Barcelona to Sevilla / Seville by train

Final Destination: Sevilla-Santa Justa

These trains also call at: Cordoba

Boarding in Barcelona:

Aim to be at Barcelona Sants a minimum of 20 mins before departure, in order to allow time to pass through the security checks.

At Barcelona Sants station these trains depart from the part of the station used by the high speed trains - vias (platforms/tracks) 1 - 6.
So when you're in the station follow the signs that are pointing the way to the ' Alta-Velocidad' trains.

Note that these trains heading to Sevilla are joined to trains heading for Granada or Malaga on departure from Barcelona.
So don't be confused if you see both departures listed separately on the departure screens at Barcelona Sants.

Your reserved seats(s) will be in the part of the train which will be heading to Sevilla

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings open: up to 6  months ahead of the travel date - depending on the time of year.
The online booking window can be shorter between late July and early October.

When looking up journeys (not travelling) between late July and early October, it's likely you won't be able to book for journeys beyond the second Sunday in December.

Book ahead for this journey, these tend to be very popular trains, so can sell out days in advance, particularly in the summer.
These trains usually depart daily at 08:30 and 15:15, so target those departure times when looking up this journey.

You will also likely see a much longer journey by IC train, offered at a cheaper price.

Rail Pass Users:

The mandatory reservations for for rail passes are not available on the Eurail/Interrail reservation service for journeys within Spain.
The only option, other than booking them at a station in Spain, is to pre-reserve seats by calling Renfe phone sales: +34 91 232 03 20.

Pre-reserving a seat is possible up to 24 hours before a train's departure. You will receive a PNR code which you must use to pick up and pay for your reservation at a local station ticket office, making sure to show your Interrail Pass. You must collect your reservation within 72 hours. After this time the pre-reservation will expire.
Please note that a pre-reservation is not the same as a reservation. It only holds a seat for you for 72 hours.

Seats on these trains call sell out in 1st/Preferente and 2nd/Turista class, days in advance, so if you wait until you arrive at a Spanish station to make the reservation, there's a chance that no seats will be available.

If you will be using a 1st class rail pass, you can save more than €10 by taking the alternative, but much slower, Torre Oro train service.

This train, which is also known as the 'Torre Del Oro' usually departs from Barcelona Sants, vias (platforms/tracks) 11 - 12, at 09:13.
It now continues beyond Seville and has a final destination of Cadiz.

Aim to be at Barcelona Sants a minimum of 20 mins before departure, in order to allow time to pass through the security checks.

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings open: 2 months ahead

Note that if you look up this journey more than two months ahead, you will only see the faster AVE trains isted for sale.

If you'll be booking a Barcelona to Seville train journey less than a couple of weeks ahead of your travel date, then this Torre Oro train can be around half of the price of taking an AVE train.
However, note that the journey is also around twice as long as that taken by the AVE trains.

Rail Pass Users:

You'll save €4 if you have a 2nd class pass and take this Talgo train and not the AVE train, but think twice, is it worth spending an additional 5 hours(ish) to make this journey for a €4 saving?

If you have a 1st class you'll save €19 compared to the cost of taking the AVE trains.