City to city
Alicante to Madrid by train
Alicante - Luceros → Madrid-Puerta de Atocha
- Journey time
- ≈ 9h 40m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- OUIGO Espana, RENFE OPERADORA
Trains link Alicante (Alicante - Luceros) and Madrid (Madrid-Puerta de Atocha) in about 9h 40m at best, with at least 1 change along the way. The corridor is part of the AVE (480 km, typically 2 h 12 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Alicante to Madrid take?
Trains cover Alicante to Madrid in about 9h 40m, with little variation between departures.
Is there a direct train from Alicante to Madrid?
Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Alicante to Madrid?
A typical flight works out roughly 6h quicker door to door (about 4h against 10h by train, once airport time is counted) — but the train emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 10h
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~15 kg train · ~49 kg plane
Flight time and emissions are transparent estimates, not airline schedules — method, factors and all 109 compared pairs on Train vs plane in Europe.
This corridor in the atlas
- AVE Branches off the Madrid–Levante high-speed line to reach the Costa Blanca, opened in 2013 and worked by S-112 “Pato” trainsets.
Legendary routes through Alicante or Madrid
More trains from Alicante
- Alicante → Valencia ≈ 4h 06m
More train routes in Spain.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.