Madrid to Seville by train
Madrid-Puerta de Atocha → Sevilla-Santa Justa
Trains link Madrid (Madrid-Puerta de Atocha) and Seville (Sevilla-Santa Justa) in about 2h 39m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the AVE (471 km, typically 2 h 20 min), one of 1562 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
- Fastest
- ≈ 2h 39m
- Typical
- ≈ 3h
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- Renfe
How long does the train from Madrid to Seville take?
The fastest trains cover Madrid to Seville in about 2h 39m; a typical journey takes around 3h.
Is there a direct train from Madrid to Seville?
Yes: direct trains run between Madrid-Puerta de Atocha and Sevilla-Santa Justa.
Is the train or a flight faster from Madrid to Seville?
Door to door, the train typically wins: about 3h 20m city centre to city centre, against roughly 4h for a typical flight once airport time is counted. The train also emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 3h 20m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~17 kg train · ~53 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 Spain’s first AVE, built for Expo ’92 in standard gauge, the line that reset Spanish railways.
- Al Ándalus A rolling Belle Époque palace whose 1929 sleeping cars once carried the British court from Calais to the Riviera: now easing from Seville to Madrid in seven days.
Legendary routes through Madrid or Seville
More trains from Madrid
- Madrid → Zaragoza ≈ 1h 35m · direct
- Madrid → Córdoba ≈ 1h 44m · direct
- Madrid → Valencia ≈ 2h 01m · direct
- Madrid → Málaga ≈ 2h 46m · direct
- Madrid → Barcelona ≈ 3h 02m · direct
- Madrid → Santiago de Compostela ≈ 3h 22m
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.