XVI IFT Xmas Workshop

 

This page is meant to give practical instructions on how to get around in general, to your hotel and to the university. You can print it (including linked maps) pressing this icon

Maps

 

Metro (subway)	Residencia de Estudiantes. See also google map	Cercanias (train)	UAM campus Google maps NOT updated.

 

Means of transportation

 

• Metro
  Madrid has an extensive and convenient metro system. Tickets can be bought at stations either from a machine (accepting cash, including notes, bank- and credit cards) and usually also from a ticketoffice. A single trip includes any number of transfers. Buy either a single for €1,- or a 10 trip card (10 viajes) for €9, the latter is also valid for the local EMT buses. Trains typically run from 6am to 2am.   + info  
   
  
• Cercanías Renfe:
  Local trains, running regularly withing the province of Madrid. The tickets look very much like the metro tickets, but are NOT the same. Tickets can be bought at stations either from a machine (accepting cash, including notes, bank- and credit cards) or from a ticketoffice. There is a zone system, most of the center is in zone O, the university in B1, the third zone. Single tickets (for 3 zones) are €1,50 and 10 trip cards (Bonotren) €10.   + info  
   
  
• Taxi's:
  Taxi's are numerous and for European standards, reasonably priced. A ride from the airport to the center from 6am to 10pm, costs between €25,- and €30,- (incl. the airport supplement), to Chamartín is slightly cheaper. Supplements: from/to airport €4,50, from trainstations €2,40.
   
  
• Buses:
  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,- or use the 10trip metroticket. The interurbanos use separate tickets, which can be bought on the bus. Most bus drivers don't like notes bigger than €5,-. + info  
   
  

 

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

 
All lectures will be held in the Seminar room , which is located in the ground floor of the new IFT building (see UAM Campus map )

Getting there from the airport (about 1 hour)
By metro & train: - follow the metro signs - Metro 8 direction Nuevos Ministerios. Change at Nuevos Ministerios. - Take a C4 Cercanías train to Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes or to Colmenar . - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad.   By bus, arriving at T1-T2-T2: - Take the metro direction Aeropuerto T4. Get out at Aeropuerto T4 and follow the instructions below.   By bus, arriving at T4: - Take bus 827, running every 20 minutes (single €1,55). - Get out at the Universidad Autónoma.
Getting there from the center
By train - Take a Cercanías train line C4 (either C4-Alcobendas & San Sebastián de los Reyes or C4-Colmenar ) - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad.

 

Residencia de Estudiantes - CSIC

Address:	Pinar 21-23
	28006 Madrid
	+ google map
Phone:	[+34] 91 563 64 11
Web:	http://www.residencia.csic.es/

Getting there from the airport (about 45')
By metro: - follow the metro signs - Metro 8 direction Nuevos Ministerios. Get out at Nuevos Ministerios. - Walk to the Residencia (10')
To the University (about 45 minutes):
- Take a Cercanías train line C4 (either C4-Alcobendas & San Sebastián de los Reyes or C4-Colmenar ) - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad. - Walk to the IFT (15-20') See the map and description above.