There are 12 ways to get from Basingstoke to Madrid by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, or ferry
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Fly from London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)LHR - MAD
6h 12m€79–270Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from The Malls to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris to Madrid
28h 21m€58–261Train, bus
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Clapham Junction
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Lille
- Take the train from Lille Europe to PerpignanTgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
22h 52m€218–484Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Basingstoke to Plymouth
- Take the car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Drive from Santander to Madrid
27h 57m€182–858Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Clapham Junction
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)LGW - MAD
5h 51m€70–246Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basingstoke to London Waterloo
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)LTN - MAD
6h 51m€100–241Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basingstoke to London Waterloo
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)STN - MAD
7h 16m€110–280Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Birmingham International
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)BHX - MAD
6h 49m€111–441Train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)BRS - MAD
7h 2m€80–417Train, ferry
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Poole
- Take the ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Barcelona-SantsTgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena GrandesAve
23h 25m€282–651Bus #2
- Take the bus from The Malls to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
28h 21m€58–221Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Basingstoke to Portsmouth Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid ChamartínAlv / ...
40h 51m€135–715
Basingstoke to Madrid by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basingstoke to Madrid is to bus which costs €55 - €230 and takes 28h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Basingstoke to Madrid is to train and fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €65 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Basingstoke to Madrid. However, there are services departing from The Malls and arriving at Madrid via London Victoria and Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 21m.
The distance between Basingstoke and Madrid is 1320 km.
The best way to get from Basingstoke to Madrid without a car is to train and bus which takes 22h 52m and costs €210 - €490.
It takes approximately 6h 12m to get from Basingstoke to Madrid, including transfers.
Basingstoke to Madrid bus services, operated by National Express, depart from The Malls station.
The best way to get from Basingstoke to Madrid is to fly which takes 6h 12m and costs €75 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €270 and takes 28h 21m.
Basingstoke to Madrid bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Madrid is 1h ahead of Basingstoke. It is currently 7:05 PM in Basingstoke and 8:05 PM in Madrid.
What companies run services between Basingstoke, England and Madrid, Spain?
Iberia and British Airways fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from The Malls to Madrid via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Paris in around 28h 21m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €28–160
Flights from Luton Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Luton Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Bristol Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Basingstoke to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Basingstoke to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Basingstoke to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Basingstoke to Portsmouth Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–27
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €160–220
- 1st Class
- €210–270
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Perpignan to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Basingstoke to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Reading to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–230
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from The Malls to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–17
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Plymouth to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €75–700
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Adult
- €75–95
- Car
- €230–330
- Single Ticket
- €100–220
- Car Single Ticket
- €280–700
Ferry from Poole to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–95
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to Santander
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €90–600
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Adult
- €90–120
- Car
- €280–400
- Single Ticket
- €90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- €210–600
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