As someone affected by the construction problems into Barcelona, I am disappointed to see that the fruit of all the pain ordinary commuters have suffered, not to mention the cost of the new line, is so lacking in ambition: a high speed service of just one train per hour, plus stopping services, with a 2-hour gap in the afternoon.

With hundreds of flights a week between the two cities to compete with, you'd have thought Renfe might want to use its new line a bit more intensively?

'One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.' (Jane Austen). *David J*