It was time to head from Madrid to Sevilla and to do this we took the train. Spain has a national train service, which has many fast train routes and is well managed. The main train station in Madrid is the Atocha railway station. This station was built in 1892, after the previous one burn down, and the architect Alberto de Palacio Elissagne got some help from Gustave Eiffel. It was renovated in 1985 and again in 1992, which is when the tropical garden was added.
Our train trip took about two and a half hours and we bought all of our tickets in Spain in advance, except our Madrid to Toledo and back again leg of the trip. More on that in a future post. We also bought the tickets through Trainline rather than the difficult to use Renfe website. Although we paid a bit extra through Trainline it was negligible for the peace of mind. The ride was comfortable and the cafeteria car was well stocked with basics.
Lots of interesting scenery flew by during the journey and it was a good time to catch up on re-reading about our next destination, reading for fun, or just looking out the window. The images below are some of what we saw.
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