Madrid Travel Forum

Nomad referred me to the link for the metro de Madrid but I was unable to find a route to take me from Plaza Espanya to Plaza Eliptica. Is it not possible to travel this route by metro. I am taking a bus to Toledo for a few days and the point of departure is listed as Plaza Eliptica (which looks to me like a metro station as well as a bus depot on the map)

If I am reading this map right from Plaza de Espana, you take the 3 (yellow)line south to Legazpi

and transfer to the 6 (gray)line to Plaza Eliptica


http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/mad/madrid.htm

Looks like I was wrong as on the metro offical website say linea cerrado for the six line which means it's closed.

Thanks Dino. I see the route that you are looking at. Thanks for the link. I am now thoroughly confused though. Are the metro madrid and the urban rail links showing the same underground system?

This would explain why the madrid metro site advised that my route could not be find.so how would one get there?

I looked a little further into this and found out buses to Toledo run from the Estacion del Sur which is at the Mendez Alvaro Metro Stop.

http://www.go-toledo.com/transport/

PS I have be to Toledo Twice but both times I had a car.

I don't want to mean that you're wrong, but are you sure that it's from Plaza Elíptica?, beacause there are buses (at least two years ago when I took it) from Marqués de Vadillo

I got the information from the www.alsa.es site. I have just checked it again and it definately says Plaza Eliptica. There seems to be a main bus station close to Plaza Espanya , perhaps we can get a bus from there to Plaza Eliptica.

Yes, I saw several sites indicating it was moved to Eliptica -- after seeing a few not updated sites.

correct it is now at Plaza Eliptica, 'whre now buses to Toledo go out too;changes...

Major work on line 6 the circular line. The best routing for me would be this ,
take metro at plaza de España ,line 3,direction villaverde alto, stop at metro Embajadores ,its a plaza (glorieta) walk over to the far side of the metro exit, panel will read Embajadores 72, there take bus line 60 until stop at Marcelo Usera, then walk a couple of minutes to Plaza ELiptica.

the other way using more metro line 3 from plaza de España until arrive at Callao on line 5 (my old sweet line !) there take this line to marqués de Vadillo, go out side ave de Antonio Leyva , walk down this road about 10 mins until plaza Eliptica, you will see panels as you come out of metro for the bus station here one of the new destination to go to Toledo, recent changes.

hope it helps, other solution is a taxi, can be about 15 euros from the plaza de España, last recall,but not sure.

Thanks Pedmar , I will have a look at this route.