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barcelona to paris or brussels

  • 22 July 2023
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Hi, first time using our Eurail global pass. We want to go from Barcelona to Brussels. Looks like most routes go through Paris so I have even tried breaking it up but everything says “prices unavailable” or “not available on Eurail.com”. How do I reserve these seats? We are needing them for this coming Tuesday! 
 

I’d also like to add I have also gone to the train station we will be leaving from and they also won’t book us a ticket from there to Paris. Extremely frustrating 

 

Someone please help 

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Best answer by thibcabe 22 July 2023, 20:22

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All direct trains are probably full as this is a very popular route and you're travelling in peak season.

I'll have a look as it should be possible to find something… EDIT : It is possible to make it to Brussels.

Option 1 :

- R Barcelona-Sants - Cerbère 09:16 - 11:56

- TER Cerbère - Narbonne 12:26 - 13:55

- TER Narbonne - Nîmes Pont du Gard 14:34 - 16:22

- TGV Nîmes Pont du Gard - Lille-Europe 17:24 - 21:57 10€

- TGV Lille-Europe - Bruxelles-Midi 22:08 - 22:43 20€ (same train but other unit)

I guess you have accommodation booked in Brussels ? Otherwise it would be very easy to get to Paris by direct train on Tuesday (arrival 21:18 or 23:05) and spend the night there.

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As the direct trains Barcelona - Paris are likely full there are 2 options.

The RENFE high speed Barcelona - Southern France (Perpignan, Montpelier or Lyon) that a Spanish ticket office may be able to book for you

https://www.renfe.com/content/dam/renfe/es/Viajeros/Secciones/Prepara-tu-viaje/ave-francia/pdf/Renfe_Horarios_es.pdf

The slower option is to use the classic lines Barcelona - PortBou/Cerbere-Perpignan that require no reservations.

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It is also possible to get to Lille earlier via Paris but only with 1st class reservations

06.16 from Barcelona Sants changing in Cerbere then

11.32 Perpignan-Paris Gare de Lyon 16.50

17.52 Paris Gare du Nord - Lille Europe 19.08

Then there are 20.09 and 20.27 departures for Brussels as well as the 22.08

 

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You can travel in 1st class with a 2nd class pass by buying upgrades on https://travel.b-europe.com/Eurail-GE/en/booking-tgv#TravelWish

They're substantially expensive for longer journeys.

My option 2 :

- R Barcelona-Sants - Cerbère 07:16 - 09:56

- TER Cerbère - Perpignan 10:26 - 11:03

- TER Perpignan - Avignon Centre 11:10 - 14:28

- TER Avignon Centre - Avignon TGV 15:14 - 15:20

- TGV Avignon TGV - Lille-Europe 15:46 - 19:57 20€

- TGV Lille-Europe - Bruxelles-Midi 20:09 - 20:43 20€ (same train but another carriage or unit)

As you could see, still possible to make it to Brussels :)

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Option 3 :

- R Barcelona-Sants - Cerbère 07:16 - 09:56

- TER Cerbère - Perpignan 10:26 - 11:03

- TER Perpignan - Montpellier St-Roch 11:10 - 13:09

- TGV Montpellier St-Roch - Paris Gare de Lyon 13:48 - 17:18 20€

- transfer by RER to Gare du Nord

- any TGV to Lille

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Other thing to add : you currently cannot make seat reservations for the direct TGVs between Barcelona and Paris on eurail.com. It's a really annoying bug and I hope it'll get corrected soon... Call SNCF : https://www.sncf.com/en/customer-service/contact-us/telephone

Do not hesitate for questions, we'll gladly help.

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