Seville to Madrid by train
Sevilla-Santa Justa → Madrid-Puerta de Atocha
Trains link Seville (Sevilla-Santa Justa) and Madrid (Madrid-Puerta de Atocha) in about 2h 38m 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 38m
- Typical
- ≈ 2h 41m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- Ouigo España, Renfe
How long does the train from Seville to Madrid take?
The fastest trains cover Seville to Madrid in about 2h 38m; a typical journey takes around 2h 41m.
Is there a direct train from Seville to Madrid?
Yes: direct trains run between Sevilla-Santa Justa and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha.
Is the train or a flight faster from Seville to Madrid?
Door to door, the train typically wins: about 3h 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
- 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 Seville or Madrid
More trains from Seville
- Seville → Córdoba ≈ 41 min · direct
- Seville → Málaga ≈ 2h 05m · direct
- Seville → Granada ≈ 2h 23m · direct
- Seville → Valencia ≈ 4h 22m · direct
- Seville → Barcelona ≈ 6h 07m · 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.