transportation options in the city of Granada are trains, taxis or buses. Bus The main company operating bus transport in Granada is Transportes Rober. There is also bus transportation to and from the airport with the company Alsa. Rail Granada railway station has rail connections with many cities in Spain. There are several types of train service to and from Granada Short-distance trains Medium distance trains Long-distance trains AVE (high speed long distance) via the Antequera–Granada high-speed rail line. The closest AVE connection is in Antequera. Taxi Granada has a wide network of taxis to help travellers reach their destinations. Official Granada taxis are white with a green stripe. Airport The nearest civil airport is Federico García Lorca Airport, about west of Granada. The was the first civil airport serving the city and its surroundings but it was replaced by the former airport in the 1970s and repurposed for military uses. Granada Public Transportation statistics The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Granada, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 42 min. 9% of public transit riders, ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 10 min, while 8% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 2.7 km, while 0% travel for over 12 km in a single direction. Sports Granada has a football team: Granada CF, in La Liga 2 Granada has a basketball team: Fundación CB Granada, in Liga ACB Skiing: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 Bullfighting: Granada has a 14,507-capacity bullring named Plaza de toros de Granada. Notable people Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon (1120–1190), translator and physician Al-Zuhri ( 1130s–1150s), geographer Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (1213–1286), geographer, historian and poet Álvaro de Bazán (1526–1588), admiral Alonso Cano (1601–1667), painter, sculptor and architect Pedro Rodríguez Cubero (1656 – 1704), governor of Spanish New Mexico between 1697 and 1703. Pedro de Mena (1628–1688), baroque sculptor José de Mora (1642–1724), baroque sculptor Francisco Martínez de la Rosa (1787–1862), statesman, politician, dramatist and poet Ángel Ganivet (1865–1898), writer and dramatist Mariana Pineda (1804–1831), liberalist heroine Eugenia de Montijo (1826–1920), last Empress consort of France Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871–1949), painter, photographer, designer and scenographer Pablo de Loyzaga (1872–1951),