What is the overnight wait room situation in bigger rail stations in Spain (Madrid and Valencia)?
I'm currently building my itinerary for crossing Spain by land (need to get to Almeria) and the better train connections I found unfortunately arrive to their transit destinations (Madrid Chamartín or Valencia Joaquín Sorolla) at midnight with the connecting train leaving in the morning (8am-ish). I'm travelling on a tight budget so getting a hotel for those few hours is not really an option.
What waiting room facilities are available at of those rail stations? I'd really love to avoid sandwiching an anxious 8 hour wait in the middle of a train terminal between two +12h legs of my journey!
Best Answer
The station home pages and opening times are here http://www.adif.es/es_ES/infraestructuras/estaciones/17000/informacion_000295.shtml and here http://www.adif.es/es_ES/infraestructuras/estaciones/3216/informacion_000382.shtml
It looks like they are both closed overnight (Horario de la estación), so I would expect that you would get kicked out of the waiting room.
Almería is in Andalucia, so possibly another route rather than via Valencia will be more convenient.
HTH
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