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Jaro, Lorenzo. Folgueira, César.

Mode chosen FROM/TO the Airport TO/FROM
%
Chamartín
Private car 3,3
Taxi 18,8
Metro 24,2
Urban Bus 0,7
Commuter railways 52,9
Total 100,0

Table 3. Modal choice: Madrid Chamartín – Madrid Airport link

For Barcelona:
• 2,5% of the passengers leaving/arriving Sants Station (HS) went/came from Barcelona-
Airport (El Prat). That means about 250.000 passengers per year.
• 86% of these passengers had their O/D in foreign countries, the rest (14%) had it in Spain
• The main mode chosen to link airport and HS is train (61,5%), followed by taxi (37%)

Mode chosen FROM/TO the Airport TO/FROM
%
Puerta de Atocha
Private car 1,5
Taxi 37,0
Commuter railways 61,5
Total 100,0

Table 4. Modal choice: Barcelona Sants – Barcelona Airport link

9. Conclusions

The main conclusions of these studies are:

Car (including taxi) is the main mode of access, followed by public transport in great and
medium cities or walk access in little cities.
For public transport, commuter trains and metro are the main options. Only bus (urban bus) is
the selected choice when there is no other public alternative. Intercity bus is a low option as
access/egress mode (3-5%).
For capital cities most of the passengers (85-90%) are going/coming from the very cities or their
Metropolitan Area/province, whereas other capitals with important “tourist” destinations,
show a lower value (50-70%).

Related with Air/HSR intermodality in Madrid and Barcelona, currently there is an important
flow of passengers using both Terminals, rail and air, with estimations of 600 Madrid and 250
Barcelona (000 yearly pax)

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