There are 10 ways to get from Madrid to Lille by plane, train, bus, train (Renfe, TGV), car, or train (Renfe, Ouigo, TGV)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Brussels Airport, train, line 59 bus
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane MAD - BRU
- Take the train from Anvers-Berchem to Herentalstrain
- Take the bus from Herentals Station perron 8 to Lille Eikenlaanbus
6h 59m€73–229Train
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Herentalstrain Ic / ...
17h 4m€348–547Bus, train via Paris
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Herentalstrain Ic / ...
22h 29m€150–270Drive 1,617.9 km
- Drive from Madrid to Lillecar 1,617.9 km
15h 41m€256–369Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train, line 45 bus, line 21 bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane MAD - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Tilburgtrain
- Take the bus from Tilburg Centraal Station perron B to Turnhout Warande perron 3bus
- Take the bus from Turnhout Warande perron 1 to Lille Eikenlaanbus
8h 4m€82–313Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane MAD - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Centraltrain
8h 2m€107–332Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane MAD - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Herentalstrain
9h€91–328Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MAD - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Tilburgtrain
10h 37m€132–269Train via Barcelona
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Herentalstrain Ic / ...
17h 10m€302–570Bus, train
- Take the bus from Madrid to Brussels-North train stationbus FlixBus N1143
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Herentalstrain Ic / ...
25h 31m€151–252
Madrid to Lille by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Lille is to fly and train and line 59 bus which costs €70 - €230 and takes 6h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Lille is to fly and train and line 59 bus which takes 6h 59m and costs €70 - €230.
No, there is no direct train from Madrid to Lille. However, there are services departing from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes and arriving at Herentals via Avignon Tgv and Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 4m.
The distance between Madrid and Lille is 1401 km. The road distance is 1617.9 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Lille without a car is to train which takes 17h 4m and costs €340 - €550.
It takes approximately 6h 59m to get from Madrid to Lille, including transfers.
Madrid to Lille train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes station.
Madrid to Lille train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Avignon Tgv station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Lille is 1618 km. It takes approximately 15h 41m to drive from Madrid to Lille.
There are 417+ hotels available in Lille.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Lille, Belgium?
You can take a train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Lille Eikenlaan via Avignon Tgv, Bruxelles-Midi, Herentals, and Herentals Station perron 8 in around 17h 4m.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–340
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Eindhoven Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Anvers-Berchem to Herentals
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–11
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Herentals
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Herentals
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Charleroi-Central to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Herentals
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Herentals
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Herentals
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Tilburg
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Tilburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–19
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Schiphol Airport to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- [email protected]
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €39
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €95–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
- Phone
- +32 70 22 02 00
- Website
- delijn.be
Bus from Herentals Station perron 8 to Lille Eikenlaan
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3
- Website
- https://www.delijn.be/en/
Bus from Tilburg Centraal Station perron B to Turnhout Warande perron 3
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3
- Website
- https://www.delijn.be/en/
Bus from Turnhout Warande perron 1 to Lille Eikenlaan
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3
- Website
- https://www.delijn.be/en/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Madrid to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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