Peter
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[b]Stuttgart - Barcelona | trains without supplements[/b]
Information for Interrail, Eurail travellers and persons with normal train ticket travelling by night train from Stuttgart (Germany) to Barcelona (Spain).
General information for cheap train travel on the route Stuttgart to Barcelona.
First buy a special prices ticket from Stuttgart to Paris here: [ux]https://rail.shop/bahn[/ux]
Then a second one Paris to Barcelona: [ux]https://rail.shop/sncf[/ux]
[b]With supplements[/b]:
[b]1[/b]
[b]Stuttgart-Paris[/b]: by TGV day train | supplement EUR 10-20
[b]Paris-Barcelona[/b]: by direct night train - https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/france/fr
A [b]cheaper night train Paris-Barcelona[/b] is the following one, even crossing the [b]Pyrenees[/b] by a really cool kind of roller coaster train:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/paris-pyrenees-barcelona-le-petit-tain-jaune/f4023[/u]
[b]2[/b]
[b]Stuttgart Hbf[/b] Dep: 1515 | IC train - free of supplements
[b]Zürich HB[/b] Arr: 1848
[b]Zürich HB[/b] Dep: 1927 | by expensive night train Elipsos: [u]https://rail.cc/en/zurich-bern-geneva-barcelona-night-train/f1099[/u]
[b]Barcelona Estacion de Franca[/b] Arr: 0943
[b]Without any supplements[/b]:
[b]1[/b]
[b]Stuttgart Hbf[/b] Dep: 0305 | ICE - train - free of supplements
[b]Bruchsal[/b] Arr: 0405
[b]Bruchsal[/b] Dep: 0435 | S-Bahn train - free of supplements
[b]Karlsruhe Hbf[/b] Arr: 0453
[b]Karlsruhe Hbf[/b] Dep: 0542 | IC - train - free of supplements
[b]Basel SBB[/b] Arr: 0755
[b]Basel SBB[/b] Dep: 0803 | IC - train - free of supplements
[b]Biel/Bienne[/b] Arr: 0910
[b]Biel/Bienne[/b] Dep: 0919 | IC - train - free of supplements
[b]Geneve[/b] Arr: 1046
[b]Geneve[/b] Dep: 1058 | Regional Express train - free of supplements
[b]Lyon Part Dieu[/b] Arr: 1247
[b]Lyon Part Dieu[/b] Dep: 1327 | Regional Express train - free of supplements
[b]Avignon Centre[/b] Arr: 1547
[b]Avignon Centre[/b] Dep: 1606 | Regional Express train - free of supplements
[b]Port Bou[/b] Arr: 2008
[b]Port Bou[/b] Dep: 2027 | IR - InterRegio train - free of supplements
[b]Barcelona Sants[/b] Arr: 2239
[b]2[/b]
[b]Stuttgart Hbf[/b] Dep: 1708 | IC train - free of supplements
[b]Karlsruhe Hbf[/b] Arr: 1753
[b]Karlsruhe Hbf[/b] Dep: 1800 | ICE train - free of supplements
[b]Offenburg[/b] Arr: 1827
[b]Offenburg[/b] Dep: 1834 | Regional train - free of supplements
[b]Strasbourg[/b] Arr: 1904
Attention - it might be possible that you have to change the train in Kehl to a bus (as for maintenance of a bridge - you will loose then 15 minutes)
[b]Strasbourg[/b] Dep: 2058 | cheap night train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/france/fr[/u]
[b]Port Bou[/b] Arr: 0923
This night train isn't running every day - check the schedules before.
It is also possible to leave the night train coming from Strasbourg in Perpignan and the have the trip by the Petit Train Jaune across the [b]Pyrenees[/b] - see links mentioned above.
[b]Port Bou[/b] Dep: 1029 | Regional train - free of supplements
[b]Barcelona Sants[/b] Arr: 1308
If your [b]country of residence is Germany[/b], you will have to pay for the part on German trains. Use the Baden-Württemberg-Ticket Single (EUR 19) or Group (up to 5 persons) until the border. It is valid until Basel and Strasbourg on Regional trains.
[b]Update: Dec 2011[/b]
