Directions to the Facultad de Informatica

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Transport Information System of Madrid
Maribel's Tourist Guides for Spanish cities and regions (freely available in PDF)

From the Airpot to the City Center

The easy way is to take a Taxi from the airport directly to the hotel/etc. A cheaper alternative is to take the Metro (Subway). The Barajas Airport Metro stations (on the right-top corner of the metro map) are situated at Terminal T2 (walking distance from Terminals T1 and T3) and Terminal T4. Trains leave every 5 minutes from 06:00 to 02:00. Take line number 8 (pink color) in the direction of the CITY CENTER (the stairs on the left) and get off at NUEVOS MINISTERIOS (last stop of line 8), then take another line depending on your destination.

Accessing the Campus

Our main location is in UPM's new Montegancedo Campus, located next to a residential area (the "Urbanizacion Monteprincipe") outside Boadilla del Monte, a small town 7 km SW of Madrid's center. Once you are at the Campus our offices are in the building marked by Bloque 3, look for room L-3301 (our lab, where many members of the group sit). Many others of us are scattered in several offices in Bloque 2 (e.g., Manuel Hermenegildo's office is in room D-2212 or D-3324, IMDEA).

Accessing the campus by Taxi

The easiest way is to take a a Taxi directly to the campus, please print and give to the taxi driver the instructions for accessing the Montegancedo campus in Spanish -- as some drivers might not know where it is exactly.

Accessing the campus by METRO (subway, using the new, shiny ML3 line)

Take the metro and go to Colonia Jardin (line number 10, dark blue color). Then take the new ML3 line (red and white colors) and get off at "Monteprincipe". When getting off the tram station turn to the right and walk for about 10 minutes through the main road (Avenida de Monteprincipe). There are signs on the road when approaching Facultad de Informatica, and the dark green buildings can be seen from the road. There is a map with this walk drawn here.

Accessing the campus by Car

From downtown Madrid (map):

Take the N-V / A5 out (freeway to Portugal, direction "Talavera"). The N-V / A5 can be reached from the "Plaza de España" area, or simply by following the M-30 (the first ring road around Madrid) around to the southwest until you find it. Follow the N-V / A5 until you reach the M-40 (second ring around Madrid) and take a right into the M-40, to go north (i.e., towards the N-VI / A6). Exit the M-40 at exit number 36 (road "M-511 to Boadilla"), and follow the signs to "Facultad de Informatica". Alternatively, take the N-VI / A6 out (freeway to La Coruña) until you reach the M-40 (second ring around Madrid) and take a left into the M-40, to go west (i.e., towards the N-V / A5). Exit the M-40 at exit number 38, and follow the service road and the signs to "Facultad de Informática".
From the airport:

the fastest and easiest thing is to take the M-40 all the way around the south of Madrid. Upon exiting the airport follow indications for M-40 south (direction N-III / A-3, N-IV / A4, N-V / A5, etc.). In normal traffic conditions it should take less than 30 minutes (but be careful with rush hours).

Accessing the campus by BUS

The campus is very well connected by BUS to the city center and Ciudad de la Imagen (a commercial center located between the city and the campus which has some hotels also, e.g., i-Hotel). Basically the buses go through Colonia Jardin metro station (A), Ciudad de la Imagen (B)and Facultad de Informatica (C)and back:

If you are comming from the city center, then first you have to take the metro to Colonia Jardin metro station (line 10, blue color), and then take one of the following buses:

BUS-591: This is a students bus that goes directly from Colonia Jardin to Facultad de Informatica and back, it does not stop on the way, so just get off when it stops at the CS Dept.
BUS-571 and BUS-573: These are public service buses that pass through Colonia Jardin , Ciudad de la Imagen and Facultad de Informatica, you can use them in order to go to the campus/city/etc. Note that: (1) payment is done directly to the driver; (2) if you are going to the campus then say that you are going to MONTEPRINCIPE; and (3) in order to get off you have to push the ring button. IMPORTANT: When you take these buses to Facultad de Informatica, at some point they pass under the M-40 highway and then turn to the right, the faculty's stop is the 3^rd one from that point (A in map-3), be careful not to mistook it with the 2^nd stop which is near another university.

