Santander Train Tickets

Inbound trains reach Santander at Santander railway station for standard-gauge Renfe services and at Santander-Feve for narrow-gauge routes. Renfe Alvia services arrive from Madrid Chamartin in around 4h, while trains from Valladolid reach Santander in about 3h. Services from Palencia arrive in roughly 2h20m, and trains from Reinosa take around 1h15m. Within Cantabria, regional trains from Torrelavega arrive in about 35m. Narrow-gauge services to Santander-Feve arrive from Bilbao in around 3h and from Oviedo in roughly 4h30m, depending on the service and connection pattern.

Santander is a northern Spain rail terminus on the Cantabrian coast, linked to the national network through inland routes toward Castile and regional lines across Cantabria. The city has two adjacent main passenger stations: Santander railway station for standard-gauge Renfe services and Santander-Feve for narrow-gauge Cercanias AM and regional routes. Renfe Viajeros is the main operator for trains from Santander and trains to Santander. Services from Santander include Alvia and Media Distancia trains on the inland corridor toward the Meseta, plus regional and narrow-gauge trains serving Cantabria and the Bay of Biscay rail axis. Santander railway station handles long-distance and standard-gauge regional trains, while Santander-Feve is used by narrow-gauge services running east and west along the coast. Rail routes from Santander run south toward Palencia, Valladolid, and Madrid, east toward Bilbao, west toward Torrelavega and Oviedo, and locally through Cantabria towns on Cercanias AM services. Train tickets for Santander depend on service type, with reserved seats on long-distance trains and simpler regional tickets on local routes. Book trains from and to Santander online at Rail Monsters.