How do I get from Madrid airport to Chamartín?

Q: How do I get from Madrid airport to Chamartín?

Cercanías C1: €1.70 for one traveler, 15–16 min. It leaves you at Madrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor, the terminus almost every C1 train actually reaches. Cercanías C1 runs direct from the airport to Chamartín, almost every 15 minutes from 05:57 to 23:27, EUR 1.70, about 15 minutes. Nearly every train ends there: it is a shuttle, not a through service, so change at Chamartín for anywhere further in.

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Madrid airporttoChamartín

Airport to destination · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

1 way to Chamartín

For Madrid generally we recommend the Expres Aeropuerto; for Chamartín the answer changes.

Recommended

The cheapest way in. Nothing listed is quicker.

Cercanías C1

C1 · Renfe

15–16 min rideEvery 15 min05:57–23:27

Aeropuerto T4 stationMadrid Chamartín-Clara Campoamor

Luggage space

€1.70total for 1 adult€1.70 eachBuy ticketOn Renfe

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Aeropuerto T4 station, platform level -1

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.

Luggage. An ordinary Cercanías carriage; no racks, no hold.

Hours. 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.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Cercanías C1 runs direct from the airport to Chamartín, almost every 15 minutes from 05:57 to 23:27, EUR 1.70, about 15 minutes. Nearly every train ends there: it is a shuttle, not a through service, so change at Chamartín for anywhere further in.

Whether the regulated taxi flat fare covers this address is not recorded here. Agree the fare before you set off. Ride times exclude walking and waiting. Every way from Barajas Adolfo Suarez into Madrid

Your destination

Straight there.

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

Madrid Barajas Adolfo Suarez

Follow the signs

Aeropuerto T4 station

Cercanías C1 · 15–16 min

Chamartín

Cercanías C1 serves Chamartín. Expres Aeropuerto does not.

Arriving late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the Cercanías C1 runs 05:57–23:27. Outside those hours nothing on this board runs to the center, and taxis are not priced on it. and the board keeps only what is running.

From arrivals to Chamartín

Find the stop

Aeropuerto T4 station. Follow the signs from arrivals.

Choose Cercanías C1

Check the destination and departure board before boarding.

Arrive at Chamartín

15–16 min. Continue to your accommodation or follow signs for onward transport.

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A private car into Madrid: €40 for four

Four pay €6.80 on the cheapest way to Chamartín on this page. The car meets you in arrivals and drives to your door. €40 is what Welcome Pickups charges to the centre of Madrid; it quotes the fare for your own address when you book ahead.

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Continuing by public transport?

Follow the station signs for your onward connection.

Walking to your stay?

Check the address and choose the nearest exit.

Before you travel

Does the Expres Aeropuerto stop at Chamartín?

No. It runs to Atocha station by day.

Is Chamartín inside the taxi fare zone?

Not recorded here. Agree the fare before you set off rather than assuming the airport flat rate applies.

What if my flight arrives late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the Cercanías C1 runs 05:57–23:27. Outside those hours nothing on this board runs to the center, and taxis are not priced on it.

How far is Chamartín from the centre?