Transportation
Getting Around
Subway (http://www.metromadrid.es/)
Madrid possesses a modern and efficient underground system and it
is the fastest way of getting around the city. Trains run daily from
6:00am to 1:30am, you can either buy a ticket for a single journey
or if you intend to use the underground several times a reduced rate
10 trip tickets are available as combined bus/underground card. Information:
Metro de Madrid.
Phone: 91.522.59.09.
Bus
The bus system covers the entire city and outlying areas.
The buses run from 6am to midnight. Reduced tickets for ten rides
are available at local new stands, tobacconists´ and booths at all
major bus stops.
Information: EMT (Municipal transport
Company):
Phone 91.406.88.10
Taxi
The white colored taxis are plentiful in Madrid and can either be
stopped in the street or ordered in advance through one of the following
major companies:
* Radio-Taxi. Phone. 91.447.51.80
* Independent Radio Taxi. Phone. 91.371.21.31
* Tele Taxi. Phone. 91.445.90.08
* Radio Telephone Taxi. Phone. 91.547.82.00
* Taxi service for handicapped.
Phone. 91.547.82.00 and 91.547.86.00
Local Trains
Madrid has two principal long distance railway stations,
Atocha and Chamartin.
Atocha is used for most destinations to
the south and west of the country, the high speed AVE trains that
travel to Cordoba and Sevilla and also serves as the hub of the Cercanias
local train network.
Chamartin serves as the station for trains
headed east and north. Many trains stop at both stations so you can
often chose whichever is most convenient. Keep in mind that Atocha
is closer to the city center.
RENFE (Spanish national railway) Information
and reservations (including AVE trains), Alcala, 44, Tel: 902 24 02
02.
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