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HOW TO ARRIVE TO MADRID

Madrid Barajas International Airport
28042 Madrid, España
Tel: 34-91-305 83 43
Fax: 34-91-393 62 04
Email: mad.clientsmad@aena.es
www.aena.es

The Madrid-Barajas airport is the main airport in Spain and it is one of the five most important airports in Europe, each year transporting more than 40 million passengers and 336,000 tons of goods while carrying out 400,000 flights. It is thirteen kilometers from the Puerta del Sol, center of Madrid, toward the northeast. The most important airlines from the main countries of the World operate here.

The Madrid-Barajas airport has recently been enlarged, and in the month of February of 2006 a new terminal was inaugurated (T4). This new building as well as its satellite area (the T4S building) are real works of art. They are modern, functional and flexible, and in them natural light is a great protagonist. This new terminal has a capacity of 35 million passengers per year, and of more than 10,000 passenger at peak hour.

This new terminal has a modular design, it is pleasant and has a lot of sunlight. Designed under a global perspective to have a commercial and leisure offer for passengers, in it you may shop, enjoy good food or relax with a massage. One can do all of this in the two shopping centers inside the T4 and T4S buildings. The shops have been very well integrated to the restaurants and new leisure, health and beauty concepts have been included.

ACCESS TO T4

• By road: two roads have been built to be able to get to the new air terminal; the M-12 (axis north-south) and the connection between the road M-14 and M-13 (axis east-west). These new access points connect directly with the new terminal's arrival and departure gates, and have seven lanes, three for arrivals and four for departures.
• By bus: Line no. 201 from the subway station Barajas (T4) to Madrid, Line 204 from Avenida de América to (T4), Line 827 from Alcobendas and Tres Cantos to (T4) and Line 828 from Alcobendas to (T4).
• Fast buses: These buses connect our four terminals, they are free, they go by every three minutes and they take just a few minutes to arrive at their destination.

The same virtues that apply to the quality of the Autonomous Region of Madrid's communication by road can be said about the other terrestrial (land) transportation, the railway.

The radial character of the Spanish railway network allowed the link, by rails, of Madrid's territory with the most important points within the Iberian peninsula.

The recent technological advances, as well as the network's and engines's updating makes it even easier to move between the Autonomous region of Madrid and the rest of Spain.

• AVE. High Speed Train
  The city of Madrid is connected to ten Spanish cities by means of RENFE'S star product: high speed. There are six lines that are in service today: Five of them are considered AVE and the sixth is a TALGO train that links Madrid to Málaga. The AVE trains that are running today reach Sevilla, Lleida and Huesca, with stops in Ciudad Real, Puertollano, Córdoba, Guadalajara, Calatayud and Zaragoza with an excellent quality in their service.
• The Spanish National Railway Network (Renfe)
  The state company RENFE renders service to travellers and goods all over Spain. Many existing railway lines allow the most diverse routs throughout the country. At the same time Portugal, France (our neighbours) and every E.U. country is connected to Madrid by train.
  For further information: www.renfe.es

Both the city of Madrid and its region's geographic location has allowed them to be excellently connected with the rest of the country, as both are in the center of the Iberian peninsula.

The Spanish road and railway network, being radial, has made it easy to connect them with the other Spanish cities as well as with the countries which share its border.

The excellent union among the numerous cities and villages that form the Autonomous Region of Madrid benefit from this.

• Road network
  Seven State highways link the city of Madrid to the rest of the important Spanish cities. In addition, the capital has a series of highways that makes the communication between the capital and many other cities inside the region easy.
• The Autonomous Region of Madrid State Road Network
  The basic structure of the Spanish road network is radial, centered in Madrid. Seven main highways exist: A-1, Madrid-Burgos-Irún, A-2, Madrid-Barcelona- La Junquera, A-3, Madrid-Valencia, A-4, Madrid-Sevilla, A-5, Madrid-Badajoz and A-6, Madrid-A Coruña.
• Beltways
  When you come into the city of Madrid along any of the 6 above mentioned highways you will reach three succesive rings called M-50, M-40 and M-30 which will make your entrance easy. The M-30 is located inside the city so it is another option of moving within the city.
• The Roads
  The Autonomous Region of Madrid's road network compliments the extraordinary state development from which our region benefits thanks to Madrid's traditional importance as capital of the state.
  Each and every town of Madrid is connected by local and regional roads, and these towns are also linked with the towns of other provinces that belong to other nearby communities.