Overnight Train From Cadiz To Barcelona

[JW3108]

Does anyone know if there is an overnight train from Cadiz to Barcelona. Any advice would be welcome .many thanks

[bookbinder]

There is a train leaving at 18:55 today from Cadiz, arriving in Barcelona at 08:40.

[ubasses]

https://www.thetrainline.com/en/train-times/cadiz-to-barcelona?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIitfZlc755wIVFeDtCh1hUAiBEAAYASAAEgLWtfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Put your dates and times in above link

[mushroom25]

whilst there’s a service at 18h55 from Cadiz to Barcelona bear in mind it’s via Madrid and involves a wait over night. there’s a later train via Seville with a similar overnight wait. night trains are largely a thing of the past in many places.

[Buenchico]

Just to add to the above:

I'm worried that anyone should suggest using The Trainline website to plan European rail travel. They can't even get things right in this country, so I certainly wouldn't trust them with continental journeys! (When I ran a rail station, I got fed up of having to explain to passengers that the tickets they'd bought from The Trainline weren't valid for travel on any trains).

The website of the Spanish train operator, RENFE, can be found here:
https://www.renfe.com/

However that site sees each day's travel as separate and will simply tell you that there's no available service if you seek an evening departure from Cadiz to Barcelona.

The best website for planning continental rail travel is that of the German rail company, Deutsche Bahn. (I'd be prepared to bet that it's the site Mushroom25 used):
https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml

As that site shows, taking the 1855 departure from Cadiz will result in you getting stuck for nearly 7 hours overnight in Madrid (eventually arriving in Barcelona at 0840).

Taking the 2040 departure from Cadiz will leave you stuck in Seville for nearly 8 hours overnight. You get to Barcelona at 1234 (after a second change in Madrid).

[Those times are based upon travel today. Enter your own travel date in the Deutsche Bahn website to see if there's any variation when you wish to travel].

Train services at other times of day typically take between 7 and 8 hours to reach Barcelona from Cadiz. Alternatively you can take a train or bus to Jerez Airport (details from the links here: http://www.aena.es/en/jerez-airport/public-transport.html ) and then fly to Barcelona with either Ryanair or Vueling.

[JW3108]

Thank you all for help. Bookbinder, do you know if that is every day? I am planning a trip in the Autumn. thanks

[Buenchico]

RENFE's current timetables only run until the end of May, so you'll have to wait until the new ones are available to check on travel details for later in the year. (Just as in the UK though, new timetables tend to follow the same basic patterns as previous ones but possibly with some minor variations).

As has been stated above though, the 1855 (or 1840 depending upon the day of the week) departure from Cadiz is NOT an overnight train. It's a service that runs to Madrid (either direct or via Seville, depending upon the day of the week) and, once again depending upon the day of the week, you end up stranded overnight at Madrid's Puerta de Atocha station for between 6 and 7 hours while you wait for the train to Barcelona. As the station CLOSES between 0100 and 0500, that will mean that (unless you find an hotel) you'll be WALKING THE STREETS FOR FOUR HOURS.

Realistically, you either need to take a daytime service or fly to Barcelona from Jerez.

[Buenchico]

PS: Vueling's flights from Jerez to Barcelona depart at 1530 daily. Ryanair's flight times vary but are generally early evening services. The flight duration is around an hour and three quarters. Barcelona Airport is remarkably close to the centre of the city with the (half-hourly) R2 train service taking just 20 minutes to get to Barcelona Sants station.