There are 10 ways to get from Cartagena to Irun by train (Renfe, Ouigo), bus, car, plane, train (Renfe), or train
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Train via Madrid
best- Take the train from Cartagena to Murcia Del Carmentrain Ic
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Iruntrain Alv / ...
12h 13m€118–252Bus, bus to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to Bilbao Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane ALC - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastiánbus
8h 7m€51–144Bus
- Take the bus from Cartagena to Irúnbus
13h€60–85Drive 788.8 km
- Drive from Cartagena to Iruncar 788.8 km
8h 45m€129–186Bus, bus to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to San Sebastián Airport
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane ALC - EAS
7h 28m€100–297Train (Renfe)
- Take the train from Cartagena to Murcia Del Carmentrain Ic
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Burgos Rosa De Limatrain Ave
- Take the train from Burgos Rosa De Lima to Iruntrain Alv / ...
12h 16m€148–272Bus via Valencia
- Take the bus from Cartagena to Estació d'Autobusos de Valènciabus ALSA - Cart/Valen
- Take the bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to San Sebastián - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
13h 48m€60–102Train, train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to San Sebastián Airport
- Take the train from Cartagena to Murcia Del Carmentrain
- Take the train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane MAD - EAS
7h 41m€109–444Bus, bus to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to Pamplona Airport
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuertobus
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Pamplona Airport (PNA)plane ALC - PNA
- Take the bus from Pamplona / Iruña to Irúnbus
10h 33m€117–680Fly Murcia Corvera Airport to San Sebastián Airport
- Fly from Murcia Corvera Airport (RMU) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane RMU - EAS
15h 34m€112–554
Cartagena to Irun by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cartagena to Irun is to bus via Valencia which costs €55 - €110 and takes 13h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Cartagena to Irun is to bus and fly which takes 7h 28m and costs €100 - €300.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Cartagena and arriving at Irún. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 13h.
No, there is no direct train from Cartagena to Irun. However, there are services departing from Cartagena and arriving at Irun via Murcia Del Carmen and Madrid Chamartín. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 13m.
The distance between Cartagena and Irun is 1124 km. The road distance is 788.8 km.
The best way to get from Cartagena to Irun without a car is to train via Madrid which takes 12h 13m and costs €110 - €260.
It takes approximately 12h 13m to get from Cartagena to Irun, including transfers.
Cartagena to Irun bus services, operated by Bilman, depart from Cartagena station.
Cartagena to Irun train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Cartagena station.
The best way to get from Cartagena to Irun is to train via Madrid which takes 12h 13m and costs €110 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €85 and takes 13h, you could also fly, which costs €110 - €600 and takes 15h 34m.
What companies run services between Cartagena, Spain and Irun, Spain?
You can take a train from Cartagena to Irun via Murcia Del Carmen and Madrid Chamartín in around 12h 13m. Alternatively, Bilman operates a bus from Cartagena to Irún once daily. Tickets cost €60–85 and the journey takes 13h.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, Monday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–230
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to San Sebastián Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–300
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Pamplona Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–460
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Pamplona Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Murcia Corvera Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Murcia Corvera Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Algiers, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Murcia Corvera Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Bilbao Airport, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, Monday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–230
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to San Sebastián Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–300
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Pamplona Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–460
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Pamplona Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Murcia Corvera Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Murcia Corvera Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Algiers, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Murcia Corvera Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Bilbao Airport, Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Sevilla
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €16–75
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Bilbao Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Cartagena to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Irun
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Cartagena to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Burgos Rosa De Lima to Irun
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Cartagena to Murcia Del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Burgos Rosa De Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–210
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Murcia Del Carmen to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- 902 999 748
- Website
- Bilman
Bus from Cartagena to Irún
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- Bilman
- Phone
- +34 900 842 202
- [email protected]
- Website
- interbusmurcia.es
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Cartagena to Estació d'Autobusos de València
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Cartagena to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de Murcia to Alicante Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Estació d'Autobusos de València to San Sebastián - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
- Phone
- 948 30 35 05
- [email protected]
- Website
- La Burundesa S.A.
Bus from Pamplona / Iruña to Irún
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–11
- Website
- La Burundesa S.A.
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Booking & Getting There
Cartagena to Irun bus services, operated by Bilman, arrive at Irún station.
Cartagena to Irun train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Murcia Del Carmen station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cartagena to Irun is 789 km. It takes approximately 8h 45m to drive from Cartagena to Irun.
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