{"id":2326,"date":"2019-09-11T14:47:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2019-11-15T09:51:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T09:51:51","slug":"madrid-getting-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/madrid-getting-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid: Getting around"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h1>Madrid: Getting around<\/h1>\n<p><em>September 19th 2019 @ Chamart\u00edn, Madrid<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The city of Madrid offers a diverse range of public transport services for quick, convenient and accessible travel.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We can combine different complementary modes of transport to reach any point of the city and its surroundings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed the<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/billetes-y-tarifas\/otras-tarjetas\/turistica.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> tourist ticket<\/a> <\/strong>allows to take all the public transport on the Community of Madrid. It does not have any travel limit and can be used during its validity period. This is undoubtedly a practical and economical way of getting around the city. There are packages of 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 days, in two zones (A and T). Therefore, the ticket is valid for the number of consecutive days indicated, from the date of its first use.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Access to Madrid&#8217;s public transport network.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"height: 1995px; width: 99.7716%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2055%; height: 96px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metromadrid.es\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2410\" src=\"https:\/\/youropize.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/logo_metro-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78.8813%; height: 96px;\"><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metromadrid.es\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madrid metro<\/a> is the fastest way to get to all points of the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crtm.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/Embed\/index.html?webmap=0dc4cf6592f04c318ae23318669e30b3&amp;extent=-4.1477,40.2783,-3.2179,40.5647&amp;home=true&amp;zoom=true&amp;scale=true&amp;search=true&amp;searchextent=true&amp;legend=true&amp;basemap_gallery=true&amp;disable_scroll=true&amp;theme=light\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Map of Madrid Metro<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/tu-transporte-publico\/metro\/horarios.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schedules and Prices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aena.es\/es\/aeropuerto-madrid-barajas\/transporte-publico.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airport transport<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 75px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2055%; height: 75px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/tu-transporte-publico\/metro-ligero.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2431 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/youropize.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MetroLigero-300x179.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78.8813%; height: 75px;\"><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/tu-transporte-publico\/metro-ligero.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">light rail<\/a> offers 4 lines.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/tu-transporte-publico\/metro-ligero\/estaciones.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stations<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/tu-transporte-publico\/metro-ligero\/horarios.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Schedules and Prices<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 645px;\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; width: 99.0868%; height: 645px;\" colspan=\"2\">Plan de metro de Madrid<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3576 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Planoesquematicoespanol-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"445\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4253 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/girl-549154_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Are you going to spend several days in Madrid and plan to<a href=\"https:\/\/youropize.net\/blog\/musee-maison-cervantes\/\"> visit <\/a>the surrounding area as well?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>You need the T Zone subscription, which includes:<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The entire metro network (zones A, B1, B2 and B3)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">All city bus lines (blue buses of the EMT)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interurban lines (green buses of the Community of Madrid), except the Express line at the airport<\/li>\n<li>The entire network of suburban trains Cercan\u00edas Madrid (Renfe)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lines ML2 and ML3 of Metro Ligero, as well as the ML4 tram of Parla.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sales points:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn fact the tourist ticket is only available with the Multi Card <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/billetes-y-tarifas\/tarjeta-multi\/como-obtenerla.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Tarjeta Multi)<\/a>. The card is multi-person and rechargeable next to the Regional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/atencion-al-cliente\/area-de-descargas\/planos.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Consortium for Public Transport of the Community of Madrid.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Why buy the subscription:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/billetes-y-tarifas\/tarjeta-transporte-publico.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Tarjeta Transporte P\u00fablico).<\/a> This card can be obtained free of charge for any tourist ticket at the time of purchase. Therefore, it allows the end of its period of validity, to be reused by reloading, regardless of the type of ticket (tourist, single ticket, ten trips, etc.).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Where to buy the subscription:<\/strong> In all stations of the metro network, including those of the airport Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas (Terminals 2 and 4). You can get it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the entrance to the Cercan\u00edas Aeropuerto T4 station.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the headquarters of the Regional Transport Consortium (Plaza del Descubridor Diego de Ord\u00e1s, 3).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In all Metro Ligero stations, in the Estancos (tobacconists).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other authorized outlets.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you choose to travel only with single tickets or ten trips, the purchase price of the Multi Card is \u20ac 2.5 (single, non-refundable issue cost).