On October 28, 1848, the first train from the Iberian Peninsula left Barcelona, bound for Mataró. The great historical milestone reaches its 175th anniversary this year in the capital of Maresme, which together with a large number of institutions and collaborators will promote hundreds of activities for the commemoration. Tourism from the Catalan bourgeoisie also arrived with the first train, which transformed the Maresme region.
One hundred and seventy-five years later, Mataró turns the anniversary of the first railway into a city project, with an extensive program of activities. At the state level, a communication campaign will be promoted to publicize the first train and its promoter, the businessman Miquel Biada Bunyol, who projected the city as a technological benchmark.
A commission made up of a large number of entities, coordinated by the Museu del Ferrocarril de Catalunya, promotes the celebrations, whose logo was presented yesterday at the TrenLab Antenna of the TecnoCampus, precisely to symbolize the union of the past and the future of the Spanish railway .
The tourist routes promoted by Renfe, gastronomic and dramatized routes, conferences and the IX Railway History Congress, with participants from 12 European and Latin American countries, stand out. All activities and events can be followed on the web 175tren.com. A celebration, which, as the mayor of the city, David Bote said, will contribute to "showcasing the entrepreneurial DNA of the city and of pioneers like Miquel Biada".
