Traveling by Madrid by train is possible thanks to the two main train stations in the capital: Atocha Station y Chamartín Station. Any of the long-distance lines that exist reach one or another station as well as other points of Spain, Portugal and even France.
Atocha Station
Address: Glorieta del Emperador Carlos V
Information: Tel: 91 527 31 60
Subway: Atocha - Renfe
Located south of the city. Going or arriving to Madrid by train from/to Andalusia, Extremadura and Portugal. It is the point of departure and arrival of the AVE (High Speed) and currently the base station for commuter trains in the capital. It is connected by subway train to Chamartín Station.
The station is located in the Atocha neighborhood of Madrid's Arganzuela district. The original facade faces the Glorieta del Emperador Carlos V, facing the Reina Sofia and at the beginning of the Paseo del Prado, which corresponds to the Atocha metro station. However, on the other side of the atrium is the new entrance, with its clock tower, the coliseum access and the monument to the victims of 11-M.
Madrid by Train: The Interchange
Rail services are provided by the national railroad company Renfe and include connections with all Madrid commuter lines and nationally, with the high speed trains AVE to Seville and Tarragona, Avant to Toledo, Alaris to Albacete and Altaria to Alicante.
In urban areas, it is connected to the Madrid metro station Atocha Renfe, the EMT bus lines 10, 14, 19, 24, 24, 26, 26, 32, 37, 54, 57, 102, 141 and C and the night buses N9, N10 and N11.
In addition, on the side, on Méndez Álvaro street (opposite side of Ciudad de Barcelona avenue), there is an access for cars with its corresponding cab rank.
Chamartín Station
Address: Calle Agustín de Foxá s/n.
Information: Tel. 91 323 15 15 / 323 21 21
Subway: Chamartín
Located in the north of the city, it connects with Albacete, Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena, Cádiz, Córdoba, Irún, Málaga, Santander, Seville, Soria and Zaragoza, as well as France. Chamartín is a station in the network of the Madrid Metro belonging to lines 1 and 10, located in the RENFE station of Chamartín, in the district of Chamartín. It has connections with the entire network of Cercanías and long-distance RENFE to travel around Madrid by train.
Long Distance and High Speed Train Information
Alaris Train
Madrid-Valencia-Castellón: it departs from Atocha station and covers the route in 3 hours and 30 minutes. To Castellón, 4 hours and 15 minutes.
Altaria Train
Madrid-Alicante: it departs from Chamartín and takes 3 hours and 45 minutes.
Madrid-Algeciras: leaves from Atocha. It takes 5 hours and 30 minutes. It passes through Ciudad Real and Cordoba.
Madrid-Barcelona: it departs from Atocha and takes 4 hours and 45 minutes. It passes through Zaragoza, Lleida and Tarragona.
Madrid-Cádiz: from Atocha. It takes 5 hours and 15 minutes. It passes through Ciudad Real, Cordoba and Seville.
Madrid-Granada: from Atocha, it takes 4 hours and 45 minutes.
Madrid-Huelva: it departs from Atocha and stops in Cordoba. It takes 5 hours and 20 minutes.
Madrid-Logroño: it departs from Atocha and takes 3 hours and 40 minutes.
Madrid-Murcia-Cartagena: it departs from Chamartín and takes 4 hours to Murcia; to Cartagena, 5 hours.
Madrid-Pamplona: it departs from Atocha and takes 3 hours and 40 minutes.
Madrid-San Sebastian-Irun: from Atocha. To San Sebastian, 5 hours and 20 minutes. 5 hours and 35 minutes to Irún.
Madrid-Vitoria: It departs from Atocha and arrives in Vitoria in 4 hours and 15 minutes.
Alvia
Madrid-Barcelona: from Atocha. In 4 hours and 45 minutes.
AVE
Madrid-Seville: it departs from Atocha and takes 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Madrid-Zaragoza-Lleida-Lleida-Tarragona: from Atocha, it takes 3 hours to get to Tarragona. To Lleida in 2 hours and 30 minutes and to Zaragoza in 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Madrid-Zaragoza-Huesca: it departs from Atocha. It takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to Huesca. To Zaragoza in 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Talgo 200 Madrid-Malaga: departs from Atocha and takes 4 hours.
