Oviedo Station

The Norte station is the main one in Oviedo. It is at the end of calle Uría, the big shopping street of the centre, and from its door you can walk to the Campo de San Francisco in ten minutes and to the cathedral in a quarter of an hour. It is the gateway for anyone travelling without a car: here stop the high-speed trains from Madrid, the long- and medium-distance ones and the commuter trains linking Oviedo with Gijón, Avilés and the mining valleys.

Which trains leave from here

According to Turismo de Oviedo, the station has AVE services between Madrid and Oviedo, long-distance, medium-distance and commuter trains. Since the Pajares bypass opened, Renfe advertises a best time of about three hours and twelve minutes between Madrid and Oviedo; not all trains do it, so check the timetable for your day.

The commuter trains take you to Gijón and Avilés, and other lines go south, towards Mieres and the Caudal valley. Metre-gauge trains, the former FEVE, also leave Oviedo, such as the one to Collanzo, which is useful for getting close to the Aller valley and the area of Fuentes de Invierno. On the same metre-gauge network runs the coastal train towards eastern Asturias and Cantabria.

Tickets and timetables

Timetables, prices and ticket sales are at renfe.com and on the Renfe app. Renfe maintains free commuter season tickets and discounted medium-distance season tickets for frequent travellers; if you are only making a single trip, the ordinary ticket is what you need. To find out whether your train is delayed, Renfe offers a real-time commuter lookup on its website. We do not publish timetables here because they change with each season and with works.

Leaving the station

A few steps away is the bus station, on calle Pepe Cosmen, with the regional buses and the airport bus (information on 902 499 949). If you do not want to walk, there are TUA city buses (985 222 422) and two radio taxis: Radio Taxi Principado, 985 252 500, and Radio Taxi Ciudad de Oviedo, 985 250 000.

Going down calle Uría you find the kiosk of the tourist office in the Campo de San Francisco, where they give you the map. From there the old town and the Fontán begin. The Hotel de la Reconquista is about five minutes on foot.

A tip

If you arrive with time to spare before your return train, leave the visit to the cathedral of San Salvador for the start of the morning and return to the station with time in hand, especially if you are carrying a suitcase or have to pick it up from the hotel.