How To Use RENFE Train Tickets Purchased Online?
Q: I have ordered 2 tickets for the high speed train from Barcelona to Madrid from the RENFE trains website, and have printed them out on ordinary printer paper. I started at the basic renfe.es site (www.renfe.es) , selecting English as the language [using the ‘seleccione su idiome’ dropdown box at the bottom left of the screen]. I entered the date of travel (14 May) and clicked on SEARCH, to bring up the trains for the journey. Having selected the train and the tickets I followed the links to print out the tickets. I have the reference numbers of the tickets plus the online purchase number, but no information on what the tickets allow us to do. I cannot see why the paper tickets stating the seat numbers and train details would not be acceptable, but not having travelled in Spain before I really don’t know. Do I have to swap these at Barcelona Sants Rail station for the actual tickets to be used for the journey? If so, where do I pick up the train tickets – is there a special ticket of
