How long does the cercanías c1 take from Madrid airport?

15–16 min, from Aeropuerto T4 station, platform level -1 to Madrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor, the terminus almost every C1 train actually reaches.

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Cercanías C1.
To Madrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor, not Puerta del Sol.

Q: How much is the Cercanías C1 from Madrid airport?

€1.70 for one traveler and €3.40 for two, charged per person. Renfe's one-or-two-zone single, EUR 1.70: Aeropuerto T4 and Chamartín both sit in fare zone A. CRTM's own line diagram flags T4 with a "Tarifa especial Aeropuerto" that no page prices, so this figure is the ordinary zone fare rather than a confirmed airport-specific one — worth checking at the station machine.

Renfe, from Aeropuerto T4 station to Madrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor.

15–16 min ride05:57–23:27Luggage included

Priced per traveler.

Each traveler pays the fare; group products are applied where they beat it.

Travelers	Each	Total
1 adult	€1.70	€1.70
2 adults	€1.70	€3.40
3 adults	€1.70	€5.10
4 adults	€1.70	€6.80
5 adults	€1.70	€8.50
6 adults	€1.70	€10.20
7 adults	€1.70	€11.90
8 adults	€1.70	€13.60

Renfe's one-or-two-zone single, EUR 1.70: Aeropuerto T4 and Chamartín both sit in fare zone A. CRTM's own line diagram flags T4 with a "Tarifa especial Aeropuerto" that no page prices, so this figure is the ordinary zone fare rather than a confirmed airport-specific one — worth checking at the station machine.

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How to get there

From arrivals to Madrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor

Three steps once you have collected your bags.

Find the station

Aeropuerto T4 station.

Buy and validate a ticket

Before boarding — a ticket bought but not validated can be fined.

Ride to Madrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor

15–16 min.

Worth knowing

Every 15 minutes from 05:57 to 23:27. One further departure most nights at 00:10 — an outlier rather than the start of a night service, since nothing else runs between it and 05:57.

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.

Where it takes you

ChamartínThe other mainline station, north of the centre, for trains toward the Basque Country, Galicia and France.

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