Today sees the start of the new AVE high speed rail links from Barcelona to Málaga and Sevilla using the new bypass section which means the trains no longer have to stop in Madrid.
This reduces the traveling time by 50 minutes, bringing it down to 5 hours 40 minutes. The times of the trains are as follows:
Barcelona-Sevilla: 08:15, arriving at 13:52.
Sevilla-Barcelona: 16:00, arriving 21:39.
Stops at: Tarragona, Lleida, Zaragoza, Ciudad Real, Puertollano and Córdoba.
Barcelona-Málaga: 10:30, arriving 16:15
Málaga-Barcelona: 16:50, arriving 22:53.
Stops at: Tarragona, Lleida, Zaragoza, Ciudad Real, Puertollano, Córdoba, Puente Genil and Antequera.