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We did that segment last year, 2023. Took train from Madrid Chamartin station to Leon. Changed trains to Ponferrada. Super easy and quite comfortable. There is a metro that took us directly from the Madrid airport to Chamartin. Frankly the...
Looks like 4 buses or so a day from T4 on Alsa. It is kind of a long trip at between 5 and 6 hours, but the price (depending on times) is between 33 and 60 euros. Some buses in the daytime for later this week are already sold out so you may want...
We took the train in 2018 and it was very easy and fast to do so. There is Alsa bus service too. I would recommend getting the lay of the land with rome2rio and then jumping from there to either Renfe/Trainline and/or Alsa.
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