The best way to move inside Madrid or its region is by public transportation. Taxis also offer the possibility of moving around quickly.

If you are not in a hurry and want to see our city's charming sites, we recommend the use of our tour buses and our unique and only cable car.

Short distance trains

Thanks to the existence of these trains, traffic jams are reduced, and the connection between great part of our autonomous region's territory and between this one and the neighbouring regions of Castilla y León and Castilla-La Mancha is easier and faster.

Renfe's short distance train service within the Autonomous Region of Madrid has many possibilities available to carry out interesting trips to the region's towns.

Through the “special routes” Renfe proposes routes which allow people to get to Warner Brothers amusement park in San Martín de la Vega, to Faunia in Vilcálvaro, to Madrid's amusement park / Zoo Aquarium -both in Casa de Campo- or to discover the very special and distinguished cities of Aranjuez and Alcalá de Henares.

Tel.: (+34)902 320 320
Web: www.renfe.es

Subway

In October in year 1919, King Alfonso XIII inaugurated the first subway line, which meant a very important advance in the city’s of transportation. This line linked the Puerta del Sol and Cuatro Caminos. Fourteen days after its inauguration the service was open to the public.

This suburban network is formed by twelve lines and three “metro ligero” lines (tram). These lines allow passengers to move around the city quickly and punctually, the trains run non stop from 6 a.m. to 1.30 a.m.

Tel.: (+34)902 444 403
Web: www.metromadrid.es

Buses

In the city of Madrid the regular bus service is run by the Empresa Municipal de Transportes (EMT). It has 216 lines that connect every street within Madrid, 171 of them are regular daily, it has 26 night lines, popularly called “owls” (búhos), 12 night lines that substitute the subway’s lines during the weekend’s night or the holydays’ night, called “metro owls” and seven lines that service the surroundings of some university campuses.

Tel.: (+34)91 406 88 00
Web: www.emtmadrid.es

To see more information about the intercity buses click on the Madrid Transports Consortium website.

Taxi

Even though the largest localities in the region have their own taxi network, the ones used the most are the capital's taxis, white with a diagonal red line. They run around the city every day and it is easy to find them on the streets. Besides the taxi’s tariffs are less expensive than in the rest of Europe, so if you go from the airport to Madrid by taxi you could spend around 25 euro, while for the same route you could spend 40 euro in Rome or till 50 euro in Paris.

Radio Taxi: (+34)91 447 51 80/ (+34)91 405 55 00
Taxis for disabled citizens: (+34)91 547 86 00
Tele Taxi: (+34)91 445 90 08

Cable Car

It takes us on a pretty air trip from Parque del Oeste (Western Park) to the Casa de Campo. Below your feet you will be able to see the Manzanares river, the Egyptian temple of Debod, the Plaza de España, the Royal Palace and its pretty gardens, the Almudena Cathedral and the church of San Francisco el Grande. It does not run all year round.

Tel.: (+34)902 34 50 21
Web: www.teleferico.com/tarifas

Tourist transportation tickets

The tourist transportation card has a personal character; it allows the person who buys it an unlimited amount of trips through regular transportation services within a chosen area.

The user must buy a card which indicates the area and period of time requested. This card, at the moment of its purchase, will include the buyer's identification card number or passport number. The cards that do not include this information will not be valid.

The tourist transportation card can be purchased at the following places:
Transportation Consortium
In the ticket offices inside the subway stations (Area A)
In the four TFM stations
In some tobacco shops and newspaper stands within Madrid
In municipal tourist offices (Plaza Mayor, 3)
In CAM'S tourist offices (Duque de Medinaceli, 2 at the AVE's lobby within the Atocha train station)
IFEMA'S fair ground pavilions
Travel agencies
Web: www.neoturismo.com

OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST FOR TOURISTS

Tourist transportation card:

There are five types according to their validity: those of 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 days.
According to age there are two types: normal and for children.

There are two areas for this type of card: Area A and Area T.
Area A includes practically all of the city of Madrid proper-the limits are specified on the card.
Area T includes a greater geographic area and reaches outside of the city limits.

The tourist transportation cards are valid during the days mentioned in each type of card and starting from the day it is used for the first time. At this moment, on the back of the card you will see the expiration date. This card may be used until 5 a.m. in the night services of the day the card expires.

The tourist transportation cards for Area A can be used:
In every subway line inside this area.
In every E.M.T. bus line.
Between the RENFE¹ short distance train stations inside this area.

The Area T tourist transportation cards may be used, on the services mentioned above plus in the following:
In all the subway's lines in the network.
In all bus lines inside the Autonomous Region of Madrid.
In all the RENFE short distance train network.

(1) The transportation cards are not valid in RENFE's Operator Regional Services.

All of these special transportation tickets are valid unless the Transportation Consortium changes any of the above mentioned rules and regulations.

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