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Madrid to Lisbon by train
Prices explained
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Cheapest Price $30.75
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30 day advance $76.17
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First train21:43
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Last train21:50
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Avg changes0
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Fastest journey10hr 30m
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Distance505 kilometres
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Trains per day2
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Avg. journey time10hr 38m
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Train operators
Travelling from Madrid to Lisbon by train
Fast trains from Madrid to Lisbon take around 10 hours and 30 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 505 kilometres. There are frequent services on the rail route between Madrid and Lisbon.
1. Are there direct trains from Madrid to Lisbon?
Direct trains from Madrid to Lisbon have been found.
We usually find at least one direct train on the route from Madrid to Lisbon every weekday.
Trains usually run with a similar frequency on weekends.
2. How long is the train journey from Madrid to Lisbon?
The Madrid to Lisbon train travel time is normally about 10 hours and 30 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.
3. What are the Madrid to Lisbon train times and schedule?
On weekdays the only direct train to Lisbon is usually scheduled to depart Madrid around 21:43. This is the same at the weekend.
What's the Madrid to Lisbon train price?
The earlier you book the better, and the cheapest tickets we've found for trains from Madrid to Lisbon are $30.75.
Trains departing 30 days in advance will cost around $76 while booking 7 days in advance the price is around $62. Booking on the day of travel is likely to be more expensive, so it is worth booking in advance if you can to save money.
When to book Madrid to Lisbon train tickets?
Trains for this journey usually open for booking around 5 months in advance. If booking is not yet open for your dates then you can set a booking alert to receive an email on the day that the cheapest tickets are released for your journey from Madrid to Lisbon by train.
Which train companies operate between Madrid and Lisbon?
Trenhotel is the train company that operates on the route from Madrid to Lisbon.
You can check which train you’ll be travelling on by looking for the train name in search results.
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Lusitania night train
The night train from Madrid to Lisbon is one of Europe’s longest-standing overnight rail services. For more than half a century, this train – called the Lusitania – has been a mainstay of the timetables. Today the Lusitania is the sole surviving direct train between the two capital cities on the Iberian Peninsula. It initially runs north-west from Madrid to serve Avila and Salamanca, only then turning south-west and heading more decisively for Lisbon. The train reaches the Spanish-Portuguese border just after two in the morning. The border formalities of yesteryear are long gone and you won’t be disturbed at all.
Madrid to Lisbon (night train)
On a moonlit night the first part of the journey on the Lusitania night train out of Madrid is exceptional as the train climbs up over the rugged Sierra de Guadarrama to reach its first stop at Avila. The train then makes a dozen further stops on its overnight journey to Lisbon. The last hour of the journey down the Tejo Valley to Lisbon in the morning has a pacific beauty about it.
Like all night trains from Madrid, this service departs from Chamartin station in the northern suburbs of the Spanish capital. The following morning, the train stops first at the modernistic Oriente station in Lisbon and then continues to Santa Apolónia station where it terminates.
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