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Thank you for posting this!! Hopefully @Varekai or someone can help those of us leaving soon up-to-date on how to catch our trains. Or, perhaps, we can go to Renfe's website.... I'll take a look.Thanks so much to @Varekai who posted this information in another thread.
Thanks again, @Varekai, and further updates from those traveling in the upcoming weeks would be very welcome!
I arrive in Madrid the morning of October 9. Hope the train is running. I have used the bus before and it is also comfortable and nice and a good price.Thanks so much to @Varekai who posted this information in another thread.
Thanks again, @Varekai, and further updates from those traveling in the upcoming weeks would be very welcome!
I have done some more searching and am frustrated to see that some websites refer to a “shuttle train” and others to a “shuttle bus” that will take people from T4 at the airport to Chamartín. But I have seen many references to the fact that there are lots of signs to direct travelers. I think what I would do on arrival is follow signs for Cercanías (after baggage claim you take an elevator down to the station) and then hope for more information. In my experience, there are always employees at the turnstiles and ticket machines, so I am virtually certain that at a time like this there will be people to help you.Thank you for posting this!! Hopefully @Varekai or someone can help those of us leaving soon up-to-date on how to catch our trains. Or, perhaps, we can go to Renfe's website.... I'll take a look.
If anyone has better search capabilities and can find more specific information about this shuttle, or if anyone has actually taken this shuttle, I’m sure it would help forum members.
Hi ,Thanks so much to @Varekai who posted this information in another thread.
The options left for those who don’t want to take a cab and who want to get to either Atocha or Chamartín train station from the airport are now:
1. To Chamartín
- Renfe will have a shuttle every 20 minutes. It will leave from T4, presumably from near the regular Cercanías station, but I haven’t seen details. I think it is a shuttle bus, though I have seen a youtube that says it is a shuttle train. In any event, websites say there are signs plastered everywhere.
- Metro is still available, but I don’t like that option. I love the Madrid metro, but the lines from the airport are filled with pickpockets, and when you’re jetlagged you are a real target.
2. To Atocha
-You can take that Renfe shuttle to Chamartín and then transfer on the Cercanías to Atocha. I think this may be stressful and confusing, because Chamartín is undergoing a lot of construction and is kind of a mess.
- Take the Express bus that Janet and Phil recommend. They have had consistently good experiences on it. All information here.
https://www.emtmadrid.es/Aeropuerto
Thanks again, @Varekai, and further updates from those traveling in the upcoming weeks would be very welcome!
Arriving at Madrid airport we took the bus from T1 to T4. Then we buy a ticket (3,20 euro) for the train to Chamarrtin that goes every 15’.Has any forum member had first hand experience with the lanzadera/shuttle bus from T4 to Chamartín?
When?Arriving at Madrid airport we took the bus from T1 to T4. Then we buy a ticket (3,20 euro) for the train to Chamarrtin that goes every 15’.
We took the train 30/8 at 12h45When?
Well, that is totally crazy. I still see all the announcements about the closure on the internet, and this is from Renfe’s own website:We took the train 30/8 at 12h45
Yes, I have, on August 28th I took the cercanías train from Chamartín to T4 terminal at the airport. The schedule of those trains from Chamartín to the airport seems to have not been affected. They leave as usual every 15 or 20 minutes, although from a somewhat hidden platform 12 in Chamartín (at least it was not platform 9¾), and in my case it was the first time I traveled on a double-decker cercanías train.Has any forum member had first hand experience with the lanzadera/shuttle bus from T4 to Chamartín?
There are certainly works and the train stops in Chamartin. If you will go to Atocha of Principio Pio you have to switch to a bus or train.Well, that is totally crazy. I still see all the announcements about the closure on the internet, and this is from Renfe’s own website:
Por obras de mejora en Chamartín desde el 6 de julio hasta el 5 de octubre, los trenes de líneas C-1 y C-10 finalizan en la estación de Chamartín. Habrá lanzaderas desde Chamartín hasta el Aeropuerto T-4.
(Due to construction at Chamartín, from July 6 till Oct.5, the C-1 and C-10 lines will end at the Chamartín station. There will be shuttles from Chamartín to T4 at the airport.)
Did you see any signs of construction or anything, @chrisje?
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