Getting around by train Andalusia

From the main station, from which there are about twenty daily trains to Seville and Madrid, including AVE (high-speed) and AVANT (more economical) trains, several connections to Malaga, Cadiz and Barcelona. For Granada, it is necessary to change at Bobadilla. Behind this Renfe station, there is the bus station with several companies providing connections to the whole province of Córdoba and to all the capitals of the provinces of Andalusia plus Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia, Socibus company and the south of the province, Autocares carrera.

This recent station now concentrates all rail traffic. To all the provincial capitals, with 3 to 10 trains per day depending on the destination. Via so-called "media distancia" trains, but also fast trains such as the Ave, the equivalent of our TGV to Madrid (about 2h30) or Barcelona (about 5h30). This station also allows you to take the cercanias, between our RER and TER trains, to reach the province of Seville, with destinations like Dos Hermanas or Utrera. Different ticket offices for the day's departures.

Located to the west of Granada, via the Avenida de la Constitución. After 10 years of construction work and numerous delays, due in part to the very particular topography of the surrounding area, the AVE, the equivalent of the TGV, arrived in Granada on June 25, 2019, on a journey from Madrid, inaugurated by Pedro Sánchez, President of the Government. With 3 daily trains to Madrid (approx. 3h30) and 1 to Barcelona. With transfers to Malaga (Antequera) and Seville (Cordoba), and direct trains via "Avant" trains. Trains to Almeria (via Guadix).

1 km southwest of the center, the train station expanded to a large shopping center and restaurants. Several direct trains for Cordoba, Seville, Valencia, Madrid (with AVE, high speed train, Talgo 200 or slower trains), Barcelona. Some trains for Algesiras (via Ronda) or Granada (via Antequera) with change to Bobadilla (via El Chorro). Cercanias, suburbs of the line for Álora/C 2 and Fuengirola-Málaga/C 1 (serving Torremolinos, Benalmádena…) leave the railway station (just leaving: Málaga C 1/C 2) or, when the work of the tramway is completed, from Puente de la Misericordia (closer to the city center: Málaga Centro). As for the project to extend line C 1 to Estepona and to link Nerja by train, it is not scheduled until 2015-2020.

Cercanias, suburbs, from line C 1/Fuengirola-Málaga (stop at Terminal 2) drive from the airport to Maria Zambrano Railway Station, about every half-hour: Aeropuerto-Málaga Centro Alameda, traffic from 6:44 a. m. to 00:54 a. m. From Málaga Maria Zambrano-Aeropuerto and further to Fuengirola (serving Torremolinos, Benalmádena…) from 5:23 a. m. to 11:33 p. m. and from Fuengirola to Málaga Maria Zambrano from 6:10 a. m. to 0 p. m. h 20.

Close to the port and the urban centre. Several connections per day to Seville, about 1h45 of travel time, some to Córdoba (3 hours 20 minutes) and daily direct trains to Madrid or Barcelona. The cercanias, which are a little between our RER and TER, serve very regularly from 6:15 am to 10:15 pm, all the cities located on the Cádiz-Jerez de la Frontera line: every half hour during the week for San Fernando-Bahia Sur. Once every hour, on weekends. The station is served by city buses No. 1 and 3.

The train station is linked to the bus station: an intermodal station. On paper, 4 direct trains to Granada (via Guadix) and Seville (via Antequera and Osuna), a few connections to Barcelona and especially Madrid. Under construction for several months, journeys end up by bus on arrival in Almeria, which is best avoided. Instead, use the bus station. For international connections, the Movelia and Flixbus companies are available. For connections to the rest of the province, Alsa/ Alsina Graellls sur.

From now on, you won't be arriving at a pretty^19th-century neo-Mudejar station, as the city now has a brand-new station that required an investment of 46.2 million euros. It opened on April 25, 2018, with the arrival of the first distancia media from Seville. Today, a new 1,200-square-meter terminal is up and running, complete with various facilities (cafeteria, parking). As for the old station, it is due to be converted into a museum, but no specific date has been set.

Since May 2012, the train from the south of Spain has been back on the rails, with its 1920s-style cars completely renovated. There will be a bar, a tea room and two restaurant cars to complement the cabins with bathrooms and thus make a journey to the heart of Andalusia. In these restaurants, you will be able to select from the menu the most representative flavors of the lands we cross. Despite the high budget, you will love the Art Deco style of the interiors and this original journey to the rhythm of yesteryear.

Direct links to Cordoba, Seville and Malaga, with transfer to Granada. Links with Madrid and Barcelona by AVE. Note: there are two stations in Puente Genil, the train station for high speed trains is Carretera Puente Genil-Herrera, that for regional trains is located next to Hotel El Carmen.