There are 9 ways to get from Madrid to Elst by plane, train, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV), bus, car, or train (Renfe, TGV)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane MAD - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
6h 28m€87–232Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane MAD - EIN
- Take the train from 's-Hertogenbosch to Elsttrain
7h 15m€77–268Train via Lyon
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Bredatrain Ec
- Take the train from Breda to Elsttrain
18h 21m€301–564Bus, train
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Bredatrain Ec
- Take the train from Breda to Elsttrain
24h 17m€99–304Drive 1,733 km
- Drive from Madrid to Elstcar 1,733 km
17h 2m€311–449Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MAD - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
6h 57m€90–279Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane MAD - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Elsttrain
8h 26m€99–256Train
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Narbonnetrain
- Take the train from Narbonne to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Bredatrain Ec
- Take the train from Breda to Elsttrain
19h 10m€348–586Bus
- Take the bus from Madrid to Parisbus FlixBus 793
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Arnhem Central Stationbus 822 / ...
26h 28m€113–201
Madrid to Elst by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Elst is to fly and train which costs €75 - €270 and takes 7h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Elst is to fly and train which takes 6h 28m and costs €85 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Elst. However, there are services departing from Madrid and arriving at Elst, Dorpsstraat via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Arnhem, Centraal Station [ J ]. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 28m.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Elst. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes and arriving at Elst via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Bruxelles-Midi and Breda. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 21m.
The distance between Madrid and Elst is 1581 km. The road distance is 1733 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Elst without a car is to train via Lyon which takes 18h 21m and costs €300 - €600.
It takes approximately 6h 28m to get from Madrid to Elst, including transfers.
Madrid to Elst bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Madrid station.
Madrid to Elst train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Elst is to train via Lyon which takes 18h 21m and costs €300 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €210 and takes 26h 28m.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Elst, Gelderland, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Elst via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Bruxelles-Midi, and Breda in around 18h 21m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Madrid to Elst, Dorpsstraat via Paris, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Arnhem Central Station, and Arnhem, Centraal Station [ J ] in around 26h 28m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Elst
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from 's-Hertogenbosch to Elst
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Narbonne to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Madrid to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Arnhem Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Madrid to Elst bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Madrid to Elst train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Elst is 1733 km. It takes approximately 17h 2m to drive from Madrid to Elst.
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