Metro line 8orCercanías C1?

L8 · Metro de MadridMetro line 8

From

Metro stations Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3 or Aeropuerto T4

To

Nuevos Ministerios, the line's own terminus

Luggage

An ordinary metro carriage; no racks, no hold.

Runs

06:05–01:33

Journey

17–21 min

The EUR 3.00 airport supplement is twice the ordinary fare, and it is charged on your way OUT, not in — a EUR 1.50 single bought at the airport machine is not enough on its own.

From Terminal 4 the single ticket costs EUR 1.70 rather than EUR 1.50, one station-band up: EUR 4.70 with the supplement, not EUR 4.50.

The two airport stations are not next to each other — Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3 and Aeropuerto T4 sit either side of Barajas village, six minutes apart by train.

Bus 200 leaves the same terminals for EUR 1.50 with no supplement at all, but no journey time is published for it, so it is not ranked here.

For Puerta del Sol itself, ride lines 10 and 1 onward from here on the same ticket, or take the direct chain option instead.

Metro line 8: price for every party size

C1 · RenfeCercanías C1

From

Aeropuerto T4 station, platform level -1

To

Madrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor, the terminus almost every C1 train actually reaches

Luggage

An ordinary Cercanías carriage; no racks, no hold.

Runs

05:57–23:27

Journey

15–16 min

It is a shuttle for all but a couple of early departures: Aeropuerto T4 to Chamartín and back, and nowhere else. For Atocha or the centre proper, change at Chamartín onto another Cercanías line.

The EUR 1.70 fare is reasoned from the line's own zone data, not stated outright for this route — CRTM's diagram marks T4 with an unpriced "special airport fare" that may yet turn out to differ.

Aena's own page still describes C1 running through to Príncipe Pío and Atocha. It is not wrong, only describing the rare pattern: 60 of 4,320 scheduled trips in Renfe's own September 2026 timetable go that far: the rest turn back at Chamartín.

For Puerta del Sol itself, this only gets you as far as Chamartín — change there for the metro or another Cercanías line, or take the direct metro chain instead.

Cercanías C1: price for every party size