It has received the 2009 Best Public Works Award for Madrid from the Civil Engineers Association

The new local train station at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, built by FCC, has been recognised by the Civil Engineers Association as the Best Public Works project in 2009 in the Madrid region.

The panel of judges evaluated the magnitude and difficulties of the technical and environmental challenges faced and the services affected, which had to be resolved in the city's historical centre, at the central point of the Spanish road system. Now that the issues have been dealt with, this station has become an emblematic example of public transport in our community and a prime example of the kind of work that civil engineers do in Madrid society.

The General Manager of FCC Construcción, Avelino Acero, accepted the award from the Secretary of State for Planning and Infrastructure, a branch of the Ministry of Development, at a ceremony held on 26 November 2009.

The Puerta del Sol Station, inaugurated on 27 June by Spain's prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, is part of a new local rail connection linking Atocha and Chamartín.

The cavern of the station, which is the only one of its kind in the world, is 207 metres long and 15 metres high and was designed on two levels: a lower level where the platforms are located and a mezzanine level stretching right across which provides passengers access to the platforms.

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