Roamin' Rob
Roamin' Rob
- Time of past OR future Camino
- summer 2015
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5 minutes?How much times would one save if they had no check luggage? This question does not address this.
How much times would one save if they had no check luggage? This question does not address this.
Walking the Camino this summer for the first time. International flight arrives in Madrid at 8:30 am and there is an express train leaving the Madrid Chamartin station at 11 am to the city I am starting my Pilgrimage . I don't know if 2.5 hours is enough time to allow getting through customs and traveling the metro train to Chamartin station.
So I ask the experienced Pilgrims; how fast/slow/efficient/crowded is Madrid's customs process? In your experience, is 2.5 hours enough time to get from airplane landing to boarding the train in Chamartin? The metro rail system states 25 minutes to get from the airport to Chamartin station.
Thanks!
Once you arrive at Charmartin I believe you will need to transfer to Atocha to travel to Pamplona if this is your plan. Then by ALSA bus to St Jean Pied De Port. All time consuming getting out of customs is usually pretty quick.Walking the Camino this summer for the first time. International flight arrives in Madrid at 8:30 am and there is an express train leaving the Madrid Chamartin station at 11 am to the city I am starting my Pilgrimage . I don't know if 2.5 hours is enough time to allow getting through customs and traveling the metro train to Chamartin station.
So I ask the experienced Pilgrims; how fast/slow/efficient/crowded is Madrid's customs process? In your experience, is 2.5 hours enough time to get from airplane landing to boarding the train in Chamartin? The metro rail system states 25 minutes to get from the airport to Chamartin station.
Thanks!
Once you arrive at Charmartin I believe you will need to transfer to Atocha to travel to Pamplona if this is your plan. Then by ALSA bus to St Jean Pied De Port. All time consuming getting out of customs is usually pretty quick.
Beun Camino
Be like a leaf on the river of life
Two and a half hours for passport control and to arrive to Chamartin is a bit short, too short actually. But you might make it if you have only hand-luggage, and you rush leaving the plane. . What terminal are you flying into? From T4 there is train service direct to Chamartin, two stops only, 15 min. The train departs every half an hour, at .58 and. 28. If you flying into another terminal, gets the free transit bus to T4; it is much quicker (and cheaper) than getting the tube to Nuevos Ministerios and change onto the line to Chamartin (45 min).Walking the Camino this summer for the first time. International flight arrives in Madrid at 8:30 am and there is an express train leaving the Madrid Chamartin station at 11 am to the city I am starting my Pilgrimage . I don't know if 2.5 hours is enough time to allow getting through customs and traveling the metro train to Chamartin station.
So I ask the experienced Pilgrims; how fast/slow/efficient/crowded is Madrid's customs process? In your experience, is 2.5 hours enough time to get from airplane landing to boarding the train in Chamartin? The metro rail system states 25 minutes to get from the airport to Chamartin station.
Thanks!
Ok, just to clarify, it looks like Robert has not said he's going to Pamplona, so that brings us back to the original question about getting to Chamartín in two and a half hours from the airport.
In my experience, this is completely possible, even with checked luggage, at least if the Cercanías schedule (28 and 58 after every hour) work for you. It´s just a 12 minute ride from T4 to Chamartín, and those trains are extremely reliable. Just rode them yesterday in fact, and I was in the airport in less than a half hour coming in from the suburbs, changing in Chamartín, and heading back out to the airport.
And as I said earlier, the other real advantage is that you can buy your train ticket at the RENFE office at the airport (located at the Cercanías ticket machines), which can save you a lot of time because there are frequently long lines in Chamartín (but they do have a special window for trains leaving in less than a half hour).
For Robert, I think the key question is whether he´s landing in T4 or one of the older terminals, because it´s more complicated and a more lengthy process if you don´t land in T4. Anyone flying Iberia, American, British Airways or any other One World partner airlines will arrive in T4, the rest are relegated to T1,2,3.
[All of thisQUOTE="hsabs, post: 317697, member: 26998"]We arrived in Madrid from London on a Sunday morning in May. Arrived at approximately 10am and were through customs and picked up check in luggage etc in time for our booked bus at 11.15. You should have plenty of time.
All of this brings up a question to me.
My wife and I are arriving in Madrid at 7:45 am on Aug. 26th, will all of these transfers allow us enough time to get to SJPP on the 26th or should we plan on spending the night somewhere in between?
The reason for needing this info is that we need to make a room reservation in SJPP and it looks like they are filling up now for those dates.
My plane reservations do not tell us what terminal we are arriving at in Madrid Barajas.
Thanks for the help.
Steve
We appreciate the feedback. These forums have been a big help for us first timers.If you don't already have your train ticket, you can get a bus to Pamplona from the curbside at T4. Purchase the ticket at the kiosk at the bus stop -- if I recall correctly, the kiosk accepts cash only, but may accept chipped credit cards.
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