The entire Atlantic corridor is linked by motorway or dual carriageway. The A-9 toll road joins A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra and Vigo . This toll road also extends southwards to Portugal (via Porto and Lisbon ).
From Madrid , there are two possible routes. Via the north, by means of the Northwest Dual Carriageway (formerly the N-6), which links with the aforementioned A-9 motorway 20 km from A Coruña. Via the south, by means of the Rías Baixas Dual Carriageway, which crosses the province of Ourense and links, just before Vigo, with the A-9 again. You can also exit the dual carriageway at Ourense and travel to Compostela along the N-525 road.
Its bus station (Address: San Caetano, no number, Telephone: (+34) 981 58 77 00) provides connections with the main Galician municipalities, and important Spanish and European cities.
At the very centre of the city we also find a railway station (Address: Rúa do Horreo, no number,Telephone: (34) 981 52 02 02), connected to the main Galician and peninsular cities. Two daily trains link with Madrid (Talgo and Expreso). A single change is all that is required to reach, on a daily basis, Barcelona , Hendaya and Paris, and almost all national destinations of importance. There are frequent communications along the Atlantic corridor from A Coruña and Vigo.
For more information see Renfe.
The international Airport of Lavacolla (Address: Santiago-Lugo Road, km 11. Lavacolla, no number, Telephone: (+34) 981 59 75 50) has connections to several continents. It is located only 10 kms away from the city centre. This short distance goes through a modern motorway. At the airport there is a bus service (1.80€) to General Pardiñas street, and also a taxi stand (16€). There are other nearby airports, with international flights, in A Coruña (60 km), Vigo (90 km) and Porto (220 km).
Its air-traffic network features national and international flights by the companies Iberia, Spanair, Air Europa, Air France and British Airways, which operate in Lavacolla Airport.
For more information see Santiago de Compostela airport, A Coruña airport, Vigo airport and Porto airport.
