City to city
Madrid to Granada by train
Madrid-Puerta de Atocha → Granada
- Fastest
- ≈ 3h 23m
- Typical
- ≈ 3h 55m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- RENFE OPERADORA
Trains link Madrid (Madrid-Puerta de Atocha) and Granada (Granada) in about 3h 23m 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 Madrid to Granada take?
The fastest trains cover Madrid to Granada in about 3h 23m; a typical journey takes around 3h 55m.
Is there a direct train from Madrid to Granada?
Yes: direct trains run between Madrid-Puerta de Atocha and Granada.
Is the train or a flight faster from Madrid to Granada?
A typical flight works out roughly 15 min quicker door to door (about 4h against 4h 15m 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 15m
- 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 Madrid or Granada
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.