Collado Villalba () is a municipality of the

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, in central

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. It is located 40.3 kilometres north-west of the city of

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, at an altitude of 917 meters above sea level. It has a population of 64,263 (2022), with a population density of about 2,400 per km². Collado Villalba has a hot summer

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(

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''Csa'').

Biblioteca municipal de Collado Villalba

Public transport

Train

Collado Villalba has its own train station, which gives service to lines C-3a ( Aranjuez - El Escorial - Santa María de la Alameda), C-8 (

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- Cercedilla) and C-10 ( Aeropuerto T-4 - Villalba) of Cercanías Madrid. It also gives service to long distance trains going to

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, Ávila or

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Bus

Collado Villalba has many bus lines, most of them connecting the town with

. * 630: Villalba - Galapagar - Colmenarejo - Valdemorillo * 660: San Lorenzo de El Escorial - Guadarrama - Villalba * 670: Villalba Hospital - Moralzarzal * 671: Madrid ( Moncloa) - Moralzarzal * 672: Madrid (Moncloa) - Cerceda (through Mataelpino) * 672a: Madrid (Moncloa) - Cerceda * 673: Madrid (Moncloa) - Villalba * 680: Alpedrete - Villalba Hospital * 681: Madrid (Moncloa) - Alpedrete * 682: Madrid (Moncloa) - Guadarrama * 683 Madrid (Moncloa) - Collado Mediano * 684: Madrid (Moncloa) - Guadarrama - Cercedilla * 685

Majadahonda Majadahonda () is a municipality in Spain, situated northwest of Madrid, in the Community of Madrid. It lies alongside the motorway A6 Madrid- A Coruña. The Puerta de Hierro university (public) hospital was relocated to Majadahonda from the ...

- Guadarrama * 687: Madrid (Moncloa) - Villalba (Bus Station) * 688: Madrid (Moncloa) - Los Molinos * 691: Madrid (Moncloa) - Becerril de la Sierra - Navacerrada * 696: Villalba Hospital - Navacerrada * 720: Colmenar Viejo - Villalba * 876: Madrid ( Plaza de Castilla) - Moralzarzal - Villalba * Night bus line 602: Madrid (Moncloa) - Villalba * Night bus line 603: Madrid (Moncloa) - Moralzarzal * Urban line 1: Train Station - Parque de La Coruña - City Center - Urbanizaciones * Urban line 2 (circular): Train Station - Parque de La Coruña - Health Center - Los Negrales - Train Station * Urban line 3: Train Station - El Gorronal - Villalba Hospital * Urban line 4: Train Station - Parque de La Coruña - City Center * Urban line 6: Train Station - Cantos Altos - City Center - Arroyo Arriba

External links

Collado Villalba City Council

References

Municipalities in the Community of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub

Public transport

Train

Bus

See also

External links

References