There are 10 ways to get from Locarno to Madrid by train, plane, train (Renfe, Ouigo), bus, or car
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Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Locarno to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane MXP - MAD
6h 58m€43–174Train
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
16h 13m€177–460Train, bus
- Take the train from Locarno to Seregnotrain Re80
- Take the bus from Milan to Madridbus FlixBus N1138
26h 51m€91–244Drive 1,522 km
- Drive from Locarno to Madridcar 1,522 km
16h 54m€262–378Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- Take the train from Locarno to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane LIN - MAD
7h 26m€72–216Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BGY - MAD
7h 38m€104–355Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hbtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane ZRH - MAD
8h€106–329Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Locarno to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane TRN - MAD
8h 21m€112–323Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Locarno FART to Domodossolatrain
- Take the train from Brig to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane GVA - MAD
10h 14m€109–357Train, bus via Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur
- Take the train from Locarno to Seregnotrain Re80
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Surbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3415 / ...
30h 16m€81–114
Locarno to Madrid by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Locarno to Madrid is to train and bus via Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur which costs €80 - €120 and takes 30h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Locarno to Madrid is to train and fly which takes 6h 58m and costs €40 - €180.
No, there is no direct train from Locarno to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Locarno and arriving at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes via Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 13m.
The distance between Locarno and Madrid is 1271 km. The road distance is 1522 km.
The best way to get from Locarno to Madrid without a car is to train which takes 16h 13m and costs €170 - €460.
It takes approximately 6h 58m to get from Locarno to Madrid, including transfers.
Locarno to Madrid train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Locarno station.
Locarno to Madrid train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Locarno to Madrid is 1522 km. It takes approximately 16h 54m to drive from Locarno to Madrid.
There are 6334+ hotels available in Madrid.
What companies run services between Locarno, Switzerland and Madrid, Spain?
You can take a train from Locarno to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes via Milano Centrale, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona-Sants in around 16h 13m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–230
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–290
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–110
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–24
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Locarno to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Locarno to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Locarno to Seregno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Locarno to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- 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
- 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
- €45–170
- 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 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- 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
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bellinzona to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €55–85
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +41 (0)91 756 04 00
- fart@centovalli.ch
- Website
- centovalli.ch
Train from Locarno FART to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- Autolinee FART
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Milan to Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–100
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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