Vitoria-Gasteiz to Madrid City Center train

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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Vitoria-Gasteiz to Madrid City Center on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.

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• 3h 12mDoor to door
• 2h 28mMoving
• €48.74 to €96.59From
• 06:36 to 07:30First and last departure
• 5Per day
• 10.8 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.

€48.74 to €96.59 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

The cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.

Operator	From	Fastest	Typical speed	Flexibility	On board
Renfe	€34.44	3h	140 km/h	Refundable	Power sockets, Wi-Fi

When to book Vitoria-Gasteiz to Madrid City Center

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

1. €63.0390 days
2. €33.8960 days
3. €34.9945 days
4. €33.3430 days
5. €55.8921 days
6. €60.2914 days
7. €70.747 days
8. €82.843 days
9. €96.591 days

Cheapest lead time

Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €33.34.

How much it moves

The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 190 percent. The dearest point is €96.59, 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.

1. €56.44Sun
2. €48.74Mon
3. €49.83Tue
4. €58.09Wed
5. €70.73Thu
6. €60.29Fri
7. €62.49Sat

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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 326 km against 284 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 Logroño, Valladolid, Pamplona, Burgos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.

If the connection is missed

The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

First and last departure

The first service of the day leaves Vitoria-Gasteiz 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 Vitoria-Gasteiz to Madrid City Center

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.

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