Budapest → Madrid

HUBUD → ESMAD · 2,450 km

1 rail service between Budapest BILK in Hungary and Madrid Abroñigal in Spain. Fastest is 5 days; cheapest starts around $1,900.

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Gauge break — 233 mm

Budapest BILK runs on Standard (1435 mm) and Madrid Abroñigal on Iberian (1668 mm) — a 233 mm break. A wagon cannot run through: the load has to be transshipped, or the wagon fitted with variable-gauge bogies, at a facility serving both. 1 such changeover point is in our registry.

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Services on this corridor

Automotive Fastest Cheapest

Finished-vehicle trains from the Hungarian assembly plants to the Iberian market, transshipped at the gauge break.

Operators Rail Cargo Hungaria Renfe Mercancías Fret SNCF
Crosses: HU → AT → DE → FR → ES
Gauge change at: ESBCN
Transit
5 d
Departures
3/wk
Indicative
$1,900–$3,200
CO₂ vs road
−84%

Corridor facts

Distance
2,450 km
Fastest transit
5 days
Services
1
Origin gauge
Standard (1435 mm)
Destination gauge
Iberian (1668 mm)
Countries crossed
5
Best emissions
10 gCO₂/tonne-km
Road benchmark
62 gCO₂/tonne-km