El tren Estrella is a conventional over-night railway service provided in Spain

Spain

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 by the national rail network operator RENFE

RENFE

Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...

. Services leave most major Spanish cities in the evening and usually arrive at their destination the following morning.

It is gradually being replaced by the more modern (tilting) Trenhotel

Trenhotel

Trenhotel as its name suggests, is a long distance, high quality overnight train service which uses Talgo tilting trains technology and sleeping cars developed by the Spanish rail network operator Renfe that operates within the Iberian Peninsula...

 and the high speed AVE

AVE

Alta Velocidad Española is a service of high-speed rail in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to . The name is literally translated from Spanish as "Spanish High Speed", but also a play on the word , meaning "bird".AVE trains run on a network of...

 services

Tren Estrella offers the following classes of accommodation :

• First Class Sleeper (but only in the line Bilbao - Malaga)
• Preferred cabin (which may be shared, but single sex)
• Bed Bunk in shared cabin
• Reclining Seats
• Tourist Seats

Services

• Estrella Costa Brava: Madrid-Chamartín · Alcalá de Henares · Guadalajara · Sigüenza · Arcos de Jalón · Calatayud · Zaragoza-Delicias · Reus · Tarragona · Sant Vicenç de Calders · Barcelona-Sants · Granollers Centre · Caldas de Malavella · Gerona · Flaçà · Figueras · Llansá · Portbou
  Portbou railway station
  Portbou is a railway station in Portbou, Catalonia, Spain. The station is located on the Narbonne–Portbou railway and the Barcelona–Portbou railway...
  
   · Cerbere
• Estrella Picasso: Bilbao-Abando · Miranda de Ebro · Burgos-Rosa de Lima · Valladolid-Campo Grande · Medina del campo · Ávila · Manzanares · Valdepeñas · Linares Baeza · Córdoba Central · Puente Genil · Bobadilla · Málaga-María Zambrano (now only at peak vacation periods)

Substituted Services:

• Estrella Costa Vasca: Madrid - Bilbao / Hendaya (by Alvia S-130)
• Estrella Costa Verde: Madrid - Gijón / Santander (by Alvia S-130)
• Estrella del Estrecho: Madrid - Algeciras (by servicio Altaria T-VI)
• Estrella Sol del Levante: Alicante - País Vasco, vía Valencia, Tarragona, Lérida, Zaragoza y Castejón de Ebro, ramas a Bilbao vía Miranda de Ebro e Irún vía Pamplona y San Sebastián (Direct service cancelled)
• Estrella Naranco: Alicante - Gijón (by Alvia S-130)
• Estrella Puerta del Sol: Madrid - París (by Trenhotel Francisco de Goya T-VI)
• Estrella Guadiana: Madrid - Ciudad Real - Badajoz (by Regional Service S-592.2)
• Estrella Ciudad Condal: Madrid - Barcelona (by S-103)
• Estrella Costa de la Luz : Madrid - Cádiz / Huelva (by Alvia S-130)
• Estrella Pirineos : Canfranc - Madrid / Valencia (Direct service cancelled)
• Estrella Costa Cálida: Madrid - Cartagena (by Altaria T-IV)
• Estrella Mar Menor : Barcelona - Cartagena (by Talgo T-VI)
• Estrella Sierra Nevada : Madrid - Granada (by Altaria T-VI)
• Estrella Costa de Almería : Madrid - Almería (by Talgo T-IV)
• Estrella Alcazaba : Cádiz - Sevilla - Almería (Direct service cancelled)
• Estrella Giralda : Madrid - Sevilla (by AVE S-100)
• Estrella Media Luna : Irún / Portbou - Algeciras (Direct service cancelled)
• Estrella Sol de Europa : Santander - Málaga (Direct service cancelled)
• Estrella Costa del Sol : Madrid - Málaga (by servicio Ave S-102)
• Estrella Gibralfaro : Barcelona - Málaga / Granada (by Trenhotel Alhambra T-VI but only to Granada)
• Estrella Guadalquivir : Barcelona - Cádiz ( by a combination of AVE 102 & MD 449)
• Estrella Mediterráneo : Barcelona - Sevilla (by AVE S-112 & Arco García Lorca)
• Estrella Atlántico: Madrid - Ferrol (by Trenhotel Atlántico T-VI)
• Estrella Rías Altas: Madrid - La Coruña, vía Zamora y Orense (by Trenhotel Rías Gallegas T-VI)
• Estrella Rías Bajas: Madrid-Vigo/Pontevedra, vía Zamora y Orense (by Trenhotel Rías Gallegas T-VI)
• Estrella Pío Baroja:
  • Barcelona - Zamora (Direct service cancelled)
  • Barcelona - Bilbao / Hendaya (Sustituídos por servicios Alvia S-120)
  • Barcelona - Gijón (Sustituido por TH Pío Baroja T-VII)
  • Barcelona - Salamanca (by combined services AVE S-103 & MD 599
• Estrella Galicia: Barcelona - Galicia (by Trenhotel Galicia T-VII)
• Expreso Surexpreso (by Trenhotel Surexpreso T-VI)