City to city
Granada to Madrid by train
Granada → Madrid-Puerta de Atocha
- Fastest
- ≈ 3h 34m
- Typical
- ≈ 4h 10m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- RENFE OPERADORA
Trains link Granada (Granada) and Madrid (Madrid-Puerta de Atocha) in about 3h 34m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the AVE (568 km, typically 3 h 5 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Granada to Madrid take?
The fastest trains cover Granada to Madrid in about 3h 34m; a typical journey takes around 4h 10m.
Is there a direct train from Granada to Madrid?
Yes: direct trains run between Granada and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha.
Is the train or a flight faster from Granada to Madrid?
A typical flight works out roughly 30 min quicker door to door (about 4h against 4h 30m 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
- ≈ 4h 30m
- 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 Opened in 2019, it branches off the Córdoba–Málaga line at Antequera to lift the AVE network into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
Legendary routes through Granada or Madrid
More trains from Granada
- Granada → Málaga ≈ 1h 29m · direct
- Granada → Seville ≈ 2h 31m · direct
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.