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TRAVEL > BUSES and TRAINS in SPAIN

If you live in some country in Europe close enough to Spain you could consider the train option or even the bus option. However, plane tickets are relatively cheap nowadays so you’re probably better off buying a plane ticket and shortening the time of traveling by more than half. Once you’re in Spain, enjoy!! ;-)

You might also want to travel within Spain and that’s why you’re here looking for information about train and bus options in Spain. Car Rental is your other option, but it is often more pricey and the rental car will become your responsibility. On the other hand, you won’t be subject to train or bus schedules. However, Spain has a great train system with lots of combinations. Buses are great too, although probably not as comfortable as trains. The great advantage of taking a bus is that many times the trip is a bit shorter than by train, especially when traveling within mountainous areas. Whatever decision you make, you will probably have a good experience, plus you get to see the beautiful and different landscapes!

In Spain there is only one company that takes care of train traveling: RENFE. It’s actually government owned and it’s not bad at all! RENFE has different kinds of trains: all of the passenger trains are quite fast, but Renfe also offers a few services on the high speed train called AVE. This train goes at 350 km/hr (about 217 miles/hour).

Below you will find information about RENFE, a list of bus companies that travel around Spain and information about the subway service (METRO) in Madrid and Barcelona:

	RENFE (TRAINS) Phone # (From Spain): 902-240-202 Website: http://www.renfe.es		CONTINENTAL - AUTO (BUSES) (West of Castile, Leon, Basque Country, Madrid, La Rioja, Cantabria, La Mancha, Murcia, Andalusia, Pamplona, Saragossa and Catalonia.) Phone # (From Spain): 902-33-04-00 Website: http://www.continental-auto.es
	ENATCAR / ALSA (BUSES) (Asturias, Castile, Catalonia, Valencia, Madrid, Andalucía) Phone # (From Spain): 902-42-22-42 (From Abroad): (+34) 91-32-70-540 Website: http://www.enatcar.com		SOCIBUS / SERCOBUS (BUSES) (Andalusia, Madrid) Phone # (From Spain): 902-22-92-92 Website (only in Spanish): http://www.socibus.es
	ESTEBAN RIVAS (BUSES) (Bus Rental w/ or w/out Driver) Phone #: (+34) 91-693-7711 Website: http://www.estebanrivas.es		ALSINA - GRAELLS (BUSES) (Catalonia, Andalusia) Phone # (Catalonia): (+34) 93-265-6592 Phone # (Andalusia): (+34) 95-441-8811 Website: http://www.alsinagraells.es
	AUTO - RES (BUSES) Phone # (From Spain): 902-02-09-99 Website: http://www.auto-res.net		METRO DE MADRID (SUBWAY) Metro de Madrid (Running 20 hours / day, from 6 a.m. to 2.a.m.) Website: http://www.metromadrid.es Map: Download the map in .PDF format (you will be able to zoom in!)
	METRO DE BARCELONA (SUBWAY) Website: http://www.tmb.net Map: Download the map in .PDF format (you will be able to zoom in!)

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