For Barcelona sants - Portbau trains on the 6th July 2022, there’s trains on the eurail planner website at 8:15, 9:16, and 10:00 that don’t appear on the railplanner app. Also for the trains that are on both the website and railplanner (8:16 and 10:16) the website has the reservation details as “unavailable” but the railplanner app lists them as fine to travel on. I’m just curious what is going on with this line, I’ve heard that RENFE doesn’t share their timetables very well, but taking the 9:16 would be preferable to the 10:16 and it would be good to know if the train even exists.
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Barcelona to Portbou phantom train
Best answer by rvdborgt
Neither app nor website should be trusted. Too few updates, especially for the app.
Standard answer is to check with the operator, which is RENFE, but their website is awful.
Here's the timetable in PDF format, provided by the Catalan government:
https://rodalies.gencat.cat/web/.content/02_Horaris/horaris/R11.pdf
Also check what you're actually looking at:
8:15 is an AVE with a change in Girona.
9:16 is a direct regional train.
10:00 is a TGV with a change in Girona.
10:16 is a direct MD (reservation-free)
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