distance from madrid airport to city center

At Méndez Álvaro coach station, you can purchase your ticket at the ALSA ticket office window.

The journey time on the metro is about 50 to 60 minutes. At the end of the line at “Nuevos Ministerios” station, you then have to change to Line 6 (circular) towards “Méndez Álvaro”.

Take the metro from the airport by buying your ticket for 1.5€ + 1€ airport charge. You can catch a regional train which takes about three hours and is relatively inexpensive or a high speed AVE, ALVIA or AVANT train which only takes around an hour. We recommend you book and buy your ticket over the Internet on Renfe´s webpage Once you get to Chamartín train station, you can purchase your ticket at the Renfe ticket windows or in the machines. For passengers with AVE tickets (high-speed train) connecting with a flight, this service is free. The single ticket tariff is 2,60 €, valid for one journey in the two hours after it is issued. The estimated travel time from Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport to Estación de Chamartín is 11 minutes. If you arrive in a different terminal you can move to the other terminal in a free shuttle bus service connecting the terminals. The train station is on the terminal T4 floor -1, and is called Aeropuerto T4. The Spanish railway company RENFE, connects Madrid with the Madrid Barajas airport through the local train network service “Cercanías” C1 line. TRAIN from Barajas terminal 4 (T4) to Chamartín train station.

Distance from madrid airport to city center