There are 8 ways to get from Solothurn to Madrid by train, plane, train (Trenitalia, Renfe, Ouigo), bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Solothurn to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane ZRH - MAD
6h€108–311Train, train to Basel, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Solothurn to Oltentrain
- Take the train from Olten to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane BSL - MAD
6h 32m€77–277Train
- Take the train from Solothurn to Renens VDtrain Ic5
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain Ter
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
14h 21m€213–439Train, bus
- Take the train from Solothurn to Lausannetrain Ic5
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
23h 29m€159–297Drive 1,484.6 km
- Drive from Solothurn to Madridcar 1,484.6 km
14h 59m€268–386Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Solothurn to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane GVA - MAD
6h 47m€121–356Train, bus via Marseille
- Take the train from Solothurn to Lausannetrain Ic5
- Take the train from Lausanne to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the bus from Geneva to Marseillebus
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
20h 19m€233–387Bus
- Take the bus from Bern to Lyonbus FlixBus N1149 / ...
- Take the bus from Lyon to Madridbus FlixBus N748 / ...
25h 6m€139–220
Solothurn to Madrid by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Solothurn to Madrid is to train and fly which costs €75 - €280 and takes 6h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Solothurn to Madrid is to train and fly which takes 6h and costs €100 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Solothurn to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Solothurn, Baseltor and arriving at Madrid via Bern, Hauptbahnhof, Bern and Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Solothurn to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Solothurn and arriving at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes via Renens VD, Genève, Bellegarde, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 21m.
The distance between Solothurn and Madrid is 1349 km. The road distance is 1484.6 km.
The best way to get from Solothurn to Madrid without a car is to train which takes 14h 21m and costs €210 - €440.
It takes approximately 6h to get from Solothurn to Madrid, including transfers.
Solothurn to Madrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Solothurn to Madrid train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Solothurn station.
The best way to get from Solothurn to Madrid is to train which takes 14h 21m and costs €210 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €220 and takes 25h 6m.
What companies run services between Solothurn, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland and Madrid, Spain?
You can take a train from Solothurn to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes via Renens VD, Genève, Bellegarde, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona-Sants in around 14h 21m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Solothurn, Baseltor to Madrid via Bern, Bahnhof, Bern, Hauptbahnhof, Bern, Neufeld P+R, Bern, and Lyon in around 25h 6m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–460
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–460
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–230
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Train from Solothurn to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Solothurn to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Solothurn to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Solothurn to Olten
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Solothurn to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Solothurn to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €8–12
- 2nd Class
- €10–14
Train from Lausanne to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €9–13
- 2nd Class
- €11–15
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €6–9
- 2nd Class
- €7–10
Train from Lausanne to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €9–13
- 2nd Class
- €11–15
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Marseille St Charles to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Olten to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Geneva to Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bern to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Solothurn to Madrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lyon station.
Solothurn to Madrid train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Renens VD station.
Yes, the driving distance between Solothurn to Madrid is 1485 km. It takes approximately 14h 59m to drive from Solothurn to Madrid.
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