Train Malaga to Alicante

Question received via email to Get Spain

Could you please help - we need to get from Malaga to Alicante by train, can you advise what trains and where we would need to get them from and how long this would approximately take. An idea of the times of the trains would also be helpful and are then any special tickets we can buy.

Answer:

Unfortunately there is no direct route between Malaga and Alicante.

The route is Malaga to Madrid Atocha (2.5 hrs approx) and then from Madrid Chamartin to Alicante (3.75 hrs approx)

Tickets are about £99 each one way

If you are not planning to travel within 7 days of the date you book, you can use the following link to take advantage of these rates.

http://www.getspain-spain.com/renfe-trains-spain.html just enter Malaga and then Alicante