The high speed trains which rush across the Franco/Spanish border don't just link Barcelona with major cities in France, they also make calls at some of the charming towns on or near the Mediterranean Coast, including Béziers.
Final Destination: Paris or Marseille St. Charles
The trains also call at: Narbonne
The French national rail company SNCF and the Spanish rail company Renfe have opted to terminate their partnership which jointly managed the service of high speed trains between France and Spain.
As a result the long-standing Spanish trains between Barcelona and Béziers have been withdrawn, leaving only the two TGV trains, which are typically scheduled to depart at 10:33 and 14:32.
Until July 7th
2 x trains per day
July 8th - Sept 3rd
The additional train will depart Barcelona at 16:10
From Sept 4th - Dec 11th
2 x trains per day
Book early and save: Yes
**Online bookings open:**6 months ahead of the travel date
It can be worth comparing the prices between booking agents for this journey.
Reservations:
Seats will automatically be assigned when booking tickets for this journey.
Rail pass users
Rail pass users will need to be pay a reservation fee prior to boarding, but these reservations cannot be booked on the ticket agent's websites.
When travelling from Spain you can use the Eurail reservation service or the InterRail reservation service, but you will be charged a €2 booking fee per reservation per person.
Or avoid the reservation fees by taking a MD train to Port Bou and connecting there for a TER train on to Béziers.
Though not all of these MD trains will offer an optimum connection, so confirm the timings on the Eurail/InterRail travel planning app.
Ticket Provider | Approximate Cost | |
---|---|---|
Trainline | from €29 | |
SNCF Connect | from €29 | |
Renfe | from €29 |
Aim to be at Barcelona Sants a minimum of 20 mins before departure, in order to allow time to pass through the security checks.
Between Barcelona and Perpignan the train travels on a high speed line.
2. Then between Perpignan and Narbonne the train crosses the marsh land by the sea and it will seem as though the train is gliding across the water; the sea can be seen on the right, while simultaneously the lakes can be seen on the left
The videos were filmed from a train travelling in the opposite direction.
This second version of ShowMeTheJourney is exciting and new, so we are genuinely thrilled that you are here and reading this, but we also need your help.
We’re striving not to let anything get in the way of providing the most useful service possible, hence a facility has been set up with DonorBox which can be used to support the running costs and make improvements.
Instead of advertising or paywalls, your financial support will make a positive difference to delivering an enhanced service, as there’s a lot of ideas which we want to make happen.
So if you have found the info provided here to be useful, please consider saying thank you.
This is one of more than 100 train travel guides available on ShowMeTheJourney, which will make it easier to take the train journeys you want or need to make. As always, all images were captured on trips taken by ShowMeTheJourney.