Here are detailed instructions for traveling by bus between Colonia Jardin, Ciudad de la Imagen and Facultad de Informatica -- time tables are available in the buses time tables section).

City Center → Facultad de Informatica

There are two possibilities:

Take the metro to Colonia Jardin station (line 10, blue color, left-bottom corner in the metro map) and then take:
- BUS-573/571 from the bus stop that marked by A (see map-1) and get off at the bus stop marked by A (see map-3); or
- BUS-591 from the bus stop that marked by A (see map-1) which goes directly to Facultad de Informatica (stops at C -- see map-3).
Take the metro to Principe Pio and then take BUS-573 from the bus station marked by A (see map-4) and get off at the bus stop marked by A (see map-3).

Ciudad de la Imagen → Facultad de Informatica

Take BUS-573 or BUS-571 from the bus stop that marked by A (see map-2), and get off at the bus stop marked by A (see map-3).

Facultad de Informatica → City Center

Take BUS-573/571 from the bus stop that marked by B (see map-3) or BUS-591 from the bus stop marked by C (see map3) and get off at the bus stop that marked by B (see map-1), then take the metro to the city center.

Facultad de Informatica → Ciudad de la Imagen

Take BUS-573/571 from the bus stop that marked by B (see map-3) and get off at the bus stop that marked by B or C (see map-2).

City Center → Ciudad de la Imagen

Take the metro to Colonia Jardin and then take BUS-573/571 from the bus stop that marked by A (see map-1) and get off at the bus stop that marked by B or C (see map-2).

Ciudad de la Imagen → City Center

Take BUS-573/571 from the bus stop that marked by B or C (see map-3) and get off at the bus stop that marked by B (see map-1), then take the metro to the city center.

Buse Time Tables

Below you will find the time tables for the different buses/stops. They are only an approximation as it depends very much on the traffic. Moreover, they are not valid during August (the summer vacation). For the most updated version of the time table please refer to the transport information system web site (more specific links for each line are provided below).

Line 571

Costs 1,25€ or 1,85€ depending on the start and final stops.
Aluche → Colonia Jardin → Ciudad de la Imagen → Facultad de Informatica → Boadilla
- For the updated time table click here
- It starts at Aluche metro station, from 06:30 until 09:30 it runs every 15min and from 09:30 until 23:00 it run every 30min, then again at midnight and 01:00. During the weekend it runs every hour from 07:00 until 01:00.
- after about 5min it stops at Colonia Jardin -- at the bus stop that marked by A (see map-1).
- after about 5min more it stops at Ciudad de la Imagen -- at the bus stop that marked by A (see map-2).
- after about 10min more it stop at Facultad de Informatica -- at the bus stop that marked by A (see map-3).
Boadilla → Facultad de Informatica → Ciudad de la Imagen → Colonia JARDIN → Aluche
- For the updated time table click here
- It starts at Boadilla, from 06:15 until 22:45 it runs every 30min.
- after about 10min it stop at Facultad de Informatica -- at the bus stop that marked by B (see map-3).
- after about 10min more it stops at Ciudad de la Imagen -- at the bus stops that marked by A (see map-2).
- after about 5min more it stops at Colonia Jardin -- at the bus stop that marked by B (see map-1).

