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A white letter B lying on its left side on a teal background. Each of the openings of the B has two black dots. The logo resembles two underground tunnels with the lights of a train on each track.
The Bibliometro logo

Bibliometro (from biblioteca, "library", and metro, "underground railway") is a library service located in some stations of the Madrid Metro in Madrid, Spain.

Service

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Photograph of an elongated structure. The scene is in an indoors environment lit by fluorescent lamps. The kiosk forms a slight S-curve. It has a glass door and a window. The wall is translucent. There is an opening for a machine. Some posters on the wall encourage reading.
A kiosk in the Nuevos Ministerios station. It was designed by the Paredes Pedrosa studio.[1]

It is a collaboration of Madrid Metro (the rapid transit serving Madrid and the surrounding cities), the Autonomous Community of Madrid[2] and the Madrid city council. In twelve stations, there are kiosks offering free book loans to commuters. Passengers can loan a book from one station and return it to another. Loaners are identified by a regional, city library card or a specific Bibliometro card.[3] It is open between 13:30 and 20:00, the peak time for the system.[3] Unlike the regional or city libraries, the service is outsourced to companies paying minimum wage or a little over.[4] Another difference is that the books provided include the latest best-sellers, which are less common in the traditional libraries.[4]

The stations served are:


Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5
Line 6
Sierra de Guadalupe Canal Embajadores
Moncloa
Legazpi 		Mar de Cristal Aluche Moncloa
Nuevos Ministerios

Line 7
Line 8
Line 9
Line 10
Line 11
Line 12
Canal Nuevos Ministerios
Mar de Cristal 		Puerta de Arganda Puerta del Sur
Nuevos Ministerios
Chamartín 		Carabanchel Alto Puerta del Sur

History

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It was inspired by the Bibliometro operating in the Santiago Metro in Chile. It started in 2005.[4] Since 18 July, 2025, the kiosks operated by the Madrid City Council (Canal, Legazpi, Nuevos Ministerios, Aluche, Embajadores, Moncloa) are not in service.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Verdú, Kino (8 May 2026). "La lección magistral de arquitectura de Paredes Pedrosa". EXPANSION (in European Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2026. Su colección de proyectos es sublime: Centro de Congresos de Murcia, Ayuntamiento de Valdemaqueda, Bodega Real, Espacio Torner, Biblioteca Pública María Moliner, Museo Arqueológico de Almería, Espacio Torner, Auditorio de Peñíscola, Biblioteca Pública de Córdoba, Pabellón de Aguilafuente o Bibliometro en 22 estaciones de metro de Madrid.
  2. ^ "Bibliometro". Comunidad de Madrid (in European Spanish). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Bibliometros". www.metromadrid.es (in European Spanish). Metro Madrid. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Hormigo, Guillermo (14 April 2026). "Bibliotecas fantasma bajo el suelo de Madrid: el proyecto Bibliometro sobrevive solo en la mitad de estaciones". Somos Madrid - elDiario.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2026.
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