Live loads on this route
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Distances
- Lyon → Barcelona: about 640 km
- Bordeaux → Bilbao: about 340 km
- Paris → Madrid: about 1,270 km
- Toulouse → Zaragoza: about 470 km
Transit time
South-west or southern France to northern Spain is about a day; Paris to Madrid takes about a day and a half to two days. Under EU drivers’ hours rules a driver may drive 9 hours a day (10 hours twice a week) with a 45-minute break after 4.5 hours, so one driver covers roughly 700–800 km a day.
Border crossings
- Le Perthus – La Jonquera: A9 → AP-7, the Mediterranean corridor
- Biriatou – Irún: A63 → AP-8, the Atlantic corridor
Typical freight
- Dairy and cereals
- Automotive parts for Spanish assembly plants
- Chemicals
- Consumer goods
Tolls, bans and documents
Tolls
Most French motorways are tolled; some Spanish motorways are tolled too.
Driving bans
France bans trucks over 7.5 t from 22:00 on Saturday to 22:00 on Sunday and on public holidays; Spain publishes its own calendar of holiday-period restrictions.
Documents
CMR consignment note and EU Community licence. Cabotage (domestic loads by a foreign EU carrier) is limited to three operations within seven days after an international delivery, followed by a four-day cooling-off period in that country.
Tips for carriers
- Spanish fruit and vegetables heading north are the natural backload — keep reefer capacity in mind.
- Leave France before the Saturday-evening ban starts.
Questions
What freight goes from France to Spain by truck?
Dairy, cereals, automotive parts for Spanish car plants, chemicals and consumer goods; produce is the usual return load north.
Carriers and brokers on this route
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