Fastest€52.59
- Renfe R155706:452h 38m09:23Alcalá de HenaresOld train station of Córdoba
Door to door 3h 22mCO2 11.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba train
Trains from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba start at €43.23 and take 3h 22m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba starts at €43.23 and takes 3h 22m door to door, run by 2 operators over 360 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 22mDoor to door
- 2h 38mMoving
- €45.44 to €97.14From
- 06:20 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 11.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€45.44 to €97.14 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departure times on this route
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €92.74Mon21
- about €77.89Tue22
- about €97.14Wed23
- about €91.64Thu24
- about €84.49Fri25
- about €87.79Sat26
- about €66.89Sun27
- about €53.68Mon28
- about €45.44Tue29
- about €53.14Wed30
- about €68.54Thu1
- about €67.99Fri2
- about €68.54Sat3
- about €54.24Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Ouigo | €46.54 | 3h 14m |
 Renfe | €45.44 | 3h 13m |
The train gets you into Córdoba. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Córdoba for the night the train gets in
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When to book Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.8390 days
- €18.3360 days
- €16.1345 days
- €15.0330 days
- €20.5321 days
- €23.8314 days
- €30.437 days
- €31.533 days
- €34.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 128 percent. The dearest point is €34.28, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €23.83Sun
- €22.73Mon
- €22.18Tue
- €27.13Wed
- €27.13Thu
- €24.38Fri
- €29.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Alcalá de Henares
Rail
- Alcalá de Henares
- Alcalá de Henares-Universidad
- Meco
Córdoba
Rail
- Old train station of Córdoba
- Alcolea de Córdoba train station
- Córdoba-Mercancías train station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 360 km against 313 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 Alcorcón, Móstoles, Fuenlabrada, Albacete. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Alcalá de Henares at 06:20 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 22m | 2h 38m | 44m | €43.23 | 11.9 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 5h 54m | 5h 10m | 44m | €17.23 | 12.2 kg | 2 |
Questions about Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba
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 Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba take?
The Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba takes 3h 22m door to door, of which 2h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 360 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 Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba cost?
The Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba starts at €43.23 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €45.16. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba?
2 operators run the Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba: Ouigo, Renfe. Between them they file around 6 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 Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba use?
The Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba leaves from Alcalá de Henares and arrives at Old train station of Córdoba. 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 Train the best way from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba?
Travelling from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba by Coach costs €17.23 and takes 5h 54m door to door, against 3h 22m by Train. 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 Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba?
Fares for the Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 128 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba produce?
The Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba produces about 11.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 360 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba?
Operators on the Train from Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Alcalá de Henares to Córdoba on 20 September 2026: 360 km of route against 313 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €43.23, and 3h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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