Transfer to Madrid's Estación Sur bus station from Ciudad Real

Madrid South bus station from Ciudad Real

The province has two high-speed stations and a major conventional rail junction, but they are in three different towns. From a town with no station, catching the first train of the day almost always depends on a car.

How to get there from each area

Ciudad Real y el Campo de Calatrava

From Ciudad Real the road to Madrid is the A-41 to Puerto Lápice and then the A-4, which enters Madrid from the south. For Barajas the route continues on the M-40 or M-50 without crossing the centre. Malagón lies on the road to Toledo, the other way out to the north.

Daimiel y el entorno de las Tablas

From Daimiel the usual route heads to Manzanares or Ciudad Real to join the A-4 or the A-41; Villarrubia de los Ojos has easier access to the A-4 to the north, near Puerto Lápice.

Puertollano y el valle de Alcudia

From Puertollano to Madrid the route is the A-41 to Ciudad Real and on to the A-4 at Puerto Lápice. By road it is a long trip; for Barajas it is worth leaving early, because the A-4 entry into Madrid is the part that varies most with the time of day.

La Mancha de Alcázar y Tomelloso

From Alcázar and Tomelloso the way out is the Autovía de los Viñedos (CM-42) to the A-4 at Madridejos, or north through Quintanar de la Orden to join the N-301 and the AP-36. Socuéllamos and Campo de Criptana pick one or the other depending on the time and the traffic at Madrid's southern entry.

Valdepeñas, Manzanares y La Solana

Valdepeñas and Manzanares sit on the A-4, which runs straight up to Madrid via Puerto Lápice, Madridejos and Ocaña; La Solana joins it at Manzanares. Beyond Ocaña, the R-4 toll road is the alternative when the A-4 is busy on the way to Barajas.