Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian train

Trains from Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian start at €41.59 and take 3h 51m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian starts at €41.59 and takes 3h 51m door to door, run by 1 operator over 395 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 7 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 51mDoor to door
  • 3h 7mMoving
  • €52.04 to €97.14From
  • 06:36 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 13.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€52.04 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

12Go lists the departures it sells between Fuencarral and Donostia / San Sebastian.

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Renfe runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

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

  1. about €97.14Mon21
  2. about €85.04Tue22
  3. about €85.59Wed23
  4. about €94.94Thu24
  5. about €89.44Fri25
  6. about €93.84Sat26
  7. about €84.49Sun27
  8. about €52.04Mon28
  9. about €54.24Tue29
  10. about €58.09Wed30
  11. about €70.19Thu1
  12. about €72.94Fri2
  13. about €59.19Sat3
  14. about €62.49Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026

Cheapest€41.59
  1. Renfe R999706:363h 7m09:43Fuencarral stationDonostia-San Sebastián

Door to door 3h 51mCO2 13.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Renfe€41.593h 27m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • Renfe

The train gets you into Donostia / San Sebastian. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Donostia / San Sebastian for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €60.2990 days
  2. €48.7460 days
  3. €34.9945 days
  4. €34.9930 days
  5. €58.6421 days
  6. €62.4914 days
  7. €84.497 days
  8. €85.593 days
  9. €97.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €34.99.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 178 percent. The dearest point is €97.14, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €62.49Sun
  2. €52.04Mon
  3. €54.24Tue
  4. €58.09Wed
  5. €70.19Thu
  6. €72.94Fri
  7. €62.49Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Fuencarral

Rail
  • Fuencarral station
  • Fuencarral

Donostia / San Sebastián

Rail
  • Donostia-San Sebastián
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 395 km against 343 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 Burgos, Pamplona, Logroño, Gasteiz / Vitoria. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Fuencarral at 06:36 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian

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 Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian take?

The Train from Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian takes 3h 51m door to door, of which 3h 7m is spent moving. The route runs 395 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 Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian cost?

The Train from Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian starts at €41.59 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €44.33. 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 Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian?

1 operators run the Train from Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian: Renfe. Between them they file around 5 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 Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian use?

The Train from Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian leaves from Fuencarral station and arrives at Donostia-San Sebastián. 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.

When should I book the Train from Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian?

Fares for the Train from Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €34.99. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 178 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian produce?

The Train from Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian produces about 13.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 395 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 Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian?

Operators on the Train from Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 51m 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 Fuencarral to Donostia / San Sebastian on 20 September 2026: 395 km of route against 343 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €41.59, and 3h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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