Intercity Train
Madrid-Hendaye: departs from Chamartín and covers the route in 7 hours.
Talgo train
Madrid-Pontevedra-A Coruña: it departs from Chamartín station. It passes through Ourense, Santiago de Compostela and Vigo. Duration: 8 hours and 25 minutes.
Madrid-Badajoz: it departs from Atocha and covers the route in 5 hours and 10 minutes.
Madrid-Gijón: it departs from Chamartín and covers the route in 6 hours and 10 minutes.
Madrid-Santander: it departs from Chamartín and takes 5 hours and 35 minutes.
Madrid-Almería: it departs from Chamartín, passes through Atocha and takes 6 hours and 45 minutes.
Getting to Paris and Lisbon from Madrid by Train
The train that connects Madrid with Lisbon or Paris is a hotel train that departs from Chamartin station.
Madrid-Lisbon (Santa Apolonia): Trenhotel Lusitania daily and takes 9 hours and 30 minutes.
Madrid-Paris (Austerlitz): Trenhotel Francisco de Goya takes 13 hours and 30 minutes. The train stops in the French cities of: Orléans, Blois and Poitiers.
Information of Medium Distance Trains to go through Madrid by Train
From Chamartín and Atocha you can take all the medium distance trains that connect Madrid with the rest of the cities in Spain.
1. High Speed - Medium Distance (Avant)
Avant Madrid-Ciudad Real-Puertollano: departs from Atocha. It reaches Ciudad Real in 50 minutes and Puertollano in 1 hour and 13 minutes.
Avant Madrid-Toledo: leaves from Atocha. Journey time: 35 minutes.
2. Other medium distance trains but not high speed trains
Medium distance trains Center - North
Line R-1. Madrid-Ávila: it departs from Atocha, passes through Chamartín and covers the route in 2 hours and 6 minutes. Express from Chamartín: 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Line R-2. Madrid-Segovia: leaves from Atocha and passes through Chamartín. Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes.
Line R-3. Madrid-Soria: leaves from Chamartín. Duration: 3 hours.
Line R-4. Madrid-Arcos de Jalón-Zaragoza: leaves from Chamartín. 3 hours and 30 minutes.
Line R-20. Madrid-Salamanca: it departs from Chamartín and covers the route in 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Line R-22. Madrid-Valladolid: Express leaving from Chamartín. Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes. Operates only during weekends.
Line R-21. Madrid-Valladolid-León: regional leaving from Atocha in 4 hours and 40 minutes. Express from Chamartín in 4 hours and 30 minutes.
Line R-27. Madrid-Valladolid-Vitoria: it departs from Chamartín and takes 5 hours and 30 minutes.
Levante medium distance trains
Line R-6-Madrid-Cuenca-Valencia: it departs from Atocha station and covers the route in 6 hours.
Line R-7: Madrid-Alcázar-Albacete: departs from Chamartín and arrives in Albacete in 3 hours.
Medium distance trains Center - North Extremadura - Castilla La Mancha
Line R-8: Madrid-Ciudad Real-Jaén: It departs from Atocha. Duration: 3 hours and 38 minutes. Express departs from Atocha. Duration: 4 hours and 5 minutes.
Line R-9: Madrid-C. Real-C. de Buey-Badajoz: it departs from Atocha and covers the route in 8 hours and 15 minutes.
Line R-10: Madrid-Cáceres-Badajoz: it departs from Atocha and covers the route in 5 hours and 45 minutes.
Renfe Information
Renfe has offices at Calle Alcalá, 44, open from 9.30 am to 8.00 pm non-stop.
General information and reservations: (+34) 902 24 02 02
Main Lines: (+34) 902 10 52 05
AVE: (+34) 91 506 63 29
International: (+34) 902 24 34 02
Photograph of Atocha Station in Madrid by the photographer Felipe Gabaldón.
