Lyon → Barcelona

FRLYS → ESBCN · 640 km

1 rail service between Lyon Vénissieux in France and Barcelona Can Tunis in Spain. Fastest is 2 days; cheapest starts around $700.

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Through running — no gauge break

Both facilities serve Standard (1435 mm), so a wagon can run through without transshipment or a bogie change. This is the cheap case: no gauge break means no mandatory stop and no handling cost between the two ends.

Services on this corridor

Intermodal Fastest Cheapest

Uses the standard-gauge tracks at Can Tunis to avoid the Iberian gauge break — one of the few through services into Spain.

Operators Fret SNCF Renfe Mercancías
Crosses: FR → ES
Gauge change at: ESBCN
Transit
2 d
Departures
8/wk
Indicative
$700–$1,250
CO₂ vs road
−85%

Corridor facts

Distance
640 km
Fastest transit
2 days
Services
1
Origin gauge
Standard (1435 mm)
Destination gauge
Iberian (1668 mm) + Standard (1435 mm)
Countries crossed
2
Best emissions
9 gCO₂/tonne-km
Road benchmark
62 gCO₂/tonne-km