Madrid to Alicante by train
Madrid-Puerta de Atocha → Alicante - Luceros
Trains link Madrid (Madrid-Puerta de Atocha) and Alicante (Alicante - Luceros) in about 4h 39m at best, with at least 2 changes along the way. The corridor is part of the AVE (480 km, typically 2 h 12 min), one of 1562 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
- Journey time
- ≈ 4h 39m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 2
- Operators
- Renfe Cercanías, Renfe, Ouigo España
How long does the train from Madrid to Alicante take?
Trains cover Madrid to Alicante in about 4h 39m, with little variation between departures.
Is there a direct train from Madrid to Alicante?
Usually not; expect at least 2 changes on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Madrid to Alicante?
A typical flight works out roughly 1h quicker door to door (about 4h against 5h 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
- ≈ 5h
- 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 Madrid or Alicante
More trains from Madrid
- Madrid → Zaragoza ≈ 1h 35m · direct
- Madrid → Córdoba ≈ 1h 44m · direct
- Madrid → Valencia ≈ 2h 01m · direct
- Madrid → Seville ≈ 2h 39m · direct
- Madrid → Málaga ≈ 2h 46m · direct
- Madrid → Barcelona ≈ 3h 02m · 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.