Commuting options from Madrid city center to Leganes campus

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Leganes Central station (near the University) is on CercanΓ­as Line C5 and Madrid Metro Line 12. In this case, CercanΓ­as Line C5 runs every 10 minutes and journey time to Atocha station (no transfers) in downtown(ish) Madrid is about 20 minutes according to Google Maps. Since public transportation is integrated, the pass should cover this.

The metro line forces a connection to Line 10 at Puerta del Sur so it will likely be less convenient unless you plan to live along Line 10 or Line 12.

With regards to modes, CercanΓ­as is a Regional Rail system with relatively frequent service all day. Line C5 is special with respect to this system since it has its own tracks and runs like a metro line. Since you're from the Toronto Area according to your SE profile, you can think of C5 as the Kitchener Line but with 6-10x as much service per day.

There are general schedules/frequencies for C5 here: https://www.redtransporte.com/madrid/cercanias-renfe/linea-c-5.html

For the metro, refer to https://www.metromadrid.es/en and note that the lines most relevant to Leganes are Lines 3, 10, and 12.

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