Madrid Metro Tarjeta
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The search term you want, in Spanish is recarga (which means 'recharge' or 'reload').
The official Consorcio Transportes Madrid webpage has a page titled "¿Cómo Se Utiliza?" ("How Do You Use It?") which says the following:
Dónde se carga
Actualmente, la red de carga se compone de:
- Máquinas automáticas instaladas en las Estaciones de Metro de Madrid y ML1: billetes de la red de metro (sencillos y 10 viajes) y Abonos Transporte
- Máquinas automáticas instaladas en las Estaciones de Metro Ligero (ML2 y ML3): billetes sencillos y 10 viajes válidos en el servicio y Abonos Transporte
- Máquinas automáticas instaladas en las Estaciones de Cercanías: Abonos Transporte
- Puntos de información de los Intercambiadores de Transporte: Bonobuses de servicios urbanos e interurbanos y Abonos Transporte
- Cajeros automáticos de Bankia: Abonos Transporte y billetes de 10 viajes (Metrobús y bonobús interurbanos)
- Estancos y otros puntos de venta autorizados: Abonos Transporte y billetes de 10 viajes (Metrobús y bonobús interurbanos)
Los Abonos Transporte de todas las zonas y perfiles se pueden cargar en los puntos arriba indicados.
El Abono Anual requiere la emisión de una nueva Tarjeta Transporte Público Personal para su primera carga. Para sus sucesivas recargas se informa al usuario en el periodo y por los canales oportunos de cómo proceder.
I have provided a translation below. The "Abonos Transporte" (literally 'transit subscription') include rechargeable media such as the TTP.
Where to charge
The network of charge locations currently includes:
- Machines located in Madrid Metro station and ML1: Metro tickets (single and 10-ride) and Subscriptions ("Abonos Transporte")
- Machines located in Madrid light rail stations (ML2 & ML3): light rail tickets (single and 10 ride) and Subscriptions
- Machines located in local rail stations (Cercanías): Subscriptions
- Information points at transport interchanges: multi-trip urban bus tickets, intercity bus tickets, and Subscriptions
- Bankia ATMs: Subscriptions and 10-ride tickets (local and regional buses)
- Tobacconists and other authorized retailers: Subscriptions and 10-ride tickets (local and regional buses)
Transit Subscriptions for all zones and fare levels can be charged at all of the indicated locations.
The Annual Subscription ("Abono Anual") requires that a new transit card (Tarjeta Transporte Público Personal) be issued for the first charge. The recipient will be informed of the proper procedures for subsequent recharges.
So pretty much, your options are:
- Machines in the Madrid Metro and light rail stations
- Machines at Cercanías (local rail) stations
- Info points at the major bus interchanges (these will be human tellers)
- Bankia ATMs
- Tobacconists and other 'authorized retailers'.
Bankia confirms -- via YouTube (Spanish) and via their official site (English) -- that you can use their ATMs to top up your card.
I did find a large amount of griping from locals that the transit services were cutting back the number of non-automated service points, so the option of interacting with a human teller at one of the bus interchanges is probably the most risky of these given the cut-backs.
You can use the official Consocio Transportes Madrid webpage to confirm all of this. Navigate to "Billetes y Tarifas" (Tickets and Fares) then to "Tarjeta Transporte Público Personal". Note that if you're located outside of Spain, you may need to use a Spanish web proxy to access the CTM site since they use a geographical block on foreign traffic; I am unsure if EU traffic is blocked but the site is inaccessible from the US.
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