Elipsos

Elipsos Internacional S.A. was a Spanish company. It was set up in 2001 by Renfe and SNCF, with each owning 50%. It was created to handle the logistics of Trenhotel night railway services between Spain and France, Switzerland and Italy. In 2013 only services to France remained; they declined to thrice weekly in September 2013, and discontinued on 15 December as the high speed line between France and Spain had opened. The Elipsos Trenhotel operated with Talgo gauge change trains.

Between December 2013 and December 2022, Elipsos handled high-speed trains between France and Spain, labeled "Renfe-SNCF in Cooperation".

Services

Trains

The Francisco de Goya departed Paris every night except Saturday during summer months and less frequently during winter. As of September 2013 it ran from Madrid only on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, with return service from Paris on Fridays, Sundays, and Mondays.

The Joan Miró departed Paris every night headed to Barcelona. These trains customers offered dinner and breakfast in the dining car. As of September 2013, the train ran from Barcelona only on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, with return service from Paris on Fridays, Sundays, and Mondays.

Former trains

Pau Casals at Zurich HB
Salvador Dalí at Milan Centrale

Operations

The Elipsos bed carriages were operated by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits and by the various national railway companies. In France the train was pulled by an SNCF locomotive, in Spain by a Renfe one, in Italy by a Trenitalia one and in Switzerland by a SBB CFF FFS one.

The trains generally had four classes:

References

  1. ↑ "How to travel by train from London to Spain: Madrid, Barcelona, Seville".
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "La ligne de train direct entre Toulouse et Barcelone, c'est terminé". Le Journal Toulousain. 2021-11-09.