🇪🇸 Madrid Atocha

Major

Spain

#7 Most Beautiful Train Stations in the World

Madrid Atocha is der wichtigste railway terminus of the Spanish capital and one of der verkehrsreichste stations in Europe. It serves as the southern hub for Spanien's extensive AVE Hochgeschwindigkeitsnetz, with Direktverbindungen to Barcelona, Sevilla, Valencia, Málaga, and beyond. The station is also notable for its striking Victorian iron-and-glass interior, which houses a tropical garden, and verbindet mit Madrid's Metro and Cercanías commuter Netz.

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Land	🇪🇸 Spain
Typ	Major
Koordinaten	40,405963, -3,689757
Zeitzone	Europe/Madrid
Verbindungen	778
UIC-Code	7160000

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Madrid Atocha wird bedient von U-Bahn-Linie 1 (Atocha Renfe station) and is a ten-Minute metro ride from Puerta del Sol and Gran Vía. The Paseo del Prado and the Prado Museum are direkt outside the station, making Atocha one of Europe's most bequem placed main termini.

Renfe's AVE Hochgeschwindigkeitsnetz radiates from Atocha to Barcelona (under drei Stunden), Sevilla (just over zwei Stunden), Málaga, Valencia, and Zaragoza. Atocha is also der Kopfbahnhof for AVE services to Lissabon via the Lusitania corridor.

Madrid Atocha is remarkable for its tropical garden inside the 19th-century iron and glass nave, which houses palm trees, tortoises, and a pond alongside Cafés and Geschäfte. The modern extension handles all high-speed Abfahrten and has a DB-style Renfe Fahrkartenschalter, Selbstbedienungsautomaten, and a full range of passenger services.

Schließfächer (consigna automática) sind verfügbar in the Abfahrt hall of the modern wing, charged by the Stunde or Tag. There is also a staffed Gepäckaufbewahrung office that handles larger or oddly shaped items during Tagtime Stunden.

AVE tickets must be booked with a seat reservation and are non-Umstiegable, so check that the name on your booking matches your identity document exactly before travelling. The Reina Sofía museum, home to Picasso's Guernica, is direkt across the road from Atocha's main entrance and opens TuesTag to SunTag.

Betreiber

Renfe

National · Spain

SNCF

National · France

DB

National · Germany

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