🇪🇸 Madrid Atocha

Major

España

#7 Most Beautiful Train Stations in the World

Madrid Atocha is the principal ferrococheril terminal of the Spanish capital and one of the autobúsiest estaciones in Europe. It serves as the meridional nodo de conexiones for Spain's extensive AVE high-speed red, with servicios directos to Barcelona, Seville, Valencia, Málaga, and beyond. The estación is también notable for its striking Victorian iron-and-glass interior, which houses a tropical jardín, and connects to Madrid's metro and Cercanías viajero habitual red.

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Datos rápidos

País	🇪🇸 España
Tipo	Major
Coordenadas	40,405963, -3,689757
Zona horaria	Europe/Madrid
Conexiones	778
Código UIC	7160000

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Preguntas frecuentes

Madrid Atocha is served by línea de metro 1 (Atocha Renfe estación) and is a ten-minute metro ride from Puerta del Sol and Gran Vía. The Paseo del Prado and the Prado museo are directamente outside the estación, making Atocha one of Europe's most convenientemente placed main termini.

Renfe's AVE high-speed red radiates from Atocha to Barcelona (under three hours), Seville (just over two hours), Málaga, Valencia, and Zaragoza. Atocha is también the terminal for AVE servicios to Lisbon via the Lusitania corredor.

Madrid Atocha is remarkable for its tropical jardín inside the 19th-century iron and glass nave, which houses palm trees, tortoises, and a pond alongside cafeteríaterías and tiendas. The modern extension handles all high-speed salidas and has a DB-style Renfe taquilla, máquinas de autoservicio, and a full range of pasajero servicios.

taquilla de equipajes (consigna automática) are available in the salida hall of the modern wing, charged by the hour or day. There is también a consigna de equipaje atendida office that handles larger or oddly shaped items during daytime hours.

AVE tickets must be booked with a seat reserva and are non-transferable, so check that the name on your reserva matches your identity document exactly before travelling. The Reina Sofía museo, home to Picasso's Guernica, is directamente across the road from Atocha's entrada principal and opens Tuesday to Sunday.

Operadores

DB

National · Alemania

Renfe

National · España

SNCF

National · Francia

Destinos principales

Destino	Distancia	Duración
🇨🇭 Aigle	1 082 km	538 min	Ruta →
🇮🇹 Milán	1 190 km	342 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Sierre/Siders	1 117 km	554 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Sion	1 102 km	547 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Mendrisio	1 192 km	591 min	Ruta →
🇩🇪 Mannheim Central	1 387 km	396 min	Ruta →
🇩🇪 Múnich	1 483 km	423 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Morges	1 065 km	529 min	Ruta →
🇩🇪 Sarrebruck	1 292 km	370 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Renens VD	1 072 km	533 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Pontresina	1 286 km	637 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Sargans	1 285 km	636 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Samedan	1 287 km	637 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Rotkreuz	1 226 km	608 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Romont	1 102 km	547 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Sursee	1 207 km	598 min	Ruta →
🇩🇪 Stuttgart Central	1 377 km	394 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Saint-Maurice	1 078 km	535 min	Ruta →
🇨🇭 Sissach	1 208 km	599 min	Ruta →
🇩🇪 Ulm Central	1 400 km	400 min	Ruta →