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best way to buy a train ticket from Madrid to Barcalona

Am I better off buying this ticket on line from the Spanish train system.
RS book says the ticket lines can be long.
If I did buy the ticket I would have to pick it up at the train station somewhere?
where would that be?
thanks

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Stew,
Last year when we traveled from Madrid to Sevilla we were not sure of the exact time we would be leaving so we waited to buy our ticket at the Madrid Train Station when we left. We had to wait in long lines that, if I remember right, took us about 45 minutes of wasted time. If you know when you will be leaving, definitely buy the tickets ahead of time.

I don't know anything about where you would pick them up. If you can, just go at some off hour. We were at the station for dinner the previous night and there was no line - should have bought them then!