TGV inOui Paris–Barcelona

Paris to Barcelona in 6 h 39 min, diving under the Pyrenees through the 8.3 km Perthus tunnel at the Spanish border.

Direct TGVs have linked Paris and Barcelona since December 2013, when the Perpignan–Figueres high-speed link under the Perthus pass opened to through traffic. Euroduplex double-deckers leave Gare de Lyon and run the Rhône valley at full line speed, slow along the lagoons of the Languedoc coast, then dive beneath the Pyrenees to emerge at Figueres and Girona. Six and a half hours after the Seine, the train eases into Barcelona Sants.

Stations

1. 0 kmParis Gare de Lyon
2. 525 kmValence-Rhône-Alpes-Sud TGV
3. 687 kmNîmes Centre
4. 736 kmMontpellier Saint-Roch
5. 764 kmSète
6. 787 kmAgde
7. 808 kmBéziers
8. 833 kmNarbonne
9. 897 kmPerpignan
10. 951 kmFigueres - Vilafant
11. 986 kmGirona
12. 1,080 kmBarcelona - Sants

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

Along the way

• Rhône valley at speed
• Nîmes & Montpellier
• Étang de Thau lagoons
• Corbières vineyards
• Perthus tunnel under the Pyrenees
• Girona’s old quarter

How this line was checked

• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 15 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via SNCF: our line passes within 146 m of every station train 9706 (Paris–Espagne TGV) calls at (the operator publishes no route geometry to compare)
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the TGV inOui?

The TGV inOui runs 1,073 km from Paris to Barcelona. It runs through France and Spain.

How long does the TGV inOui take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 6 h 39 min for the 1,073 km. That is an average of 161 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 320 km/h.

Who runs the TGV inOui?

SNCF Voyageurs, with TGV Euroduplex.

How old is the TGV inOui?

The line has been in service since 2013. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

How often does the TGV inOui run?

2–3× daily.

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