Valencia to Barcelona train

Trains from Valencia to Barcelona start at €33.34 and take 2h 50m at their fastest.

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View over the rooftops from NH Calderon hotel on Rambla de Catalunya in Barcelona

The Trains from Valencia to Barcelona starts at €33.34 and takes 2h 50m door to door, run by 2 operators over 302 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 50mDoor to door
  • 2h 6mMoving
  • €38.84 to €86.69From
  • 06:13 to 20:27First and last departure
  • 16Per day
  • 10.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€38.84 to €86.69 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Intercity runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Valencia to Barcelona on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €86.69Fri18
  2. about €74.59Sat19
  3. about €70.74Sun20
  4. about €49.29Mon21
  5. about €47.64Tue22
  6. about €50.94Wed23
  7. about €66.34Thu24
  8. about €48.19Fri25
  9. about €50.94Sat26
  10. about €46.54Sun27
  11. about €40.49Mon28
  12. about €38.84Tue29
  13. about €41.59Wed30
  14. about €48.74Thu1

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Fastest€37.19
  1. Intercity I278920:242h 6m22:30Valencia Estaciò NordBarcelona Sants

Door to door 2h 50mCO2 10.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Intercity€30.04
Renfe€32.79

The train gets you into Barcelona. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Barcelona for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Barcelona Sants and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Valencia to Barcelona

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €15.5890 days
  2. €12.2860 days
  3. €13.9345 days
  4. €15.5830 days
  5. €18.3321 days
  6. €21.0814 days
  7. €27.137 days
  8. €29.333 days
  9. €34.831 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 184 percent. The most expensive point is €34.83, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €20.53Sun
  2. €17.78Mon
  3. €17.78Tue
  4. €18.33Wed
  5. €21.08Thu
  6. €21.08Fri
  7. €21.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Valencia

Rail
  • Valencia Estaciò Nord
  • Valencia-Cabanyal
  • Valencia Sant Isidre

Barcelona

Rail
  • Barcelona Sants
  • Barcelona Estació de França
  • Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 302 km against 302 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Valencia at 06:13 and the last at 20:27, across 16 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train2h 50m2h 6m44m€33.3410.0 kg16
Flight3h 59m49m3h 10m€31.4176.8 kg18
Coach4h 46m4h 2m44m€14.488.2 kg32
Ferry10h 19m8h 49m1h 30m€17.9434.7 kg8

Questions about Valencia to Barcelona

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Valencia to Barcelona take?

The Train from Valencia to Barcelona takes 2h 50m door to door, of which 2h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 302 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 Valencia to Barcelona cost?

The Train from Valencia to Barcelona starts at €33.34 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €40.22. 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 Valencia to Barcelona?

2 operators run the Train from Valencia to Barcelona: Intercity, Renfe. Between them they file around 16 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 Valencia to Barcelona use?

The Train from Valencia to Barcelona leaves from Valencia Estaciò Nord and arrives at Barcelona Sants. 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 Valencia to Barcelona?

Traveling from Valencia to Barcelona by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 59m door to door, against 2h 50m 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 Valencia to Barcelona?

Fares for the Train from Valencia to Barcelona bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 184 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Valencia to Barcelona produce?

The Train from Valencia to Barcelona produces about 10.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 302 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Valencia to Barcelona?

Operators on the Train from Valencia to Barcelona publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

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.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Valencia to Barcelona on September 17, 2026: 302 km of route against 302 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €33.34, and 2h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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