{"id":83,"date":"2016-04-01T20:56:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T20:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2026-08-31T10:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T10:03:21","slug":"transportation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/student-life\/living-abroad\/transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Madrid has one of the best public transportation systems in Europe. The program will provide you with a <strong>rechargable transportation card <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/public-transportation-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>multiviajes-10 trip ticket<\/em><\/a>) with 2 10-trip tickets that will give you access to the subway (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metromadrid.es\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">el metro<\/a>)<\/em>, as well as the local buses (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crtm.es\/tu-transporte-publico\/autobuses-emt.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">autob\u00fas urbano<\/a>). <strong>Additional funds for 20 trips &#8211; 2 10-trip tickets more will be provided on the second week of classes.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1509 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/tarjeta-de-transporte-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"tarjeta-de-transporte\" width=\"138\" height=\"87\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The metro runs from 6:30am to 1:30 am; however, the <strong>multiviajes Ten trip ticket card<\/strong> will also allow you to ride the night buses (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/oktransportemadrid.com\/info\/mapa-buses-emt-nocturnos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">b\u00fahos<\/a>)<\/em> from\u00a0<em>Plaza de Cibeles <\/em>once the subway has closed for the night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ten-trip tickets<\/strong> cost 7.30\u20ac and can be recharged\/obtained from the touch-screen kiosks at any metro station or from authorized newspaper vendors.<\/p>\n<p>If you travel to or from the<strong> airport<\/strong> by metro, you must also pay a supplement each way. The supplement can be purchased from the touch-screen kiosks.<\/p>\n<p>A relatively inexpensive and popular way to travel through Madrid is by taxi. Nevertheless, it\u2019s important to know your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madrid.es\/portales\/munimadrid\/es\/Inicio\/Movilidad-y-transportes\/Taxi?vgnextfmt=default&amp;vgnextoid=4813dc0bffa41110VgnVCM1000000b205a0aRCRD&amp;vgnextchannel=220e31d3b28fe410VgnVCM1000000b205a0aRCRD&amp;idCapitulo=6254183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rights as a passenger<\/a>. Popular tele-taxi services are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Radio Taxi: +34 914 47 32 32<\/li>\n<li>Tele-Taxi: +34 913 71 21 31 or 3711<\/li>\n<li>Radio Tele-Taxi: +34 915 47 82 00 or 8500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019ll be traveling with a smartphone, a reputable app for licensed taxis is <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=taxi.android.client&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FREE NOW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can obtain information on flight departures and arrivals by calling the\u00a0<em>Aeropuerto de Adolfo Su\u00e1rez Madrid-Barajas\u00a0<\/em>at +34 902 40 47 04 or +34 913 21 10 10. You can also visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aena.es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AENA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For mid- to long-haul trains, contact Renfe at +34 902 24 02 02, or visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renfe.es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renfe website<\/a>. You can also check out options on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ouigo.com\/es\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ouigo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/iryo.eu\/en\/home?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cross-network&amp;utm_campaign=anual_performance_01-03-2024_31-12-2024_b2c_es_performance&amp;utm_content=conversion&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjws560BhCuARIsAHMqE0H6LhlxvvNg4GJxRWGQn9EE0WHZ4pH3sjAdRS-QVy6neBs2sVGNbyMaApEPEALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iryo<\/a>, which are other train companies that operate in Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madrid has one of the best public transportation systems in Europe. The program will provide you with a rechargable transportation card (multiviajes-10 trip ticket) with 2 10-trip tickets that will give you access to the subway (el metro), as well as the local buses (autob\u00fas urbano). Additional funds for 20 trips &#8211; 2 10-trip tickets&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":7671,"parent":81,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_featured-nav":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8798,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions\/8798"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/madrid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}