Category: Tourism - Transport
Even though there are many other ways to travel from Madrid to other parts of Spain, the cheapest way is by bus.
Madrid has three important bus stations where most of the buses that travel around Spain and Europe arrive at or depart from: Méndez Álvaro station, Avenida América station and Conde de Casal station.
MÉNDEZ ÁLVARO STATION
Tel: (+34) 91 468 42 00
Tube: Méndez Álvaro (line circular 6)
Train: Méndez Álvaro
Buses: 113-141-8
www.estaciondeautobuses.comCOMPANIES THAT OPERATE AT THIS STATION:
Alsa (+34) 902 42 22 42 - www.alsa.es. This company almost covers Spain in its entirety. It also travels to several Moroccan cities and other European cities in Germany, Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Great Britain, Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldavia, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Switzerland and Ukraine.
Enatcar (+34) 91 527 99 27. Buses to Barcelona, Zaragoza, Albacete, Murcia, Alicante and towns on the Mediterranean coast. www.enatcar.es
Socibus (+34) 902 22 92 92. Buses that run to and from Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Huelva y Jerez de la Frontera.
Continental-Auto (+34) 34 902 33 04 00 - www.continental-auto.es. This company connects Madrid with Toledo and Granada.
Auto Res (+34) 902 02 09 99 - www.auto-res.net - This company connects Madrid with Badajoz, Cáceres, Castellón, Cuenca, Mérida, Orense, Pontevedra, Salamanca, Valencia, Zamora and Lisbon (Portugal).
Auto Res offers a bus service that connects Madrid with Vigo and Benavente (Zamora).
ESTACIÓN DE AVENIDA DE AMÉRICA
This station is used by buses that travel to and from different parts of Spain, and also by most of the inter-city bus lines that connect Madrid with other towns in the Community of Madrid. In order to see a complete list of inter-city buses that operate in the Community of Madrid it is advisable to visit the web site of the Regional Transport Consortium in the Community of Madrid- www.ctm-madrid.es - COMPANIES THAT OPERATE AT THIS STATION:
Continental-Auto (+34) 34 902 33 04 00 - www.continental-auto.es. Buses that travel to and from Bilbao, San Sebastián, Vitoria, Burgos, Santander, Pamplona, Logroño, Soria and Granada.
Alsa (+34) 902 42 22 42 - www.alsa.es. This company has several buses that depart from this station towards a dozen of Spanish cities such as Barcelona, Huesca, Lleida, Tarragona and Zaragoza.
CONDE DE CASAL STATIONFernández Shaw, 1.
Telf. (+34) 91 551 56 01
Tube: Conde de Casal.
COMPANIES THAT OPERATE AT THIS STATION:
Auto Res (+34) 902 02 09 99 - www.auto-res.net - This company connects Madrid with Badajoz, Cáceres, Castellón, Cuenca, Mérida, Orense, Pontevedra, Salamanca, Valencia, Zamora and Lisbon (Portugal).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER BUS COMPANIES
La Sepulvedana/Larrea
This company travels to and from Segovia, Ávila, Talavera de la Reina and Jaén. Inside the Community of Madrid buses cover the routes towards Guadarrama, Cercedilla and Villalba. Depending on their destination, buses depart from one terminal or another. Its main terminal is located in Paseo de Florida, even though nowadays most of the company's buses depart from Méndez Álvaro Station, from Moncloa commuter station and from calle Palos de la Frontera. We recommend customers to call the company to receive detailed information.
www.lasepulvedana.es
Automnibus interurbanos, S.A.
Buses that travel to Ciudad Real, which is where the buses that belong to Almeraya, S.A. depart towards Almería.
CITIES AND BUS COMPANIES OFFERING THE TRIP
Alicante / Albacete: Company Enatcar
Almería: Company Almeraya
Avila: Company Larrea
Badajoz / Cáceres: Company Res Auto Res
Barcelona: Company Enatcar
Bilbao: Company Continental Auto
Burgos: Company Continental Auto
Cádiz / Córdoba / Huelva / Sevilla: Company Secorbus
Cuenca / Castellón: Company Auto res
Ciudad Real: Company Autommnibus
Guadalajara: Company Continental Auto
Granada: Company Autobuses Mad-Gra.
Jaén: Company La Sepulvedana
La Coruña / Lugo: Company Intercar
León / Palencia / Valladolid: Company Fernández-Res
Málaga: Company Daibus
Orense / Pontevedra: Company Auto-Res
Oviedo: Company Alsa
Pamplona: Company Continental Auto
Salamanca / Zamora: Company Auto-Res
San Sebastián / Vitoria: Company Continental Auto
Santander: Company Continental Auto
Segovia: Company La Sepulvedana
Soria: Company Continental Auto
Tarragona / Zaragoza: Company Tte. Viajeros Aragón
Teruel: Company Autocares Samar
Toledo: Company Galiano Continental
Valencia: Company Auto-Res