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TRANSPORTATION

Venue

Instituto de Física Teórica

C/ Nicolás Cabrera 13-15
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid
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Phone +34 912999803

Reaching the Institute at the University Campus

The IFT is 15 min walking from the University train station

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Getting there from the airport
The simplest way is to take a taxi. A ride costs €30 and takes about 20 minutes. Otherwise, you can do the following (about 1 hr.):
By metro & train, arriving at terminals 1-3: - follow the metro signs - Metro 8 direction Nuevos Ministerios. Change at Nuevos Ministerios. - Take a Cercanía train to Colmenar Viejo or Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes (C4). - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad. By bus interurbano, arriving at terminal 4: - Take bus 827, running every 20 minutes (single €2 ). - Get out at the first stop in Universidad Autónoma. By Cercanías train , arriving at terminal 4: - Take the Cercanías train (C1) and get out at Chamartin station - Take a Cercanías train to Colmenar Viejo or Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes (C4). - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad. You may also take he free shuttle bus running between the different terminals to get to terminal 4 from terminals 1-3.
Getting there from the center
Take a Cercanías train - Take either a train to Colmenar Viejo or Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes (C4). - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad.

Means of transportation

Metro:
Madrid has an extensive and convenient metro system (see map). To travel in it, a Multicard (Tarjeta Multi) must be bought at stations either from a machine (accepting cash, including notes, bank and credit cards). The cost of the card is €2,5 and it must be charged with trips. A single trip includes any number of transfers. Buy a single trip for €1,5-€2, or 10 trips for €12,2, these trips are also valid for the local EMT buses. Trains typically run from 6am to 1:30am.
Airport Supplement: There is a €3,- surcharge for trips from and to the airport subway stations: the easiest thing to do is to buy a combined fare+supplement ticket (Billete Sencillo Metro+Suplemento Aeropuerto) at any subway station. Should you forget to pay the supplement, then you can buy a supplement ticket (Billete Suplemento Aeropuerto) at the machines located near the exit of the airport's subway stations.
Cercanías Renfe:
Local trains, running regularly within the province of Madrid (see map). The ticket system is different from the metro Multicard. Tickets can be bought at train stations either from a machine (accepting cash, including notes, bank and credit cards) or from a ticket office. There is a zone system: Madrid center is in zone 0, and the Autonoma University is third zone (B1). Tickets for 3 zones are €1,85 (single) and €13,70 (10 trips).
Taxi's:
Taxi's are numerous and for European standards, reasonably priced. A ride from the airport to the center costs €30.
Busses:
There are two type of buses, the local ones of the EMT (red or blue) and the Interurbanos (green). For the EMT buses you can buy a single in the bus for €1,5- or use the multicard. The interurbanos use separate tickets, which can be bought on the bus. Most bus drivers don't like notes bigger than €5,-