There are 10 ways to get from Kassel to Madrid by train, plane, train (TGV, Renfe, Ouigo), bus, or car
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Train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane FRA - MAD
7h 10m€114–380Train to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbftrain
- Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane PAD - MAD
9h 49m€91–365Train via Lyon
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
18h 56m€311–932Bus
- Take the bus from Kassel to Frankfurt central train stationbus N1335 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Main Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus BlaBlaCar Bus
32h 25m€183–341Drive 1,938.7 km
- Drive from Kassel to Madridcar 1,938.7 km
18h 54m€305–441Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane DUS - MAD
8h 45m€129–443Train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane HAJ - MAD
9h 2m€138–390Train to Hamburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane HAM - MAD
8h 38m€135–514Train
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Narbonnetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Narbonne to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
20h 38m€353–952Train, bus
- Take the train from Kassel Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Valladolidbus
- Take the bus from Valladolid to Madrid Moncloabus
33h 19m€195–320
Kassel to Madrid by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kassel to Madrid is to train and fly which costs €110 - €380 and takes 7h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Kassel to Madrid is to train and fly which takes 7h 10m and costs €110 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Kassel to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Kassel and arriving at Estación Sur de Autobuses via Frankfurt - Main Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Kassel to Madrid. However, there are services departing from Kassel Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Offenburg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, Lyon Part Dieu and Barcelona-Sants. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 56m.
The distance between Kassel and Madrid is 1640 km. The road distance is 1938.7 km.
The best way to get from Kassel to Madrid without a car is to train via Lyon which takes 18h 56m and costs €310 - €950.
It takes approximately 7h 10m to get from Kassel to Madrid, including transfers.
Kassel to Madrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kassel station.
Kassel to Madrid train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
The best way to get from Kassel to Madrid is to train via Lyon which takes 18h 56m and costs €310 - €950. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €180 - €350 and takes 32h 25m.
What companies run services between Kassel, Germany and Madrid, Spain?
You can take a train from Kassel Hauptbahnhof to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Offenburg Bahnhof, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, Lyon Part Dieu, and Barcelona-Sants in around 18h 56m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Kassel to Estación Sur de Autobuses via Frankfurt - Main Bus Station in around 32h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–240
Flights from Hannover Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Hannover Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–460
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Hannover Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Hannover Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–450
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Hannover Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–500
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–410
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Kassel Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Narbonne to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Narbonne to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Paderborn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kassel to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Valladolid
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Frankfurt - Main Bus Station to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €170–320
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Valladolid to Madrid Moncloa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- ALSA
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Kassel to Madrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Kassel to Madrid train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Offenburg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Kassel to Madrid is 1939 km. It takes approximately 18h 54m to drive from Kassel to Madrid.
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