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So three service providers run trains from Barcelona to Llanca: Renfe, SNCF, and Rodalies de Catalunya.
SNCF doesn't run trains to Llançà (they sell tickets on RENFE trains though) and Rodalíes de Catalunya are operated by RENFE so RENFE is the only (passenger) train operator to Llançà.
I can't figure it out. SNCF train schedule doesn't match the Rodalies trains schedule. There is only one Renfe train (exclusive of Rodalies) scheduled.
If you follow rightly all the steps I quoted, you should get a schedule including the full list of direct trains from Barcelona to Llançà on the web of RENFE. I just made the process myself to check if I forgot to quote some step and got the full list without problems so you should be able to get it too.
The Rodalíes schedule (showed on the rodalíes web that you linked) matches RENFE's full schedule of direct trains from Barcelona to Llançà. Both schedules show identical number of trains, departure times...
The SNCF schedule includes many (but not all) of the direct trains showed on the RENFE full schedule (and on the Rodalíes schedule showed on the rodalíes web that you linked). It also includes some options changing trains in Figueres that are more difficult to find on the web of RENFE but being so many direct trains I don't think that's relevant now.
Be aware many (if not all) of the trains between Barcelona and Llançà stop in several train stations in Barcelona so when comparing schedules, double-check you are comparing schedules from the same train station (e.g.: from Barcelona Sants) and not from different stations (e.g.: one schedule showing departures from Barcelona Sants and another one showing departures from Barcelona Clot-Aragó).
Thank you both so very much. Like whariwharangi, I am still unable to find the trains to Llanca using Castilian´s method.
But I did find the list using whariwharangi´s suggested link to Rodalies. I had no idea that there were two Rodalies, one just for suburbs close in to Barcelona and one further afield in Catalunya. I had searched only in the Barcelona Rodalies. So this looks great, I have a lot more options it seems. You guys are fabulous, I really appreciate it! Buen camino, Laurie
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Don't worry!
- Go to the timetables and prices area of the web of RENFE.
I had no idea that there were two Rodalies, one just for suburbs close in to Barcelona and one further afield in Catalunya.
My God, Castilian,.....It's a little more complicated than that.
There's the Rodalíes (commuter) service for Barcelona (the main Rodalíes service in Catalonia) and suburbs, towns and villages close to Barcelona with tons of lines, stations and trains. And there are also two smaller Rodalíes services: one for Tarragona and close by suburbs, towns and villages (with just two lines) and another one for Girona and close by suburbs, towns and villages (with just one line). To make things more complicated, part of the Girona's Rodalies line coincides with part of a Barcelona's Rodalíes line. And you can find references on the Rodalíes web of the Autonomous Goverment of Catalonia to a Rodalíes service in Lleida that isn't really a Rodalíes service but a Regional one...
There are also Regional services (including Regional, Regional Express and MD trains) within Catalonia that aren't part of the Rodalíes network. For example, on the screenshot uplodaded by you on your first reply, all the services shown between Barcelona-Passeig de Gràcia and Llançà are either Regional or MD services (i.e.: none of them are Rodalíes). To make things more complicated, there are also trains that according to the Rodalíes web linked by whariwharangi would make a fully Rodalíes route while according to the RENFE web would make a Rodalíes route just till one station continuing from that station onwards as a Regional train...
Management of both Rodalíes and Regional train services within Catalonia (i.e.: which routes start and end in Catalonia) was transfered from the Government of Spain to the Goverment of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia some years ago. Info about schedules and fares can be found both in the web of RENFE (the train operator) and on the Rodalíes web of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. However, the Rodalíes web of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia just includes info about Rodalíes and Regional trains while on some routes there are other trains available. On the other hand, the web of RENFE includes all the trains available.
The RENFE web: www.renfe.com
The Rodalíes web of the Autonomous Goverment of Catalonia: http://rodalies.gencat.cat
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