At the airport

Your flight will land in Barajas airport and when you arrive you will have to find the way to reach your final destination in Madrid.  In this post I explain how you can do it.

The airport has a transport network that consists of bus, metro, train and taxi. Here are all the lines that arrive to the airport:

BUS

Bus express (yellow bus): it drives the 24 hours, takes 40 minutes to arrive to Atocha-RENFE. From 23:30 to 6:00 it stops in la plaza de Cibeles instead of Atocha.

Stops:

-          Terminal 4, arrivals, floor 0

-          Terminal 2, arrivals, floor 0

-          Terminal 1, arrivals, floor 0

Bus 827 from Canillejas to Tres Cantos (Green bus)

Stop: Terminal 4, arrivals, floor 0

Check the schedule and the stops: 

http://www.ctm-madrid.es/servlet/CalcItinerarioServlet?xh_ACCION=0&POPUP=1&xh_TIPO=25&xh_PAGINA=8&CODPANTALLA=11&xh_CLAVE=80827_827%20%20%20Madrid(Canillejas)-Alcobendas-U.Autonoma-Tres%20Cantos&xh_horario_ida.x=1

http://www.ctm-madrid.es/servlet/CalcItinerarioServlet?xh_ACCION=0&POPUP=1&xh_TIPO=25&xh_PAGINA=8&CODPANTALLA=11&xh_CLAVE=80827_827%20%20%20Madrid(Canillejas)-Alcobendas-U.Autonoma-Tres%20Cantos&xh_horario_vta.x=1

Bus 828 from Canillejas to Universidad Autónoma (Green bus)

Stop: Terminal 4, arrivals, floor 0.

Check here the schedule and the stops:

http://www.ctm-madrid.es/servlet/CalcItinerarioServlet?xh_ACCION=0&POPUP=1&xh_TIPO=25&xh_PAGINA=8&CODPANTALLA=11&xh_CLAVE=80828_828%20%20%20Madrid(Canillejas)-Alcobendas-Univ.Aut.&xh_horario_ida.x=1

http://www.ctm-madrid.es/servlet/CalcItinerarioServlet?xh_ACCION=0&POPUP=1&xh_TIPO=25&xh_PAGINA=8&CODPANTALLA=11&xh_CLAVE=80828_828%20%20%20Madrid(Canillejas)-Alcobendas-Univ.Aut.&xh_horario_vta.x=1

Bus 821 from Terminal 1 to San Fernando de Henares (Green bus)

Check here the schedule and the stops:

http://www.ctm-madrid.es/servlet/CalcItinerarioServlet?xh_ACCION=0&POPUP=1&xh_TIPO=25&xh_PAGINA=8&CODPANTALLA=11&xh_CLAVE=80822_822%20%20%20Madrid(Aeropuerto)-Coslada%20-San%20Fernando%20de%20Henares&xh_horario_ida.x=1

Bus 824 from Terminal 1 to Alcalá de Henares. (Green bus)

Stops:

-          Terminal 1, arrivals, floor 0

-          Terminal 1, departures, floor 1

-          Terminal 2, arrivals, floor 0

-          Terminal 2, departures, floor 2

Check here the schedule and the stops:

http://www.ctm-madrid.es/servlet/CalcItinerarioServlet?xh_ACCION=0&POPUP=1&xh_TIPO=25&xh_PAGINA=8&CODPANTALLA=11&xh_CLAVE=80824_824%20%20%20Madrid%20(Aeropuerto)%20-%20Torrej%C3%B3n%20de%20Ardoz&xh_horario_ida.x=1

METRO

Line 8 (the pink one): it goes from the terminal 4 to Nuevos Ministerios in 15 minutes.

Stops:

-          Aeropuerto T4, terminal 4, floor -1

-          Aeropuerto T1, T2, T3, terminal 2, floor 1

Check the metro lines here:

http://www.metromadrid.es/export/sites/metro/comun/documentos/planos/Planoesquematicoespanol.pdf

TRAIN

The line C1 (light blue) of train goes from the terminal 4 (floor -1) to Chamartín, Nuevos Ministerios, Atocha, Méndez Álvaro and Príncipe Pío.

Check the train map:

http://www.renfe.com/viajeros/cercanias/planos/madrid.html

TAXI

The taxis in Madrid are white with one red strip on the door. You must take your taxi at the official stops that are in every terminal, you can find them looking for one signal with the blue background and the word “taxi”written in white. Avoid spontaneous people offering you a taxi inside the terminals. Finally, the price that the taxi driver should charge is around 20€ but it depends on the distance and the time. Advice: ask always for a receipt.

Check the prices:

http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/ccurl/898/839/TRIPTICO%202013.pdf