By Train
The main station for national and some international arrivals is Sants Estacio , west of the centre. Again, there are exchange, information and car rental offices here, as well as a hotel booking service (see "Accommodation"), a police station, left-luggage facilities (approximately 4am-midnight), and telephone and fax outlets. From Sants, it's easiest to take the metro into the centre; line 3 runs direct to Liceu for the Ramblas. Estacio de Franca , next to the Parc de la Ciutadella, east of the centre, handles many of the long-distance arrivals and departures: essentially, this means Talgo services from Madrid, Sevilla and Malaga, intercity services from other major Spanish cities, and international trains from Paris, Zurich, Milan and Geneva. Some trains stop at both Sants and Franca - check the timetable first. From Franca either take the metro (line 4) from nearby Barceloneta or simply walk into the Barri Gotic, up Via Laietana and into c/Jaume I. Other possible arrival points by train are the stations at Placa de Catalunya , at the top of the Ramblas (for trains from coastal towns north of the city, the airport, Lleida, and towns on the Puigcerda-Vic line); Placa d'Espanya (FGC trains from Montserrat and Manresa); and Passeig de Gracia (trains from Port Bou/Girona). At the time of writing, the city's new AVE (high velocity) train link with Madrid and France is being planned. The projected completion date is 2004, but this seems unlikely, given that in early 2001 the Generalitat, the city and the Spanish government were still wrangling over the route which the train would take into and through the city
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