Transport to Lleida

The airports with international connections are Barcelona-El Prat and Madrid-Barajas.

Barcelona-El Prat Airport
Barcelona is about 160 km from Lleida but both cities are well connected by a High-Speed Train (AVE) and other fast trains (AVANT) with the journey taking a little more than one hour (from Barcelona-Sants Station to Lleida-Pirineus Station). The airport is situated 12 km southwest of the centre of Barcelona. Once at the Barcelona-El Prat Airport, you have to go to the airport train station and take the train shuttle to Barcelona, getting off at the railway station named Barcelona-Sants Station.

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There is a train station at the airport to get to the Barcelona-Sants Station. It is situated opposite the T2 and it is connected to this terminal via an air bridge. Once at the airport station, you should take the suburban train (R2 North Airport line- Sant Celoni / Maçanet Massanes) and stop at Barcelona-Sants Station. The R2 line, which connects Terminal T2 with Sant Celoni / Maçanet Massanes, stops at: Airport - El Prat de Llobregat - Bellvitge – Barcelona-Sants Station. The trip takes 22 minutes. The train runs from 05:42 to 23:38 every 30 minutes. Once at Barcelona-Sants Station, take an AVE or an AVANT train to Lleida-Pirineus Station.

Madrid-Barajas Airport
Accessible by car, bus and train (from Madrid-Atocha Station) Madrid is about 460 km from Lleida, but both cities are well connected by a High-Speed Train (AVE) and other fast trains (Altaria) and the journey takes a little more than 2 hours. The airport is situated 12 km northeast of the centre of Madrid. Once at the airport (Madrid Barajas), you have to go to the Madrid railway station named Atocha Station.

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Barajas Airport is connected to Madrid by metro (line 8 ) with 2 subway stations: Metro Aeropuerto T1-T2-T3 found at Terminal 2, and Metro Aeropuerto T4 found at Terminal 4. To go to Atocha Renfe, you need to make some transfers as shown below:

1. Pink Line (Number 8 ) from Barajas to Nuevos Ministerios.
2. Grey Line (Number 6 ) from Nuevos Ministerios to Pacífico.
3. Light Blue Line (Number 1 ) from Pacífico to Atocha RENFE station.

This trip takes around 45-60 minutes. The metro runs from 6 am to 2 am

To get from Barajas airport to Atocha Station by train, take the new line C-1, which connects Terminal T4 with Príncipe Pío and several railway stations, and stops at: Fuente de la Mora, Chamartín, Nuevos Ministerios, Recoletos and Atocha. This time to Atocha is 25 minutes. Trains will run every 30 minutes, from 5.15 until 23.32 towards the airport and from 5.59 am until 0.15 towards Príncipe Pío.

Lleida Pirineus Railway Station
Pl. Ramon Berenguer IV, s/n - 25006 Lleida

The journey by AVE or AVANT trains takes about 1 hour from Barcelona-Sants Station and 2 hours and 18 min from Madrid-Atocha Station. There may be other train types. Check the travel time before buying the tickets. Schedules and availability can be consulted at https://www.renfe.com/es/en. If purchasing the tickets online you may only find the stations Barcelona (*) and Lleida without their complete names (there is only 1 train station in Lleida). Check the type of train and the travel time to ensure you are taking the right option.

Although you have to take the train shuttle to Barcelona-Sants Station (22 min) and have to carry your luggage along, the train is the fastest transport to Lleida.

Lleida Bus Station
c/ Saracibar, 2. 25002 Lleida.
https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/coach

There is a direct bus connection from Barcelona-El Prat airport to Lleida (visit the website of the bus company for schedule). Although this is the easiest connection, the bus first drives into Barcelona and stops in every important village along the way so the trip takes about 3 hours to arrive to Lleida!

Lleida is well connected by car with Barcelona (toll motorway AP-7 which connects to toll motorway AP-2, and motorway A-2) and with Madrid (motorway A-2). You may consider the possibility of renting a car at any airport. Some of the companies that operate in Lleida (and also in other cities) are AVIS (www.avis.es), EUROPCAR (www.europcar.es), and HERTZ (www.hertz.es). They have their offices in or close to Lleida railway station.