Cheapest
Average
The best way to find a cheap fare is to book your ticket as far in advance as you can and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
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Fastest Journey
5 h 8 m
Average
5 h 8 m
Trains per day
2
Distance
323 km
Of the 2 trains that leave Bilbao for Madrid every day 2 travel direct so it’s quite easy to avoid journeys where you’ll have to change along the way.
Distance | 200 miles (322 km) | |
Average train duration | 5 h 8 min | |
Average train ticket price | £38 (€43) | |
Direct train | Yes | |
Train companies | Renfe or Renfe ALVIA |
Trains from Bilbao to Madrid cover the 200 miles (322 km) long route taking on average 5 h 8 min with our travel partners like Renfe or Renfe ALVIA. There are direct train services available. While the average ticket price for this trip costs around £38, you can find the cheapest train ticket for as low as £33. Travellers depart most frequently from Bilbao-Abando and arrive in Madrid-Puerta de Atocha.
For as little as £33 you can travel by train between Bilbao and Madrid with Renfe. Omio will show you the best deals, timetables and tickets available for this journey.
Renfe is Spain’s national train provider operating freight and passenger trains on Spain’s extensive railway network as well as international routes to neighboring France and Portugal. Renfe has a wide range of ticket types to fit your budget like the Basic, Elige and Premium tickets. Renfe also offers discount cards like the Renfe Gold Card and +Renfe Youth Card 50 for qualified travellers. You can use these savings offers and discount cards on Omio when booking your Bilbao to Madrid trip. Renfe has a vast fleet of trains with different levels of comfort, amenities and speed. The Renfe AVE trains run at high speed and serve long-distance routes, Alvia trains combine high-speed and normal speed trains serving domestic routes, Altaria serves domestic routes into southern Spain, Euromed offers domestic routes along the Mediterranean coast, Avant trains serve regional commuter routes and Trenhotel offers night train routes.
When taking a train from Bilbao, you have a couple of train stations you can depart from including Bilbao-Abando and Bilbao-Concordia. When you arrive in Madrid, your train can arrive in train stations including Madrid-Puerta de Atocha, Madrid Chamartín and Madrid Méndez Alvaro.
Omio customers travelling this route book their trains from Bilbao-Abando to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha.
Passengers board their train most frequently from Bilbao-Abando and travel around 0.4 miles (726 m) from the city centre to this train station.
Passengers travelling this route most often arrive at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha and need to travel approximately 1.4 miles (2.2 km) from the train station to the city centre in Madrid.
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