TRANSPORTATION

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Introduction

This page is meant to give practical instructions on how to get around in general, to your hotel and to the university.

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 €6,70, the latter is also valid for the local EMT buses. Trains typically run from 6am to 2am.
• 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 €1,30 and 10 trip cards (Bonotren) €9,45.
• 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 airportsupplement), to Chamartín is slightly cheaper. Supplements: from/to airport €5,25, from trainstations €2,75.
• 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,-

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

A map of the Campus can be found here .
All lectures will be held in room C-XI-201, which is located in the Departamento de Física Teórica (Modulo C-XI), indicated with a purple triangle on the map. The walking route from the train station is indicated with the red dots and that from the bus from the airport with the blue dots. The Instituto de Física Teórica is indicated with a green triangle.

Getting there from the airport (about 1 hour)
By metro & train, arriving at terminal 4: - Take the free shuttle bus running between the different terminals. - Get out at the first stop (terminal 2), go in and follow the instructions below. By metro & train, arriving at terminal 1-3: - follow the metro signs - Metro 8 direction Nuevos Ministerios. Change at Nuevos Ministerios. - Take a Cercanía train to Colmenar (C7), Tres Cantos (C10) or Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes (C1). - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad. By bus, arriving at terminal 1-3: - Take the free shuttle bus running between the different terminals. - Get out at terminal 4 and follow the instructions below. By bus, arriving at terminal 4: - Take bus 827, running every 20 minutes (single €1,8 approx ). - Get out at the Universidad Autónoma.
Getting there from the center
Take a Cercanía train - Take either a train to Colmenar (C7), Tres Cantos (C10) or Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes (C1). - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad.