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getting to MADRID BY train 

Madrid has an extensive railway network that enables access to the capital from all parts of Spain, offering the possibility to move around with ease and comfort within the national territory. Atocha and Chamartín are the two main railway stations as they receive short-haul, long-distance, high-speed and suburban trains. Furthermore, Chamartín also receives international arrivals from France and Portugal.

Short-haul

Short-haul trains enable travellers to reach the capital from all corners of Spain. Chamartín (Agustín de Foxa, s/n) and Atocha (Plaza del Emperador Carlos V, s/n) stations are the daily arrival and departure points for trains serving the country’s most important cities:

• High-Speed Short-haul (Avant)
  
  Avant Madrid-Ciudad Real-Puertollano: leaves from Atocha. Makes the journey to Ciudad Real in 53 minutes and to Puertollano in 1 hour and 13 minutes.
  Avant Madrid-Toledo: leaves from Atocha. Makes the journey in 30 minutes.
  AVE Shuttle Madrid-Segovia-Valladolid: leaves from Chamartín. Makes the journey in 28 minutes to Segovia and 1 hour and 5 minutes to Valladolid.

• Other short-haul routes
  
  SHORT-HAUL TRAINS CENTRE AND NORTH
  Line R-1. Madrid-Ávila: leaves from Atocha, goes through Chamartín and makes the journey in 2 hours. Express train from Chamartín: 1 hour and 20 minutes.
  Line R-2. Madrid-Segovia: leaves from Atocha and goes through Chamartín. Journey time: 1 hour 40 minutes. The Talgo line leaves from Chamartín and the journey lasts 31 minutes.
  Line R-3. Madrid-Soria: leaves from Atocha. Journey time: 3 hours.
  Line R-4. Madrid-Arcos de Jalón-Zaragoza: leaves from Chamartín. 2 hours 10 minutes to Arcos de Jalón and 3 hours 49 minutes to Zaragoza.
  Line R-20. Madrid-Salamanca: leaves from Chamartín and makes the journey in 2 hours 45 minutes.
  Line R-21. Madrid-Valladolid-León: leaves from Chamartín and makes the journey in 2 hours 45 minutes to Valladolid and in 4 hours 40 minutes to León.
  Line R-27. Madrid-Valladolid-Vitoria: leaves from Chamartín, makes the journey in 2 hours 45 minutes to Valladolid and in 5 hours 30 minutes to Vitoria.
  
  SHORT-HAUL TRAINS EASTERN REGIONS
  Line R-6. Madrid-Cuenca-Valencia: leaves from Atocha station and makes the journey in 6 hours 25 minutes.
  Line R-7. Madrid-Alcázar-Albacete: leaves from Chamartín and passes through Atocha. Makes the journey to Albacete in 2 hours 50 minutes.
  
  SHORT-HAUL TRAINS EXTREMADURA-CASTILLA LA MANCHA
  Line R-8. Madrid-Ciudad Real-Jaén: leaves from Chamartín and passes through Atocha. Journey time: 4 hours to Jaén.
  Line R-9. Madrid-C. Real-C. de Buey-Badajoz: leaves from Atocha and makes the journey in 7 hours 47 minutes.
  Line R-10. Madrid-Cáceres-Badajoz: leaves from Atocha and makes the journey in 5 hours 47 minutes. The Talgo leaves Chamartín, passes through Atocha and makes the journey in 5 hours 28 minutes.

Long Distance / High Speed

RENFE (Spanish national railway company) provides services to the following long distance destinations: 

• ALARIS TRAIN
  Madrid-Valencia-Castellón: leaves from Chamartín station, passes through Atocha and makes the journey to Valencia in 3 hours 40 minutes; 4 hours 40 minutes to Castellón. 
  
  
• ALTARIA TRAIN
  Madrid-Algeciras: leaves from Atocha and takes 1 hour to Ciudad Real, 2 hours to Córdoba and 5 hours 30 minutes to Algeciras.
  Madrid-Granada: leaves from Atocha and takes 4 hours and 25 minutes.
  Madrid-Murcia-Cartagena: leaves from Chamartín and passes through Atocha. Makes the journey to Murcia in 4 hours; and to Cartagena in 5 hours.
  
