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Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC
  C/ Nicolás Cabrera 13-15
  Campus de Cantoblanco
  28049 Madrid Spain
   Phone
    +34912999800, 802, 803
   Fax
  +34912999652

IFT Location

The Autonoma University is located north of Madrid, at the Km 14 of the Autovia de Colmenar Viejo M-607 (the highway from Madrid to the village of Colmenar Viejo), on the right hand side of the road as you drive away from Madrid.

Reaching the IFT

This information is intended to help visitors of the Institute to arrive at it, and has been provided to you by diverse local sources. There might be slight changes and differences between the information provided and real facts. For the sake of other visitors, we would be grateful for any suggestions or corrections to improve the accuracy.

From the Airport to the University

  • Taxi
    The best choice is to take a taxi from the Airport to the Madrid Autonoma University which will cost you around 30 €.
  • Metro-Cercanías Train
    From Barajas Airport follow the signs "Metro" to the subway station.
    Line 8 takes you directly to Nuevos Ministerios station (in Paseo de la Castellana) in 15 minutes approximately. There you can pick up a "Cercanías" train to University.
    Line C-4 to Colmenar Viejo or Alcobendas/San Sebastián de los Reyes, takes you from that station to the University (Cantoblanco-Universidad Station).
    ( See Line C-4 Diagram) ( See system map for Metro) (Train time-table)

From the Airport to Madrid

  • Taxi
    From Barajas Airport you can take a taxi to Madrid which will cost you around 30 €.
  • Metro
    From Barajas Airport, follow the signs "Metro" to the subway station.
    Line 8 takes you directly to Nuevos Ministerios (in Paseo de la Castellana) en 15 minuts approximately.
    ( See system map for Metro)
  • Bus
    From Barajas Airport you can take bus 200 (in T1, T2 and T3 terminals) or bus 204 (in T4 terminal) to Plaza América where you can find Long distance buses, EMT buses, intercity buses and lines 4,6,7 and 9 of Metro.

From Madrid to the University

  • Cercanías train
    There is a train station at the University. Line C-4 to Colmenar Viejo or Alcobendas/San Sebastián de los Reyes, takes you to the University (Cantoblanco-Universidad Station) and you can pick up it in Atocha (main station in the Centre/South of Madrid), Nuevos Ministerios (Paseo de la Castellana) and Chamartín (main station in the North). After Chamartín, the second station is Cantoblanco-Universidad, where you should exit.
    ( See Line C-4 Diagram) (Train time-table)
  • Bus
    There are buses from Madrid to the University, which are fairly frequent at typical high hours (These are the buses you can take). They leave from Plaza de Castilla. You might reach Plaza de Castilla by metro (there is a stop there). Then, exit the metro station and locate the terminal of buses going to the University.
    Buses that arrive at the University
    714Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - UAM
    827Madrid (Canillejas) - Alcobendas - U. Autónoma
    828Madrid (Canillejas) - Alcobendas - Univ. Autónoma
    Buses that arrive at a nearby station
    711Madrid Madrid (Begoña) - El Goloso
    712Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Tres Cantos (por Avda.Viñuelas)
    713Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Tres Cantos (por Avda. Encuartes)
    716Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Tres Cantos (por Soto de Viñuelas)
    721Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Colmenar Viejo
    722Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Colmenar Viejo (por Gta. del Mediterráneo)
    724Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Manzanares el Real
    725Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Miraflores -Bustarviejo
    726Madrid (Plaza de Castilla) - Guadalix de la Sierra

Reaching the Institute from the University

The IFT is 20 min walking from the University train station. This map may be useful.

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