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Planning a trip to Spain 2026

  • December 28, 2025
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We are having trouble planning our trip - this is our itinerary but when we use the interrail planning facility it does not come up with a lot of the train routes (although I know from other sites that there are trains running ) - not sure why?  Can any one help?

Mon 30 March dep. Santander 7.05  -  arr. Granada 16.49

Fri 3 April dep. Grenada 8.36 - arr. Ronda 12.34

Tues 7 April dep. Ronda time tbc - arr. Cordoba time tbc

Fri 10 April dep. Cordoba time tbc - arr Bilbao time tbc

Best answer by ralderton

It looks like that first train isn’t on sale yet at Renfe. They are much slower than most European operators in opening seats for sale - sometimes as little as a month in advance. Just hang tight, it’ll appear eventually.

The second train, from Madrid to Granada, is open for reservation. You can reserve that if you like.

Additionally, it’s best not to use the Interrail timetable for planning. It can be incomplete, and can come up with some unusual results. Better to use Bahn.com or Renfe for timetable searches.

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  • December 28, 2025

It looks like that first train isn’t on sale yet at Renfe. They are much slower than most European operators in opening seats for sale - sometimes as little as a month in advance. Just hang tight, it’ll appear eventually.

The second train, from Madrid to Granada, is open for reservation. You can reserve that if you like.

Additionally, it’s best not to use the Interrail timetable for planning. It can be incomplete, and can come up with some unusual results. Better to use Bahn.com or Renfe for timetable searches.


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  • December 28, 2025

Thank you - I will wait and use the search engines you suggest.