Already in the mid-19th century there was talk of the need to unite the capital of Spain with the Mediterranean.
For this reason, on February 9, 1851, with the presence of Queen Isabel II, the Madrid-Aranjuez line was inaugurated as part of that great project, promoted by the Marquis of Salamanca.
The length of the line was 49 kilometers and its route is practically preserved.
This route passes through towns such as Getafe, Pinto, Valdemoro or Ciempozuelos through the Manzanares valley to those of Jarama and the Tajo.
This route favored, among other things, trade between Madrid and nearby towns where garden products were the main protagonists.
The strawberry, one of the most significant crops in Aranjuez, ended up giving its name to this historic train.
Currently the train makes a tourist route where passengers can enjoy a pleasant trip from the 19th-century Delicias station in Madrid to the Aranjuez station.
In 1984, these trips began, taking place during spring and fall weekends. It offers its travelers a unique experience where leisure, history and culture mix to remember the past and enjoy an unbeatable destination such as the Royal Site of Aranjuez, declared a World Heritage Cultural Landscape by UNESCO.
The Strawberry Train is made up of a van and a wagon from the 1960s, four wooden cars from the 1920s called 'Costa' (so called because among its most common services were those on the Catalan coast), and a metal side aisle car from the 1940s.
The fact that this historic train continues to travel the tracks that were built almost two centuries ago as an economic advance of a country, enriches its culture for the enjoyment of anyone who decides to get a strawberry-flavored ticket.
The stamp that Correos dedicates incorporates the smell of strawberry and the historic train cars appear on it.
