Your comment about the stations going on and on for miles got me thinking about other similar stations. If anyone else is interested in knowing how long their connections will be on the metro line,
this mapclearly distinguishes those transfers that are right next to each other and those that involve a long walk. The longest appears to be Noviciado on Line 2 connecting with Plaza de España on lines 10 and 3. That connection is so long the stops don’t even have the same name.
I hope you are lucky enough to have a good arrival time. Waiting around for four hours would not be fun, but I would rather wait around for four hours in Moncloa than outside T4, so that’s another advantage of your plan. Moncloa is right at the tip of the University Complutense and is on the edge of a very trendy Madrid neighborhood, Argüelles, so you would have plenty of nearby cafés, shops, etc. If you needed to get a sim card, food, etc, that would all be easy to do near the Moncloa station. There’s even a big Corte Inglés less than a km away, just leave the station and walk straight down the Calle Princesa.
What date will you be arriving,
@green_spork?