It takes an average of 2h 42m to travel from Barcelona to Madrid by train, over a distance of around 314 miles (506 km). There are normally 38 trains per day traveling from Barcelona to Madrid and tickets for this journey start from $8.01 when you book in advance. First train. 06:04. The Tarjeta Dorada discount card may be purchased at train station ticket offices and travel agents and costs 6€ for one year, 12€ for two and 15€ for three years. Granada-Barcelona Lost property found on trains or stations is kept by RENFE for two months, Here is the lost property page on the RENFE website (in Spainsh) with Low-cost train's Iryo is pictured on the day of its inaugural trip at the Chamartín train station in Madrid on November 21, 2022. - Private high-speed train operator Iryo, which is 45 percent owned by Italy's Trenitalia, makes on November 21 a symbolic inaugural trip in Spain, four days before it starts its passenger service between Madrid and Barcelona. Renfe AVE operates a train from Barcelona-Sants to Lleida hourly. Tickets cost €27 - €40 and the journey takes 58 min. Renfe Viajeros also services this route hourly. Alternatively, Alsina Graells, S.A. operates a bus from Barcelona to Lleida every 3 hours, and the journey takes 3h 10m. ALSA also services this route 5 times a day. Barcelona-Madrid: Bus is much cheaper than the train, but much slower (bus: $40, 8 hours, 14/day; train: $165, 3 hours, hourly); flights often nearly as cheap as bus ticket on this route. Barcelona-Sevilla: Flying is often much cheaper than the fastest train connection on this route ($45 versus $200) When I booked my trip on the Trainline app, I received a printable ticket instead of an electronic version. I visited Renfe's website and the instructions confused me — it said I'd need a physical ticket but a mobile option was acceptable. To be safe, I printed my ticket at the Barcelona-Sants train station.. Luckily all the information I needed was on my phone, and the printing process took Vila-Seca to Barcelona by train. It takes an average of 1h 27m to travel from Vila-Seca to Barcelona by train, over a distance of around 57 miles (91 km). There are normally 29 trains per day travelling from Vila-Seca to Barcelona and tickets for this journey start from £7.03 when you book in advance. First train. 05:42. Most passenger trains are managed by Renfe, Spain's state-owned company whose acronym stands for Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles. Spain has a network of almost 16,000 km (around 10,000 mi) of railways. In other words, the network serves almost village in the country. Apart from Renfe, there are other railway operators in Spain: Avlo. R2 North line - Renfe Cercanias / Rodalies The Barcelona airport train service is the Renfe R2 Nord line train on the Cercanias/Rodalies rail network. The name of this network is "Cercanias" in Spanish - and " Rodalies" in Catalan language. The train to Barcelona airport is cheap, but can be a longer journey becuase the train only leaves twice Spains railways are operated by Renfe. Visit their site for online ticket sales and timetables. Renfe also operate the high speed AVE trains between Barcelona and other Spanish cities. See map of Barcelona's international railway stations further down this page Barcelona - Madrid high speed train AVE Cercanias / Rodalies - local trains mW5SXy.