  
• ALVIA TRAIN
  Madrid-Alicante: leaves from Chamartín and passes through Atocha. Makes the journey in 4 hours.
  Madrid-Cádiz: leaves from Atocha and takes 1 hour to Ciudad Real, 2 hours to Córdoba, 2 hours 40 minutes to Sevilla and 4 hours 30 minutes to Cádiz.
  Madrid-Huelva: leaves from Atocha. Makes the journey to Córdoba in 1 hour 47 minutes and to Huelva in 3 hours 50 minutes.
  Madrid-Logroño: leaves from Atocha. Makes the journey in 3 hours 23 minutes.
  Madrid-Pamplona: leaves from Atocha. Makes the journey in 3 hours 10 minutes.
  Madrid-San Sebastián-Irún: leaves from Chamartín. Makes the journey to San Sebastián in 5 hours 20 minutes and to Irún in 6 hours.
  Madrid-Albacete-Valencia: leaves from Puerta de Atocha. Makes the journey in around 3 hours.
  
  
• HIGH-SPEED TRAINS (AVE)
  Madrid-Cuenca-Requena/Utiel-Valencia: laves from Atocha and takes around 50 minutes to Cuenca, 1 hour and 15 minutes to Requena and 1 hour and 35 minutos to Valencia. 30 daily trains.
  Madrid-Ciudad Real-Córdoba-Sevilla: leaves from Atocha and makes the journey to Ciudad Real in 1 hour, to Córdoba in 2 hours and to Sevilla in 2 hours and 40 minutes.
  Madrid-Zaragoza-Lleida-Tarragona-Barcelona: leaves from Atocha and takes 1 hours 20 minutes to Zaragoza, 2 hours 10 minutes to Lleida and 2 hours 40 minutes to Tarragona and around 3 hours to Barcelona.
  Madrid-Guadalajara-Zaragoza-Huesca: leaves from Atocha and takes around 25 minutes to Guadalajara, 1 hour 30 minutes to Zaragoza and 2 hours 20 minutes to Huesca.
  Madrid-Córdoba-Málaga: leaves from Atocha, reaches Córdoba in 1 hour and 50 minutes and Málaga in 2 hours 30 minutes.
  Madrid-Segovia-Valladolid: leaves from Chamartín and reaches Segovia in 30 minutes and Valladolid in 1 hour.
  Madrid-Toledo: leaves from Atocha and reaches its destination in 30 minutes.
  Toledo-Madrid-Cuenca-Albacete: leaves from Atocha and takes around 35 minutes to Toledo, 55 minutes to Cuenca and 1 hour 30 minutes to Albacete.
   
• TALGO TRAIN
  Madrid-A Coruña: leaves from Chamartín station. Journey time: 5 hours 20 minutes to Ourense, 7 hours to Santiago de Compostela and 7 hours 38 minutes to A Coruña.
  Madrid-Pontevedra: leaves from Chamartín and makes the journey to Ourense in 5 hours 20 minutes and to Pontevedra in 8 hours 6 minutes.
  Madrid-Badajoz: leaves from Chamartín, stops at Atocha and makes the journey in 5 hours 28 minutes.
  Madrid-Almería: leaves from Chamartín, stops at Atocha and makes the journey in 6 hours 30 minutes.
  
  
• ESTRELLA TRAINS
  This service allows travellers to travel by night and arrive at the major Spanish capitals in the early morning.
  
  
• TRENHOTEL (HOTELTRAIN)
  The Trenhotel is a first-class night train, in which travellers have their own private compartment with a bed. From Madrid, you can travel in Trenhotel to Galicia. The Madrid-A Coruña Line departs from Chamartín and the journey takes 10 hours. It travels via Ávila, Zamora, Orense and Santiago de Compostela. The Madrid-Pontevedra Line also departs from Chamartín, takes 10 hours and stops at Orense, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela and Vigo.

International destinations

Two long-distance lines connect Madrid with Lisbon and Paris, both of them being Trenhotel services, departing from Chamartín station.

• Madrid-Lisbon (Santa Apolonia): daily Trenhotel Lusitania train, takes 9 hours 16 minutes.

• Madrid-Paris (Austerlitz): the Trenhotel Francisco de Goya connects the Spanish capital with the French one in 13 hours 31 minutes. Travels via Orléans, Blois and Poitiers (www.elipsos.com/).

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