Metro and the Regional Transport Consortium have organised 49 visits from foreign operators and universities in the first half of the year. The subway, with 2.5 million daily passengers, welcomed 32 of those groups.
The Community of Madrid has received nearly 50 delegations from national and international entities interested in the operation of its public transport system in the first half of the year, according to the publication revistaviajeros.com. The meetings are organised by Metro de Madrid and the Regional Transport Consortium (CRTM), and serve to share the region's experience in mobility planning, coordination between modes, technological innovation, and infrastructure maintenance.
The distribution of visits shows 32 groups at subway facilities and 17 at spaces managed by the CRTM. The activity remains at levels similar to those of 2025. The Madrid metro records 2.5 million daily passengers.
Among the participants are railway operators and organisations such as Kenya Railways Corporation, PT KAI from Indonesia, Metro de Bogotá, the Lima and Callao Urban Transport Authority, and the Timbo Group from Paraguay. Institutional representatives from Argentina, Morocco, and Peru have also attended, alongside officials from Spanish and European public administrations.
The interest also comes from the academic field. Universities, business schools, and vocational training centres from Peru, Maryland, Bogotá, and Antwerp have participated in the sessions, along with students from Universidad Complutense (UCM), the School of Civil Engineering, and other mobility and engineering programmes.
One of the focal points attracting the most attention is the Public Transport Innovation and Management Centre (CITRAM), which supervises regional mobility in real-time. It centralises data from 10,500 cameras and 6,000 information panels for passengers, as well as the geolocation of 4,000 buses.
The interchanges at Plaza de Castilla and Moncloa are another reference for the delegations due to their architectural and operational configuration, which allows for the concentration and coordination of different modes of transport in the same space.
In the case of the Metro, the most sought-after locations include the Central Workshops of Canillejas, a complex of 40,000 square metres for the inspection and repair of trains. The groups also visit the Central Control Room, from which circulation is monitored and actions are coordinated in response to incidents. The tours are completed with the logistics centre, the driving simulator, and the Fire Classroom, to train professionals for emergencies.
The sessions convey the accumulated knowledge of the Community of Madrid in organising mobility, based on the integration of modes, operational coordination, and the incorporation of new technologies to serve millions of citizens every day.
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