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The arrival of the Northern Railway

Santa María de la Alameda, Sierra Oeste, Madrid

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The arrival of the Northern Railway

Historical milestone · Santa María de la Alameda, Sierra Oeste, Madrid

Image of Santa María de la Alameda, not of the place itself.

The opening in 1863 of the El Escorial-Ávila stretch of the Northern railway gave the municipality its own station and broke its age-old isolation. A new settlement grew around the platforms, several kilometers from the old village.

1 de julio de 1863

Photo: Asqueladd (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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