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The station of Pozuelo de la República

Pozuelo del Rey, Cuenca del Henares, Madrid

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The station of Pozuelo de la República

Historical milestone · Pozuelo del Rey, Cuenca del Henares, Madrid

Image of Pozuelo del Rey, not of the place itself.

During the Civil War (1936-1939), the Republican government opened a station within the municipal area of Pozuelo del Rey named Pozuelo de la República for the so-called 'forty days railway', the emergency line built to link Madrid with Valencia when the war cut off normal communications.

1936-1939

Photo: Dirección General de Turismo. Consejería de Economía e Innovación Tecnológica. Comunidad de Madrid. (CC BY 3.0 es)

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