Cheapest€26.03
- Alsa A889006:107h 53m14:03Eixample bus stationMadrid Estacion Sur
Door to door 8h 37mCO2 15.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Eixample to Madrid bus
Buses from Eixample to Madrid start at €27.13 and take 8h 19m at their fastest.
The Buses from Eixample to Madrid starts at €27.13 and takes 8h 19m door to door, run by 4 operators over 580 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 8h 19mDoor to door
- 7h 35mMoving
- €27.13From
- 15.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Alsa | €26.03 | 8h 18m |
 BlaBlaCar | €27.13 | 8h 19m |
| Buses in Cantabria | €27.68 | 8h 18m |
 Samar | €26.58 | 8h 19m |
The journey ends at Madrid Puerta de Atocha. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Madrid for the night the coach gets in
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Eixample to Madrid
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.4390 days
- €25.4860 days
- €28.2345 days
- €29.3330 days
- €26.0321 days
- €27.1314 days
- €30.437 days
- €46.383 days
- €48.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 89 percent. The dearest point is €48.03, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €35.93Sun
- €31.53Mon
- €27.13Tue
- €32.63Wed
- €42.53Thu
- €37.58Fri
- €38.68Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Madrid
Coach
- Madrid Estacion Sur
- Madrid South
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 580 km against 504 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Zaragoza, Lleida, Valencia, Castelló de la Plana. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Eixample at 06:02 and the last at 14:52, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 5h 1m | 4h 17m | 44m | €48.74 | 19.1 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 8h 19m | 7h 35m | 44m | €27.13 | 15.7 kg | 8 |
Questions about Eixample to Madrid
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Eixample to Madrid take?
The Coach from Eixample to Madrid takes 8h 19m door to door, of which 7h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 580 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Eixample to Madrid cost?
The Coach from Eixample to Madrid starts at €27.13 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €28.23. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Eixample to Madrid?
4 operators run the Coach from Eixample to Madrid: Alsa, BlaBlaCar, Buses in Cantabria, Samar. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Eixample to Madrid use?
The Coach from Eixample to Madrid leaves from Eixample bus station and arrives at Madrid Estacion Sur. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Eixample to Madrid?
Travelling from Eixample to Madrid by Train costs €48.74 and takes 5h 1m door to door, against 8h 19m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Eixample to Madrid?
Fares for the Coach from Eixample to Madrid bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.48. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 89 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Eixample to Madrid produce?
The Coach from Eixample to Madrid produces about 15.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 580 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Eixample to Madrid?
Operators on the Coach from Eixample to Madrid publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 19m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Eixample to Madrid on 8 September 2026: 580 km of route against 504 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.13, and 8h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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