( Andalusia ) and La Rioja , and the AVE high speed trains from Girona , Tarragona and Barcelona ( Catalonia ), Huesca and Zaragoza ( Aragon ), Sevilla , Córdoba , Málaga and Granada ( Andalusia ), Valencia , Castellón and Alicante ( Levante Region ). These train services are run by Spain's national rail company, Renfe . As of 2019, this station has daily services to Marseille , France . The station

280-853: The Arganzuelan wards of Palos de Moguer , Las Delicias and Legazpi . Home of Madrid Atocha , the main railway station of the city, the ward is also served by the Metro lines 1 (at Estación del Arte and Atocha stations), 6 (at Méndez Álvaro station ) and by several lines of a commuter rail network named Cercanías Madrid . [REDACTED] Media related to Atocha neighborhood, Madrid at Wikimedia Commons 40°24′2.95″N 3°41′1.25″W  /  40.4008194°N 3.6836806°W  / 40.4008194; -3.6836806 Madrid Atocha railway station From Atocha–Cercanias : Madrid Atocha ( Spanish : Estación de Madrid Atocha ), also named Madrid Puerta de Atocha–Almudena Grandes ,

300-537: The aftermath of the 2021 Madrilenian regional election . The name change, which entailed replacing signage, updating maps and modifying station announcements, took effect on 1 February 2022. The following month on 3 March 2022 the Spanish central government announced a second name change to rename Puerta de Atocha after writer Almudena Grandes , who died four months earlier, with the name change taking effect on 19 November 2022. The Spanish central government approved

320-464: The liberalization of Spain's railway industry and the entry of new rail companies into the Spanish market. The station was originally set to be renamed "Atocha-Constitución del 78" (Atocha- Constitution of '78 ), announced by Vice President Ignacio Aguado on 16 February 2021, and proposed by Citizens (Cs), his political party, but was halted after Cs lost all its seats in the Assembly of Madrid in

340-591: The new High Speed trains, regional and local commuter lines. The main lines end in the new terminal; regional and commuter train platforms are located underground, at the ingress to a rail tunnel extending northward under the Paseo de la Castellana . The station is served by two Madrid Metro stations, Estación del Arte (located near the Museo Reina Sofía ) and the Atocha Renfe metro station. The latter

360-519: The original building was taken out of service as a terminal, and converted into a concourse with shops, cafés, and a nightclub. Like the Orsay Museum in Paris, the concourse has been given a new function, that being in the case of Atocha a stunning 4,000 m (43,056 sq ft) covered tropical garden. A modern terminal was also designed by Moneo , and built in adjacent land to serve both

380-449: The station because of the nearby basilica dedicated to Our Lady of Atocha . The train platforms were partly covered by a roof in the form of inverted hull with a height of approximately 27 meters and length of 157 meters. The steel and glass roof spreads between two brick flanking buildings. This complex of railway tracks expanded through the years. In 1985, a project of complete remodeling began, based on designs by Rafael Moneo . In 1992,

400-554: Was added when the new terminal building was constructed and is directly linked to the railway station, providing access to Line 1 . A connection to Line 11 will be constructed in the first half of the 2020s, with work scheduled to begin in November 2022 for completion by the end of 2026. On 19 December 2021, the regional government of the Community of Madrid announced that Atocha Renfe station would be renamed "Atocha", owing to

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