Expres AeropuertoorMetro to Sol, lines 8, 10 and 1?

203 · EMT MadridExpres Aeropuerto

From

Stops outside Terminals 1, 2 and 4

To

Atocha station by day, via Cibeles and O'Donnell

Luggage

A city bus with a luggage area; it fills up on a busy arrival.

Runs

All night

Journey

30–40 min

At night it does not go to Atocha. The night service is line N27, which terminates at Cibeles — roughly a kilometer and a half short of Atocha station. If you land after the day service ends and your hotel is by Atocha, plan for that gap.

Journey times are 30 minutes to Terminal 1, 35 to Terminal 2 and 40 to Terminal 4, so which terminal you are at changes the answer by ten minutes.

Your season pass does not work on it. The Abono Transporte covers every other city service and this one is the stated exception.

From seven travelers the regulated taxi is cheaper than seven of these tickets.

Expres Aeropuerto: price for every party size

L8→L10→L1 · Metro de MadridMetro to Sol, lines 8, 10 and 1

From

Metro stations Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3 or Aeropuerto T4

To

Puerta del Sol, changing at Nuevos Ministerios and at Tribunal

Luggage

An ordinary metro carriage; no racks, no hold.

Runs

06:05–01:33

Journey

24–29 min

Two changes: line 8 to line 10 at Nuevos Ministerios, then line 10 to line 1 at Tribunal. The ride time above is the three trains only — finding the platform at each change is not counted.

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 EUR 3.00 airport supplement is charged on your way OUT at Sol, not when you board — a plain EUR 1.50-1.70 single bought at the airport machine is not enough on its own.

The other way to Nuevos Ministerios, via line 6 to Cuatro Caminos then line 1, is about three minutes slower — this route is quicker.

Metro to Sol, lines 8, 10 and 1: price for every party size