Atocha Train Station at the end of the XIX century has a huge iron supported glass roof that protects a tropical garden. Atocha has a solid network of suburban trains, with high frequented up to date trains that unite the capital with the population from the metropolitan area and the region's principal cities.

AVE. Atocha Train Station maintains an excellent connection in high speed trains with the capitals of Southern Spain; Sevilla, Córdoba, Málaga, Cádiz and Huevla, benefit from these high performance, high speed AVE and Altaria trains that offer rapidity and comfort on trips. Towards the year 2010 Madrid will be united by railway with all of the Spanish capitals in less than four hours, by way of high speed services. New railway routes are being constructed for them. With this new network, Spain will have the largest high speed transportation system in the world.

The two big railway stations, Atocha and Chamartín, are in the capital; from here depart the international trains that unite the capital with Paris and Lisbon and the "Big Lines" railway routes that connect Madrid to all the Spanish capitals. Atocha Train Station stands out for its speed and quality, its railway connections the Alaris trains or the latest generation of Talgo trains. These trains circulate daily between Madrid and Pamplona, Zaragoza, Valencia, Alicante and Barcelona. For further destinations, RENFE has a "hotel-train" service that does night trips to Paris, Lisbon, Santiago de Compostela or Barcelona. In turn, the regional trains offer numerous connecting services to Madrid's closest capitals, many of them with great visitor interest like Salamanca, Toledo, Valladolid, Sigüenza, Ávila or Segovia.