Editing Barcelona (section)

=== National and international rail ===
[[File:Barcelona - Estación de Sants y Hotel Barceló Sants 2.jpg|thumb|The main railway station [[Barcelona Sants railway station|Estació de Sants]]]]

Barcelona is a major hub for the Spanish rail network. The city's main [[Inter-city rail]] station is [[Barcelona Sants railway station]], whilst [[Estació de França]] terminus serves a secondary role handling suburban, regional and medium distance services. Freight services operate to local industries and to the Port of Barcelona.

RENFE's [[AVE]] [[high-speed rail]] system, which is designed for speeds of {{cvt|310|km/h|0}}, was extended from [[Madrid]] to Barcelona in 2008 in the form of the [[Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line]]. A shared RENFE-SNCF high-speed rail connecting Barcelona and France (Paris, [[Marseille]] and [[Toulouse]], through [[Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line]]) was launched in 2013. Both these lines serve Barcelona Sants terminal station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avui.cat/noticia/article/2-societat/5-societat/252283-barcelona-estrena-tgv.html |title=Barcelona estrena TGV |publisher=[[Avui]] |date=9 February 2008 |access-date=11 July 2011 |language=ca |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423065103/https://www.elpuntavui.cat/barcelona.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catalannewsagency.com/politics/item/the-last-high-speed-railway-stretch-between-barcelona-and-france-has-finally-been-unveiled-after-years-of-delays |title=The last High Speed railway stretch between Barcelona and France has finally been unveiled after years of delays |publisher=Catalan News Agency |date=8 January 2013 |access-date=27 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410223210/http://www.catalannewsagency.com/politics/item/the-last-high-speed-railway-stretch-between-barcelona-and-france-has-finally-been-unveiled-after-years-of-delays |archive-date=10 April 2014}}</ref>