Paris to Barcelona at HIGH SPEED with TGV Inoui in First Class
Bonjour à tous,
ven though I often take this train to go on holidays in Catalonia, I had never experienced riding it all the way from Paris to Barcelona until recently. I found a first-class ticket for 79€, and I couldn’t pass it up, right? It was amazing. Why would you fly and miss all of it?
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– TRIP INFORMATION –
Date: MAY 2024
Railway company: SNCF (TGV Inoui brand)
Route : Paris Gare de Lyon to Barcelona-Sants
Time : 7h01
Price : 79€
Thumbnail credit : @tgvpix
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00:00 : Intro
00:35 : The SNCF / RENFE situation
02:28 : Boarding
02:43 : Our TGV
03:13 : Prices
04:05 : Upstairs or downstairs
04:51 : Ready for departure
05:14 : Departure
05:21 : Route info
06:00 : Seat Check
07:18 : High speed nap
08:26 : Past Lyon
09:02 : Breakfast
10:26 : Provence
10:57 : The CNM case
14:12 : The classic way is good too
17:00 : Mid roll ads
17:38 : Perpignan, last stop in France
18:07 : International HSL
20:20 : Walkthrough
21:54 : Toilets Time
22:49 : Figueres-Vilafant
23:46 : Girona
24:13 : Approaching Barcelona
25:05 : Arrival and thoughts
25:49 : Outro
25 Comments
7 hours for 1000km doesn’t sound like a high speed train
Actually, very strange that SNCF, being in the world pantheon of food (yes, France, imho ) cannot manage anything better in First class… I just keep thinking of OeBB and their great food service… But, maybe, one day, who knows… By the way: you are right about the high prices but every time I took this train, the first class was full to the last seat so, either people don´t mind or there are usually good deals to be had…
Those salt marsh scenes are so special
it looked like you had a comfortable sleep while riding along……the route the French train took should be very familiar to them as it is the invasion road used by Napoleon when they were at war with Spain…
13:15 what’s that app? It shows all rail lines?
The only thing you do in Barcelona is to take the next train to Madrid? Sacrilege! 🙂
Joking aside, because I know it's essentially your job, or at least a source of income, to make these videos. But Barcelona is such a wonderful city. We went there at the end of March, and it was one of the best holidays we ever had as a couple.
You are starting to repeat yourself. Your english is getting better but there is nothing new in this video, mon cher. I have been living in BCN since 2003, so maybe I am also just over this city and would welcome less tourists and not more. Love the camera work, would not hate it if you would add more little text info bubbles about some tech details of the Euroduplex set etc. By the way, isn't the french word for ennui not too close to InOui? I get Ouigo, but am I missing a wordplay or is InOui just bad marketing and branding?
The problem here is the 7 hours part. I love trains and have started planning my holidays to Europe by train where I can but the issue here is that those of us that would do this are totally atypical.
If someone is thinking of going from London to Barcelona, and they look up the train options and realise it’s basically 12 hours by train they’re not even going to consider it (and that’s ignoring the price – unless you book way in advance).
The idea that it’s going to take until 2034 to finish the final sections of LGV and cut the journey time is madness and frankly proof that neither the French government nor the EU are serious about tackling climate change.
I challenge you to make a trip between Madrid and Lisbon by train, yes it is possible.
153kmh average, so not that THAT impressive. Would be nice to have data on how many of the 7 hours are spent at 300kmh and above, how many at 200 or above, how many at 100 and above, and how many below 100kmh.
Also, the TGV is boring because it lacks the train sound and feel that we still have in Canada with thet clickety clack sounds and bumps along the road 🙂
On the issue of only 10 passenger trains per day in tunnel, what sort of restrictions are there because tracks are shared with freight trains?
For a 7 hour train trip, the food service should be a bit more evolved than just snacks that you'd expect for Paris-Lyons in 2 hours. But then again, their goal is to pack as many people as they can in a train so food service car reduces how many passengers you can carry.
Do you speak Catalan?
Wonderful video, thank you for sharing. I still remember crossing the border from Barcelona to MNice in the early 80's with change of trains at Cerbere and/or Port Bou.
Oooh interesting. I'm planning a trip to Barcelona as we speak. Let's see how this competes.
I'm done with train, only flying now or car
How do you get to the city center of Montpellier? Just checked the new station on google maps, it's in the middle of nowhere and no trains to Saint-Roch.
Great video I’m going on my first TGV train ever and looking forward to it. TGV Lyria 8th August 12:34 Basel Sbb to Paris Gare de Lyon 15:38 in 1st class
Nice video, just a question, what's ne name of the app you used to show the change of line? (At 13:01)
They're repurposing the Talgo night stock for high speed day services
Great trip. Yeah definitely agree, more passenger train between two Cities, including night train on night schedule
Living in spain i am very grateful for your video and opinion. If I want to go to Holland, I am Dutch, from Valencia I will try to connect the three trains I need in order to complete the journey. If this ticket is 79 euro, the train from Valencia to Sants 50 and the Paris Amsterdam 75 it means a single will cost around 200 euros. In addition I need to take a metro from Gare de Lyon and Gare du Nord. It would be quite a trip and taking me around 18 to 20 hours. The direct bus is half price and with free luggage. Guess why they need to improve the train services to Spain? Cause of the politics between Renfe and SNCF, a shame these hot heads have too little commercial interest. And more taxes for flying will also help. But thats not in my lifetime probably with the far right parties on the rise everywhere, cheap flights is what people want most. Lets see what the European elections will bring us, probably bad news for trains and our climate….
Did the Reverse journey 5 weeks ago. Very pleasant. The day before, we travelled Cordoba-Barcelona with Renfe. Also very enjoyable. Beats flying hands down
6:53 Your trash bin is missing. This is unfortunately often the case.
Indonesia bullet train whoosh top speed 420 km/h.but to operator 350 km/h.usualy by car jakarta to bandung city 3or4 hours,very tired.but by bulet train whoosh only 45 minuts,very fast, and smooth,nice.and this is the first in southeast Southern hemisphere and oceania wow amazing 👍
Nice trip, thanks for sharing, I'm planing to use it !
About the food in TGV Inoui, they can't really provide food coupons included with the train ticket, because the bar is closed for shorter trips… but yes, I would love such an option.
The duplex TGV also make hard to have a delivery service, but anyway, I like to walk to the bar and chat a bit with the waiter/waitress.