Fastest€63.59
- Renfe R732006:123h 51m10:03Eixample stationBilbao Abando
Door to door 4h 35mCO2 17.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Eixample to Bilbao train
Trains from Eixample to Bilbao start at €69.64 and take 4h 35m at their fastest.
The Trains from Eixample to Bilbao starts at €69.64 and takes 4h 35m door to door, run by 2 operators over 537 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 35mDoor to door
- 3h 51mMoving
- €69.64From
- 17.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Renfe | €61.94 | 4h 24m |
 SNCF | €59.74 | 4h 23m |
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When to book Eixample to Bilbao
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.8390 days
- €22.7360 days
- €27.6845 days
- €24.3830 days
- €27.1321 days
- €30.9814 days
- €37.587 days
- €60.133 days
- €65.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 186 percent. The dearest point is €65.08, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €33.73Sun
- €29.33Mon
- €29.88Tue
- €30.98Wed
- €39.23Thu
- €35.93Fri
- €35.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bilbao
Rail
- Bilbao Abando
- Aranguren Apeadero
- Bilbao-Abando
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 537 km against 467 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Gasteiz / Vitoria, Pamplona, Donostia / San Sebastián, Lleida. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Eixample at 06:12 and the last at 14:13, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 35m | 3h 51m | 44m | €69.64 | 17.7 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 7h 45m | 7h 1m | 44m | €29.33 | 14.5 kg | 6 |
Questions about Eixample to Bilbao
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Eixample to Bilbao take?
The Train from Eixample to Bilbao takes 4h 35m door to door, of which 3h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 537 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Eixample to Bilbao cost?
The Train from Eixample to Bilbao starts at €69.64 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €63.87. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Eixample to Bilbao?
2 operators run the Train from Eixample to Bilbao: Renfe, SNCF. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Eixample to Bilbao use?
The Train from Eixample to Bilbao leaves from Eixample station and arrives at Bilbao Abando. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Eixample to Bilbao?
Travelling from Eixample to Bilbao by Coach costs €29.33 and takes 7h 45m door to door, against 4h 35m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Eixample to Bilbao?
Fares for the Train from Eixample to Bilbao bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 186 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Eixample to Bilbao produce?
The Train from Eixample to Bilbao produces about 17.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 537 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Eixample to Bilbao?
Operators on the Train from Eixample to Bilbao publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 35m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Eixample to Bilbao on 9 September 2026: 537 km of route against 467 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €69.64, and 4h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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