There are 12 ways to get from Madrid to Hanover by plane, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, train, train (Renfe, TGV), train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV), or car train
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 Hannover Airport
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane MAD - HAJ
7h 15m€121–252Fly to Hamburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane MAD - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 17m€109–366Train via Paris
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
18h 45m€508–955Bus
- Take the bus from Madrid to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Essen central train stationbus 081
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbfbus
30h 6m€145–240Drive 2,011.6 km
- Drive from Madrid to Hanovercar 2,011.6 km
18h 55m€321–464Fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane MAD - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 16m€118–392Fly 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 D-Flughafen Bf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 40m€138–345Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MAD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 48m€148–422Train
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
18h 56m€389–675Train #2
- 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 Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
19h 6m€357–703Bus, train
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Frankfurt - Main Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
31h 24m€211–429Drive, car train
- Drive from Madrid to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hannover Hbfcartrain
23h 45m€336–468
Madrid to Hanover by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Hanover is to bus which costs €140 - €240 and takes 30h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Hanover is to fly which takes 7h 15m and costs €120 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Hanover. However, there are services departing from Madrid and arriving at Hannover Hbf via Brussels-North train station and Essen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Hanover. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes and arriving at Hannover Hauptbahnhof via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord and Köln Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 45m.
The distance between Madrid and Hanover is 1695 km. The road distance is 2011.6 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Hanover without a car is to train via Paris which takes 18h 45m and costs €500 - €1000.
It takes approximately 7h 15m to get from Madrid to Hanover, including transfers.
Madrid to Hanover bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Madrid station.
Madrid to Hanover train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Hanover is to fly which takes 7h 15m and costs €120 - €260. Alternatively, you can train via Paris, which costs €500 - €1000 and takes 18h 45m, you could also bus, which costs €140 - €240 and takes 30h 6m.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Hanover, Germany?
KLM, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Hannover Airport (HAJ) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Hannover Hauptbahnhof via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, and Köln Hbf in around 18h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–320
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–370
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–460
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bremen Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bremen Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Hannover Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Bremen Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–500
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Hamburg Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
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
- €85–210
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
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 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- 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 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- 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
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €230–370
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Madrid to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Frankfurt - Main Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–270
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Madrid to Hanover bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Madrid to Hanover train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Hanover is 2012 km. It takes approximately 18h 55m to drive from Madrid to Hanover.
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