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- RENFE (La Red de los Ferrocarriles Españoles) is the
Spanish national rail train service: English-language website allows you to plan
your trip, listing prices and times: RENFE
website
- Cercanías
is the commuter train network which operates in all major cities in Spain: There is one in Barcelona:
Barcelona
Cercanias
- Alta Velocidad is the high-speed train
network which operates from northern to southern Spain via Madrid and from
Madrid to Barcelona
- Regionales
is the regional train network
operated by RENFE in each of the autonomous regions. For a map of the
Catalonia rail area see the RENFE
website
- Rail Europe has information about travelling by train around the
continent
Barcelona & Catalonia Trains: Useful Information
- Catalonia Station Finder: Click
here
- RENFE Information and Reservations
Tel: 902 240 202
- RENFE booking service: Click
here
- RENFE train timetables and prices: Click
here
Barcelona's main train station for national and international arrivals and
departures is Estació de Sants. Tickets can be booked in advance from the RENFE
website, by telephone or at the station itself.
- Tel: 902 240 202
- To book a ticket online: Click
here
The FGC Catalonia Railways
The FGC (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Catalunya) operates the fleet
of trains and trams in the Barcelona, Girona, Tarragona and Lleida provinces
which includes the Costa Brava and Costa Dorada regions.
Services are:
- Barcelona to Valles
- Llobregat to Anoia
- Lleida to La Pobla de Segur
- FGC also handles the Montserrat Line (Montserrat rack train and the
funiculars of Sant Joan and Santa Cova), the La Molina and the Vall de Nuria
lines
Maps of the route, the city, the zones and timetables can be downloaded in PDF
format.
- Click
to Download PDF
- FGC Customer Service
Tel: 932 051 515
- Customer Service Desk at Pl. Catalunya
At: Main Hall of the Barcelona-Pl. Catalunya station
Open: Monday to Friday 07:00- 21:00
- Customer Service Desk at Provença
At: Main Hall of the Provenca (Balmes/Provenca) station
Open: Monday to Friday 09:00-19:00. Closed in August
- Customer Service Desk at Pl. Espanya
At: Main Hall of the Barcelona-Pl. Espanya station
Open: Monday to Friday 09:00- 14:00 and 16:00-19:00
Barcelona Metro
There are seven metro lines to get around Barcelona. There is lots of
information on the Barcelona
Metro website.
- For maps of the metro lines: Click
here
- The website has the facility to e-mail, in English, for help with general
queries: Click
here
- Use the Route 3D interactive route finder to find how best to get around
Barcelona; you decide how you want to travel and the route is mapped out for
you: Click
here
- For information on metro travel for those with reduced mobility: Click
here
- For useful information on travelling by metro: Click
here
Practical Information
Bicycles can be taken on the metro on weekends and public holidays and during
July and August. In the week bicycles can be taken from 05:00-07:00, from
09:30-17:00 and from 20:30 until closing time.
Guide dogs and dogs accompanying security guards are permitted on the metro.
Pets may not be carried on the metro unless they are in special containers.
It is not permitted to enter the metro on roller-skates or roller-blades.
Barcelona Trams
Barcelona's Tram opened its first line in April 2004. There are four lines,
three operated through the Trambaix offices:
Line T1 Francesc Macià to Cornellà and Sant Joan Despí (centre).
Line T2 Francesc Macià to Cornellà and Sant Joan Despí (Hospital
Comarcal).
Line T3 Francesc Macià to Sant Just and Sant Feliu.
- For information on these lines showing the routes and timetables: Click
here
- Trambaix Offices
At: Avenue Barcelona s/n, 08970 Sant Joan Despí
Tel: 902 193 275
- Office hours: Monday to Thursday 09:00-14:00 and 16:00-19:00
and Friday 09:00-14:00
- Website
Line T4 Estació de Sant Adrià Ciutadella | Vila Olímpica
- Route and timetable information: Click
here
- Trambesòs Offices
At: Avenue Eduard Maristany s/n, 08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs
- Office hours: Monday to Thursday 09:00-14:00 and 16:00-19:00
and Friday 09:00-14:00
Reductions & Discounts
- Children under 4 travel free on RENFE
trains, on the metro and on trams
- A reduction of 40 percent is given on the price of a single or return ticket for under
twelves
- Group discounts are available but apply only if the group is making the same journey at the same
time on the same date
- Tarjeta Dorada (Golden Ticket) is available for pensioners (over 60) and
people with a 65 percent or more disability. The ticket qualifies for a 40
percent reduction on the price of single or return journeys any day of the week. Those
accompanying a disabled traveller also receive the discount.
- Family discounts are also available but are dependent on family size and
circumstance. You will need to ask for further details
Further Information
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