Alcobendas is a city located in the Community of Madrid, central Spain. It is located roughly north of Madrid and from Barajas International Airport. It includes a central urban zone, a recently built district known as Valdelasfuentes, La Moraleja and El Soto de la Moralejaresidential zones, the Valdelatas nature reserve and a light industrial estate. A business park called Valdelacasa for high-tech firms is being built. It is the location of a basketball museum organised by the Pedro Ferrándiz Foundation where the FIBA Hall of Fame is located. Once a working class area, it has in more recent times become one of the most economically affluent areas of the Madrid metropolitan area and also contains the exclusive residential area of La Moraleja.
Both Alcobendas and its neighbour city, San Sebastián de los Reyes are connected with Madrid with buses operated by the 'Interbús' bus company. There are currently eight bus lines that go to and from different districts of Alcobendas to Plaza de Castilla. Alcobendas also has eight bus lines that connect the different zones of Alcobendas between themselves. Metro: Alcobendas presently has four Metro stations which are all on line 10 of the Madrid Metro network. These stations were recently opened by Esperanza Aguirre, President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. Buses Buses going to and from Plaza de Castilla are:
151 Madrid - Alcobendas
153 Madrid - Alcobendas
153B a.k.a. B53 Madrid - Alcobendas
155 Madrid - Alcobendas
155B a.k.a. B55 Madrid - Alcobendas
157 Madrid - Alcobendas
157C a.k.a. C57 Madrid - Alcobendas
159 Madrid - Alcobendas Buses connecting different parts of Alcobendas are:
L-1 Arroyo de la Vega - El Soto de la Moraleja - La Moraleja
L-2 Alcobendas - La Moraleja
L-3 Arroyo de la Vega - El Soto de la Moraleja - El Encinar de los Reyes
L-5 San Sebastián de los Reyes - Alcobendas - El Soto de la Moraleja
L-6 Valdelasfuentes - Polígono Industrial
L-9 Alcobendas - Arroyo de la Vega Two further circular lines are:
C10 Valdelasfuentes - Arroyo de la Vega - Valdelasfuentes
C11 Arroyo de la Vega - Valdelasfuentes - Arroyo de la Vega Cercanías Train Alcobendas also has two suburban railway stations :
Valdelasfuentes and
Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes.
Both form part of the C-4a Cercanías line and can get to Sol and Atocha in half an hour. Private Transport Alobendas is easily reached by car as well. There are a number of motorways going round Alcobendas and through it. Airport access is perfect with the recently built motorway known as the M-12 which connects the Canillejas district of Madrid with Barajas International Airport and ending up in the Arroyo de la Vega area of Alcobendas List of motorways and main roads that go through Alcobendas: A-1-Autovía del Norte
R-2-Radial 2
M-50-Autopista M-50
M-12-Autopista Eje-Aeropuerto
M-603-Carretera de Fuencarral a Alcobendas
M-616-Carretera de El Pardo a Alcobendas The difficulty of parking in Alcobendas varies depending on which district you are parking in. In the Casco district it is challenging to find a parking space. However this problem is not posed in the newer areas where ample parking facilities are available.
Economy
used to have its head office in Alcobendas, until the company folded in 2006.
