Fastest€65.79
- Intermodalidad de Levante IL229414:213h 56m18:17Madrid Puerta de AtochaEixample station
Door to door 4h 40mCO2 19.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Madrid to Eixample train
Trains from Madrid to Eixample start at €72.39 and take 4h 40m at their fastest.
The Trains from Madrid to Eixample starts at €72.39 and takes 4h 40m door to door, run by 3 operators over 580 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 40mDoor to door
- 3h 56mMoving
- €72.39From
- 19.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 22 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Intermodalidad de Levante | €63.59 | 4h 40m |
| Ouigo España | €67.44 | 4h 43m |
 Renfe | €61.94 | 4h 41m |
The train gets you into Eixample. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in Eixample
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When to book Madrid to Eixample
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.8890 days
- €26.0360 days
- €33.7345 days
- €23.2830 days
- €27.6821 days
- €31.5314 days
- €44.737 days
- €60.133 days
- €51.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €23.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 158 percent. The dearest point is €60.13, 3 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.
- €35.93Sun
- €31.53Mon
- €30.43Tue
- €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
Rail
- Madrid Puerta de Atocha
- Madrid Atocha
- Estación del Norte, Madrid
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 Valencia, Castelló de la Plana, Lleida, Zaragoza. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 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. 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 Madrid at 06:08 and the last at 14:50, across 8 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
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 | 4h 40m | 3h 56m | 44m | €72.39 | 19.1 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 8h 39m | 7h 55m | 44m | €30.43 | 15.7 kg | 9 |
Questions about Madrid to Eixample
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 Madrid to Eixample take?
The Train from Madrid to Eixample takes 4h 40m door to door, of which 3h 56m 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 Train from Madrid to Eixample cost?
The Train from Madrid to Eixample starts at €72.39 for one passenger, checked on 22 September 2026. A typical fare is €74.87. 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 Madrid to Eixample?
3 operators run the Train from Madrid to Eixample: Intermodalidad de Levante, Ouigo España, Renfe. 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 Train from Madrid to Eixample use?
The Train from Madrid to Eixample leaves from Madrid Puerta de Atocha and arrives at Eixample station. 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 Madrid to Eixample?
Travelling from Madrid to Eixample by Coach costs €30.43 and takes 8h 39m door to door, against 4h 40m 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 Madrid to Eixample?
Fares for the Train from Madrid to Eixample bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €23.28. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 158 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Madrid to Eixample produce?
The Train from Madrid to Eixample produces about 19.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 580 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 Madrid to Eixample?
Operators on the Train from Madrid to Eixample publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 40m 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 Madrid to Eixample on 7 September 2026: 580 km of route against 504 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €72.39, and 4h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Eixample is somebody else's catalogue.
Things to do in Eixample
Day trips that leave Eixample in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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