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 119px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20.2055%; height: 110px; vertical-align: top;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emtmadrid.es\/EMTBUS\/MiBus?lang=es-ES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2435 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/youropize.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/EMT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78.8813%; height: 110px;\"><strong>The city bus network of the city of Madrid:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/tu-transporte-publico\/autobuses-emt.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madrid EMT Bus &#8211; Timetables and Prices<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redtransporte.com\/madrid\/autobuses-urbanos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madrid City Bus &#8211;\u00a0 Comunit\u00e1 de Madrid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redtransporte.com\/madrid\/autobuses-interurbanos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intercity bus &#8211; green bus<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redtransporte.com\/madrid\/autobuses-nocturnos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Night bus &#8211; Comunit\u00e1 de Madrid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/muevete-por-madrid\/conexiones-con-aeropuerto-y-principales-estaciones\/aeropuerto.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Airport transport<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 243px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 99.0868%; height: 243px;\" colspan=\"2\">In addition, Madrid has a transport service that connects the city center (Atocha Station during the day and Plaza de Cibeles on night service) at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aena.es\/es\/aeropuerto-madrid-barajas\/transporte-publico.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas airport<\/strong><\/a>. The line runs daily, 24 hours a day. It is particularly useful for users who need to come or go from the airport\u00a0between 1:30 and 6am.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed there is a shuttle called<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/muevete-por-madrid\/conexiones-con-aeropuerto-y-principales-estaciones\/aeropuerto.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> &#8220;Expr\u00e9s Aeropuerto&#8221;<\/a>, it travels on total journey in about 40 minutes &#8211; 30 minutes to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Terminal 1 (T1).<\/li>\n<li>5 minutes more to Terminal 2 (T2).<\/li>\n<li>another 5 minutes to Terminal 4 (T4 ).<\/li>\n<li>15-20 minutes during the day and every 35 minutes at night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The price of the ticket is 5 euros, it is to pay in cash on board. The departure \/ terminus is located at Terminal 4 of the airport (T4) and the line includes the following stops:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T2, T1.<\/li>\n<li>O&#8217;Donnell (at the corner of Doctor Esquerdo Street).<\/li>\n<li>Plaza de Cibeles (hotspot of nocturnal services of the EMT, the b\u00fahos).<\/li>\n<li>Atocha station (only during the daytime hours, from 6am to 11.30pm).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2901 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Train.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"151\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 87px; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 10px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 849px;\" colspan=\"2\">\n<h2>Other ways to get around Madrid<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 152px; height: 77px; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2457 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/youropize.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/bicimad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"115\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 673px; height: 77px; vertical-align: top;\">\n<div class=\"jfk-button-img\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Public service with electric bikes<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bicimad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0&#8211; BiciMAD<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madrid.es\/portales\/munimadrid\/es\/Inicio\/Movilidad-y-transportes\/Oficina-de-la-bici?vgnextfmt=default&amp;vgnextchannel=125331dc4f768210VgnVCM2000000c205a0aRCRD&amp;vgnextoid=125331dc4f768210VgnVCM2000000c205a0aRCRD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0&#8211; Oficina de la Bici<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esmadrid.com\/pt\/aluguer-de-bicicletas-em-madrid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0&#8211; Service similar and apps<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uam.es\/UAM\/Ecocampus_cibiUAM\/1446762458846.htm?language=es&amp;nodepath=CibiUAM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0&#8211; Full bike center UAM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/muevete-por-madrid\/madrid-en-bici\/sistema-de-prestamo-de-bicicletas.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Other public bicycle systems in the Community of Madrid<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Promoting the intermodality of cycling + public transport<\/strong><br \/>\nOn the following map, you can check the location of REB stations, the basics of public loan systems and the anchor points of bicycles connected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crtm.es\/muevete-por-madrid\/madrid-en-bici.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public transport system of the Community of Madrid.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><ul class=\"bxslider-vid\"><li><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bici+Transporte p\u00fablico\" src=\"https:\/\/crtm.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/Embed\/index.html?webmap=8e46265a6fdf417da76ac70553c20509&amp;extent=-5.823,39.6319,-1.7663,41.4744&amp;home=true&amp;zoom=true&amp;scale=true&amp;search=true&amp;searchextent=true&amp;legend=true&amp;basemap_gallery=true&amp;disable_scroll=false&amp;theme=light\" width=\"800\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crtm.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapTools\/index.html?appid=8afdba772aa54e7c8afa174877b8a71d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">In conclusion, Madrid&#8217;s transport is a high quality network, the strikes, the delays and the technical problems<br \/>\nare rare, metro and buses all have air conditioning. In addition, there are agents at each subway station to help you on your journey. They help you making payments from the machines. You will never be lost!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Madrid offers a diverse range of public transport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1410,1355,20],"yst_prominent_words":[289,1408,1405,1404,1346,84,1407,471,286,1406,101,81,1348,1349,1342,1204,287,1345,1344,947],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home_posts","tag-mobility","tag-moving","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2884,"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions\/2884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youropize.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}