A new rail service between Malaga and Barcelona launches this Sunday, 15th December, connecting two of Spain's most popular cities in 5 hours, 50 minutes. Tickets are on offer from €22.20 one way.
The new train route is run by low-cost private operator Iryo (a consortium between train company Trenitalia and Spanish airline Air Nostrum), providing one daily departure each way between the cities, seven days a week.
The train is scheduled to leave Barcelona at 11.50am and arrive in Malaga at 5.42pm. En route, the train will stop at Cordoba, Madrid and Zaragoza.
Tickets are currently on offer from €22.20, €44 and €64 one way on its weekday services, depending on the class of ticket. The standard ticket (which rises to being from €26.20 at weekends) is known as 'Inicial', while the other two are 'Singular Only You' (billed as being for 'entrepreneurs and companies for space to travel') where you can select individual or teamwork tables, and 'Infinita Bistró' - that includes a bistro dining service.
Tickets are already on sale for the 15th December onwards, as well as for journeys in 2025 from the Iryo website: iryo.eu
The service is part of a number of rail connections that link the north and south of Spain. Spain operator Renfe already runs a high-speed AVE service between Barcelona and Malaga that has a journey time of just under 6 hours, in addition to multiple daily options for travelling via connections in Madrid.
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