Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Posted 13 years ago
[b]From NICE via MARSEILLES to MADRID by train.[/b]
Information for Interrail, Eurail travellers and persons with normal train ticket travelling the route Nice (France) via Marseilles to Madrid (Spain).
Train connection from [b]Nice (France) via Marseilles to Madrid (Spain)[/b].
[b]More information[/b] on railcc.
[b]Nice - Marseilles - Madrid[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/nice-to-madrid[/u]
[b]Madrid - Marseilles - Nice[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/madrid-to-nice[/u]
Update: Nov 2016
Alice1
Traveller
2 comments
Peter,
I found you suggested train from Nice to Madrid interesting, as I am looking to get from St.Raphael to Madrid either 20, 21 or 22 July. But when I look for the connection you suggest on SNCF's website, they don't suggest it. I am confused. Has the route been cancelled, or aren't all routes on the website?
On the SNCF website I can only find a route that takes me from St.Raphael at about 12:52 to Portbou, with a change in Montpellier, and from there a night train to Madrid, leaving 7:40 PM and arriving 7:21 AM. Is that a good connection? This is available the 20-21 of July, but when I look at 22 July it is much more complicated, several changes and a TGV (which costs a lot extra, doesn't it???).
I will be starting my first Interrail trip in St.Raphael and meet up with friends in Madrid who arrive from Paris. I am a bit concerned about travelling this route alone. Should I rather go up to Paris and meet them there and take the Elipso down to Madrid in a group? Seems like a lot of unneccessary travelling and possibly also a lot more expensive but I am also very unsure about all these reservations I seem to need to make, but it is hard to find the cost of them... :|
Any advice?
Alice1
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi Alice1.
I just updated the connections from Nice to Madrid. Currently there is only one including a night train which makes sense: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/nice-to-madrid[/u]
But you could travel in two steps: first Nice (or St.Raphael) to Perpignan. Stay here overnight. Then by the Little Yellow Train cross the Pyrenees ( [u]https://rail.cc/blog/little-yellow-train-video/[/u] ) to Barcelona. From there by high-speed-train to Madrid.
Peter :)
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
And for your friends... travelling from Paris to Madrid is currently the best way as well via Barcelona.
As the direct night train Paris-Madrid is horrible expensive: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/paris-madrid-elipsos-409/88[/u]
I recommend your friends to travel by inexpensive French night train from Paris to Perpignan ( [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/paris-portbou-icn-3731/78[/u] ) - there you can meet them in the morning and cross the Pyrenees together by Little Yellow Train.
And in the afternoon to Madrid.
Paris - Barcelona (with stop in Perpignan and Little Yellow Train): [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/paris-to-barcelona[/u]
Barcelona - Madrid: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/barcelona-to-madrid[/u]
And if you like, you can buy your official Interrail ticket in the railcc shop. Then you support all the information here on railcc and the forum . Thank you!
Peter :)
Alice1
Traveller
2 comments
Thank you! Great advise. I had already bought my Interrail ticket though, and unfortunately the sleeper tickets to Madrid had also been bought and apparently cannot be cancelled... :(
We should have checked here first! Live and learn... At least I know to recommend friends in the future to look at your site before they make any decisions.
regards,
Alice1