For train
information
and reservations
call 902 240 202
or 913 289 020.
Tickets can be
bought at the
individual
stations, at
Aeropuerto de
Barajas arrivals
and at the city
centre RENFE
office, c/Alcalá
44 (tel 915 623
333; Métro:
Banco de España;
Mon-Fri
8am-8pm). All
Madrid trains
run through one
or more of the
two stations
below.
Chamartín
, in the north,
has the most
services and
includes through
trains to
Atocha
. If you arrive
at (or are
leaving from)
Chamartín, you
can use a
cercanía
train to/from
Atocha, or catch
the metro. Some
through trains
also stop at the
Recoletos and
Nuevos
Ministerios
stations. Note
that the
high-speed AVE
trains to Córdoba
and Sevilla run
from Atocha.
These must be
booked in
advance, either
in person at
Atocha, at the
RENFE office at
c/Alcalá 44, or
by phone 913 289
020.
Atocha
Station (Métro:
Atocha): Alcalá
de Henares
(every 20 mins;
30min);
Algeciras (2
daily; 6-10hr);
Almería (1-2
daily; 6hr
45min); Aranjuez
(every 15/30min;
40min); Badajoz
(4 daily; 5hr
40min-7hr); Cáceres
(6 daily; 3hr
20min-5hr); Cádiz
(2 daily; 5hr);
Ciudad Real (20
daily;
50min-1hr); Córdoba
(23-29 daily;
2hr 20min; 1hr
40min AVE);
Cuenca (4 daily;
2hr 30min);
Granada (2
daily; 6hr-8hr
45min); Huelva
(1 daily; 4hr
30min); Huesca
(1 daily; 5hr);
Jaén (3 daily;
4hr 15min);
Jerez (2 daily;
4hr 10min); Málaga
(8 daily; 4hr
10min-6hr
50min); Mérida
(5 daily; 4hr
20min-6hr);
Sevilla (19
daily; 3hr
15min; 2hr 30min
AVE); Toledo (9
daily, 1hr
15min); Valencia
(12 daily; 3hr
30min). Plus
most
destinations in
the south and
west.
Chamartín
(Métro: Chamartín):
A Coruña (2
daily; 8hr
30min-10hr);
Albacete (22
daily; 2hr-2hr
20min); Alicante
(7 daily; 4hr);
Ávila (24
daily; 1hr
20min-2hr
10min);
Barcelona (7
daily; 6hr
30min-9hr);
Bilbao (2-3
daily; 5hr
45min-8hr
45min); Burgos
(7-8 daily;
3-4hr);
Cartagena (4
daily; 5hr);
Ferrol (1 daily;
11hr 30min); Gijón
(3 daily, 6hr
30min-10hr);
Guadalajara
(every 30min;
1hr); León (7
daily; 4hr-4hr
30min); Lisbon
(1 daily; 10hr);
Lugo (1 daily;
9hr 30min);
Oviedo (3 daily;
6-9hr); Pamplona
(2 daily; 5hr);
Paris (1 daily;
13hr 30min);
Pontevedra (2
daily; 8hr
30min-10hr);
Salamanca (3
daily; 2hr
40min); San
Sebastián (3
daily; 6hr);
Santander (3
daily; 5hr
30min); Santiago
(2 daily; 7hr
15min-9hr
30min); Segovia
(9 daily; 1hr
50min-2hr);
Valladolid (17
daily, 2hr
30min); Vigo (2
daily; 7hr
50min-10hr);
Vitoria (7
daily, 4hr 30
min-6hr 45min);
Zamora (2 daily;
3hr-3hr 30min);
Zaragoza (12
daily; 3hr-3hr
40min). Plus
most other
destinations in
the northeast
and northwest.
A bewildering
number of
companies
operate buses
from Madrid,
each from their
own garage or
terminus. Many
of the services,
however, run
through the
Estación
Sur de Autobuses
(tel 914 684
200), to the
south of Atocha
on the circular
#6 metro line.
Note that
companies and
services change
with great
frequency and
it's always
worth checking
schedules with
the turismo or
the
Information
line (tel
914 352 266).
Estación
Sur de Autobuses
, c/Méndez Álvaro
s/n Métro: Méndez
Álvaro:
Albacete (11
daily; 3hr);
Alicante (8
daily; 5hr);
Almería (3
daily; 6hr
30min); Aranda
(4 daily; 2hr);
Ávila (8 daily,
1hr 30min);
Barcelona (15
daily; 7hr
30min-8hr);
Ciudad Real (2-4
daily; 3hr); Córdoba
(7 daily; 4hr
30min); Gijón
(15 daily; 5hr);
Granada (12
daily; 5hr); Jaén
(2-6 daily;
5hr); León (11
daily; 4hr
15min); Málaga
(10 daily; 6hr);
Marbella (10
daily; 6hr);
Oviedo (15
daily; 5hr);
Palencia (5
daily; 3hr);
Pontevedra (3
daily; 7hr);
Santiago (4
daily; 9hr);
Sevilla (11
daily; 6hr);
Toledo (every
15min; 1hr
15min); Valencia
(12 daily; 4hr);
Vallodolid (18
daily; 2hr
15min); Zaragoza
(17 daily; 4hr);
and
international
services to
France and
Portugal.
Auto-Res
, Fernández
Shaw 1 tel 915
517 200, www.auto-res.es
; Métro: Conde
Casal: Badajoz
(9 daily; 4hr
30min-5hr); Cáceres
(7-10 daily; 3hr
50min-4hr
30min); Ciudad
Rodrigo (1-2
daily; 3hr 40
min-4hr); Cuenca
(10 daily;
2hr-2hr 30min);
Mérida (10
daily; 4-5hr);
Salamanca (24
daily; 2hr
15min-2hr
30min); Trujillo
(10 daily;
4-5hr); Zamora
(9 daily; 2hr
45min-3hr
15min).
Continental
Auto , Avda.
de América 9
tel 917 456 300;
Métro: Avda. de
América: Alcalá
(every 15 min;
40min); Bilbao
(10 daily; 4hr
30min); Burgos
(9 daily; 2hr
45min); El Burgo
de Osma (2
daily; 4hr);
Guadalajara (15
daily; 1hr);
Logroño (5
daily; 4hr
30min-5hr
30min); Pamplona
(4 daily;
5-6hr); San
Sebastián (9
daily; 6-8hr);
Santander (7
daily; 5hr
45min); Soria (5
daily; 2hr
30min-3hr);
Vitoria (8
daily, 5hr).
Herranz
, Intercambiador
de Autobuses de
Moncloa tel 918
904 100, an
underground
terminal just
above Metro
Moncloa: El
Escorial
(approx. every
30min). Onward
connections to
El Valle de los
Caídos.
La
Sepulvedana
, Paseo de la
Florida 11 tel
915 304 800, www.lasepulvedana
; Métro: Pío:
Ávila (8 daily;
1hr 30min);
Segovia (31
daily; 1hr
15min).
