Hetman
Traveller
364 comments
Posted 14 years ago
Today has started a new fast day connection between Barcelona and Paris
It's almost direct connection and takes only about 7:30! We only have to change once train on a new high-speed station Figueras Vilafant. The train goes two times a day and is operated by Spanish Alaris and French TGV.
From Barcelona Sants the train starts at 9:00 and 13:00 and in Paris Lyon is at 16:41 and 20:41 respectively.
In reverse direction, the trains starts from Paris Lyon at 7:20 and 15:20 and in BCN Sants is at 14:46 and 22:45 respectively.
Whole tickets(I mean reservations) should cost about 13euro(Spanish Alaris and French TGV).
Peter
Traveller
9336 comments
Hi.
Thanks a lot for this update! :)
I just had one month ago a talk with someone responsible for the direct Elipsos night train from Barcelona to Paris and return. It seems that they are no very interested in modernising these wagons or invest in new ones. Maybe this is one of the reasons, why these better connections are coming. As well to remember: Spain has on of the best high speed train networks in Europe.
Here the exact timetable for all travelers...
[b]1[/b]
[b]Barcelona Sants[/b] dep: 0900 | ALS Alaris train - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/spain/es[/u]
[b]Figueras Vilafant[/b] arr: 1042
[b]Figueras Vilafant[/b] dep: 1106 | TGV - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/france/fr[/u]
[b]Paris Lyon[/b] arr: 1641
[b]2[/b]
[b]Barcelona Sants[/b] dep: 1300 | ALS Alaris train - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/spain/es[/u]
[b]Figueras Vilafant[/b] arr: 1440
[b]Figueras Vilafant[/b] dep: 1502 | TGV - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/france/fr[/u]
[b]Paris Lyon[/b] arr: 2041
[b]3[/b]
Expensive direct night train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/barcelona-paris-night-train/f1040[/u]
[b]4[/b]
Night train via the Pyrenees - adventure, nice nature, cheap and the famous Little Yellow Train: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/little-yellow-train-video/[/u]
[b]UPDATE:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/barcelona-to-paris[/u]
Peter :)
savoljan
Traveller
2 comments
Hello,
Any information about the direct Barcelona-Paris 9:20-15:53 train connection? I tried to reserve tickets for that train for June but I didn't seem to succeed in that at railcc reservation system. Also at my local railway station they said that they haven't got those tickets for sale, and they didn't know when they are getting them. Thanks.
Peter
Traveller
9336 comments
Hi.
For the direct train, reservations only available in Spain or France. Not online, not in other countries.
To support the free information and the forum on railcc, please be fair and buy your official Interrail pass via our railcc partner link: [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
Thank you! :)
Peter :)
hawki1989
Traveller
39 comments
Hey Peter,
How much does the seat reservation cost for the fast train?
I'm going in August and will have about 2 weeks between arriving in France and needing to go from Barca to Paris - do you think this will be enough time?
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hej,
reservation should be somewhere around 25€...
Maybe the availability issue will be solved until then and the reservation will be online at [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] (from where you could also buy your ticket ;) )otherwise you can only try your luck at the station - I have no experience with availability of InterRail reservations on these trains yet. Anyway, since the reservation is rather expensive you might have a look at alternative slower connections.
Flo 8)