There are 9 ways to get from Madrid to Ulm by plane, bus, train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV), car, or train
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Fly to Stuttgart Airport, bus
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane MAD - STR
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Ulmbus
8h 14m€81–243Train
- 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 Est to Ulm Hbftrain Tgv
16h 34m€404–723Bus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Sidebus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Ulmbus 091 / ...
29h 13m€141–259Drive 1,748.7 km
- Drive from Madrid to Ulmcar 1,748.7 km
18h€272–393Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane MAD - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Ulm Hbftrain
7h 57m€112–288Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MAD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Ulm Hbftrain
7h 46m€109–292Fly to Strasbourg International Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane MAD - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Ulm Hbftrain
8h 28m€132–316Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane MAD - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Bregenztrain
- Take the train from Bregenz to Ulm Hbftrain
9h 42m€132–382Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from Madrid to Milanbus FlixBus N1138
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Ulmbus N77
31h 25m€145–252
Madrid to Ulm by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Ulm is to fly and bus which costs €80 - €250 and takes 8h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Ulm is to fly and train which takes 7h 46m and costs €100 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Ulm. However, there are services departing from Estación Sur de Autobuses and arriving at Ulm via Karlsruhe central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Ulm. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes and arriving at Ulm Hbf via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Est. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 34m.
The distance between Madrid and Ulm is 1451 km. The road distance is 1748.7 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Ulm without a car is to train which takes 16h 34m and costs €400 - €750.
It takes approximately 8h 14m to get from Madrid to Ulm, including transfers.
Madrid to Ulm bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
Madrid to Ulm train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Ulm is to train which takes 16h 34m and costs €400 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €260 and takes 29h 13m.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Ulm, Germany?
You can take a train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Ulm Hbf via Barcelona-Sants, Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Gare Du Nord, and Paris Est in around 16h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Ulm via Karlsruhe central train station in around 29h 13m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
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
- €90–160
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- 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 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- 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
- €70–120
- 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
- €210–340
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bregenz to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Ulm Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Ulm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Ulm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Madrid to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Ulm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Ulm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Ulm
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Madrid to Ulm bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side.
Madrid to Ulm train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Ulm is 1749 km. It takes approximately 18h to drive from Madrid to Ulm.
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