Travelling between Catalonia and Andalusia will be fast and easy with Renfe’s new direct rail service which doesn’t involve the customary train swap in Madrid. Here are the other cities where it stops, frequencies, prices and other key info.
Spain’s public rail operator Renfe has launched a new direct high speed AVE train service between Barcelona and Seville without having to change trains or stop in Madrid.
The new service will begin on April 23rd 2025 and means that travellers will no longer have to change trains at Madrid’s Atocha station if they want to travel between the two cities. This will mean a quicker and easier journey overall.
Trains will depart daily from Seville-Santa Justa at 6am and arrive in Barcelona-Sants at 12:41pm, and then continue on to Figueres near the French border, ending its journey at 1:44 pm.
Other stops en route will include Córdoba, Puertollano, Ciudad Real, Zaragoza, Lérida, Tarragona and Girona.
In the opposite direction, it will depart daily, except on Saturdays, at 4:58pm from Barcelona-Sants and arrive at 10:49pm in Seville, with stops in Zaragoza, Madrid, and Córdoba.
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The quickest journey will take a total of five hours and 48 minutes. Ticket prices for the direct option start from around €100 each way.
This new service will run alongside six daily services with changes between Sevilla and Barcelona which will continue to be operational.
These services take between six and seven hours and offer a wide range of prices and travel times.
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Renfe will also continue to offer connections through a single integrated ticket. This allows passengers to combine routes without needing to buy multiple tickets.
Other operators that run services between Seville and Barcelona include low-cost operator Iryo which takes just under six hours.
Ouigo does not offer the same route, but you can buy separate tickets from Barcelona to Madrid and then another ticket from Madrid to Sevilla and vice versa.
