Train Travel
Spain Finally Gets up to Speed
February 20, 2008 at 12:30 PM | 0 Comments
ˇFinalmente! After a decade of trying, the national rail company in Spain has linked Madrid and Barcelona with high-speed trains. You can now make the trip east in under three hours, tearing along at 186 mph.
The chance to avoid the airport enticed one biz traveler to give the new train route a shot:
There's not all this getting up and down, getting undressed, that you have with the plane. I have been working for two-and-a-half hours, using the phone and it is much more comfortable.
Bonus points since the train actually arrives in the city center on both ends. We found round-trip tickets on the web starting at €163 ($239). And, get this, if you're delayed for more than 30 minutes, you get a full refund. Try finding that deal on an airline.
Related Stories:
· Barcelona's New Bullet Train Takes Fight to Iberia [Reuters]
· Spain Ups the High-Speed Transit Ante [Gridskipper]
· Renfe, the Spanish Rail Company [Official Site]
· Train Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: The Guardian]
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