Line 573

Costs 1,25€ or 1,85€ depending on the start and final stops.
Moncloa → Principe Pio → Colonia Jardin → Ciudad de la Imagen → Facultad de Informatica → Boadilla
- For the updated time table click here
- It starts at Moncloa, from 07:00 until 10:30 it runs every 15min, from 10:30 until 14:00 it runs every 30min, from 14:00 until 15:30 it runs every 15min, from 15:30 until 21:30 it runs every 20min, from 21:30 until 22:30 it runs every 30min. During the weekend it runs every 30min from 06:30 until 22:30.
- after about 5min it stops at Principe Pio -- at bus stop A (see map-4).
- after about 10min more it stops at Colonia Jardin -- at bus stop A (see map-1).
- after about 5min more it stops at Ciudad de la Imagen -- at bus stops A (see map-2).
- after 10min more it stops at Facultad de Informatica -- at the bus stop that marked by A (see map-3).
Boadilla → Facultad de Informatica → Ciudad de la Imagen → Colonia Jardin → Principe Pio → Moncloa
- For the updated time table click here
- It starts at Boadilla, from 09:00 until 13:30 it runs every 30min, from 13:30am until 20:30 it runs every 20min, and then at 21:00, 21:30 and 22:10.from 14:00 until 15:30am it runs every 15min, from 15:30 until 21:30 it runs every 20min, from 21:30 until 22:30 it runs every 30min. During the weekend it tuns every 30min from 06:30 until 22:30.
- after about 12min it stops at Facultad de Informatica -- at the bus stop that marked by B (see map-3).
- after about 10min more it stops at Ciudad de la Imagen -- at bus stops B and C (see map-2).
- after about 5min more it stops at Colonia Jardin -- at bus stop B (see map-1).
- after about 10min it stops at Principe Pio -- at bus stop B (see map-4).

Line 591

Costs 1,30€.
Aluche → Colonia Jardin → Facultad de Informatica
- For the updated time table click here
- Starts at Aluche at 07:30, 08:00, 08:15, 08:20, 08:30, 08:40, 09:00, 09:30, 09:45, 10:20, 10:50, 11:20, 11:50, 12:20, 12:50, 13:20, 13:50, 14:20, 14:50, 15:30, 15:45, 16:30, 17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 18:30 and 19:00.
- after about 5min it stops at Colonia jardin -- at the bus stop that marked by A (see map-1).
- after about 10min more it stops at Facultad de Informatica -- at the bus stop that marked by C (see map-3).
Facultad de Informatica → Colonia Jardin → Aluche
- For the updated time table click here
- Starts at Facultad de Informatica (at the bus stop that marked by C -- see map-3) at 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 12:20, 13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 14:30, 14:50, 15:25, 16:05 16:30, 17:05, 17:30, 18:00, 18:20, 19:00, 19:30, 20:05, 20:20 and 21:00.
- after about 10min it stops at Colonia Jardin -- at bus stop B (see map-1).

-	Colonia Jardin metro station is in the bottom-left corner of the metro map, it's connected by line number 10 (blue color).
-	There are two exits from the metro station, the one on the left takes to B and the other one (or the elevator) takes to A. Make sure you are in the right stop, A is in the side of the elevator.

MAP-2: Ciudad de la Imagen

-	In order to go to the campus you should wait at the bus stop A.
-	In order to go to Madrid you should wait at the bus stop A or C.
-	D is the location of i-Hotel.

MAP-3: Facultad de Informatica

-	If you come to the campus by BUS-573 or BUS-571 you should get off at A, and if you come by BUS-591 you should get off at C.
-	In order to go from the campus to the City Center or Ciudad de la Imagen take BUS-573 or BUS-571 from B or BUS-591 from C.
-	Our offices are in BLOQUE 3, look for rooms L-3201 (our lab) or 3301 (office area upstairs where several other members of the group sit). Many of us are scattered in several offices in Bloque 2 (e.g., Manuel Hermenegildo's office is in room D-2212). Check the campus a diagram.

MAP-4: Principe Pio

-	C is Principe Pio metro station.
-	There are Taxis and BUS-573 stops at A. Either take the exit that goes directly to the side of A or just cross the stress if you exit to the other side. The stop for BUS-573 is marked by a red column with the writing 573.
-	B is where BUS-573 stops when it comes back from the meeting venue.