There are 10 ways to get from Madrid to Thuringia by plane, train, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV), bus, night train, car, or train (Renfe)
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Fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)MAD - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Altenburg
8h 9m€155–311Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Madrid to ParisFlixBus 793 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Erfurt central train stationN1305 / ...
29h€76–205Train via Paris
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-SantsAve
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De LyonTgv
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Erfurt Hbf82
17h 46m€171–581Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Madrid - South Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus StationBlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the night train from Paris Est to Erfurt HbfNj
28h 44m€106–429Drive 2,009 km
- Drive from Madrid to Erfurt2,009 km
19h 48m€312–451Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Frankfurt (FRA)MAD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Eisenach Hbf
7h 33m€112–318Fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)MAD - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Erfurt Hbf
7h 28m€97–306Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Munich International Airport (MUC)MAD - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
8h 29m€128–373Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)MAD - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Chemnitz central bus station
- Take the train from Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof to Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Altenburg
10h 18m€105–237Train
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Take the train from Avignon TGV to Frankfurt84
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf50 / ...
18h 37m€238–332
Madrid to Thuringia by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Thuringia is to bus which costs €75 - €210 and takes 29h.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Thuringia is to fly and train which takes 7h 28m and costs €95 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Thuringia station. However, there are services departing from Madrid and arriving at Erfurt central train station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Thuringia. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes and arriving at Erfurt Hbf via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris l'Est. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 46m.
The distance between Madrid and Thuringia is 1786 km. The road distance is 2009 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Thuringia without a car is to train via Paris which takes 17h 46m and costs €170 - €600.
It takes approximately 8h 9m to get from Madrid to Thuringia, including transfers.
Madrid to Thuringia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Madrid station.
Madrid to Thuringia train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Thuringia is to train via Paris which takes 17h 46m and costs €170 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €210 and takes 29h.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Thuringia, Germany?
You can take a train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Erfurt Hbf via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, and Paris l'Est in around 17h 46m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Madrid to Erfurt central train station via Paris and Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 29h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Altenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Altenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- 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
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- 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 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- 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 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- 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
- €55–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris l'Est to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Avignon TGV to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Paris Est to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €70–90
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof to Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof to Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Madrid - South Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Madrid - South Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Prague to Chemnitz central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Madrid to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Erfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Madrid to Thuringia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris station.
Madrid to Thuringia train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Thuringia is 2009 km. It takes approximately 19h 48m to drive from Madrid to Thuringia.
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