Trains from Madrid Chamartin to Zamora help

[Juno]

Hello, I’ve been trying to book a train from Madrid Chamartin/Attocha to Zamora for Sunday 2nd June for the past few weeks and Trainline and Rail Europe said no availability until yesterday and now a day later, Trainline says it’s sold out for 10:04am! The others just say no availability.
Does anyone know if they only release a few seats at a time or are they really sold out? I’ve also tried Omio without success. Any advice would be appreciated, especially as it’s a Sunday!

 

[Robo]

I just looked on Renfe and they are showing all sold out.
Next 2 days as well.
Highly unlikely this far out.
I suspect tickets have not been released yet.
Unless anyone knows better.

 

[Juno]

Thanks Robo, maybe I should not worry yet about it being a Sunday.

 

[J Willhaus]

Look for tickets to be released for May starting the 18th of April on this line.

I posted a news article on another thread yesterday under the travel heading. The tickets on this line are delayed due to a new faster train and also there is construction at Chamartín station the will limit the number of trains daily although there will be the same number of seats.

 

[Juno]

Look for tickets to be released for May starting the 18th of April on this line.

I posted a news article on another thread yesterday under the travel heading. The tickets on this line are delayed due to a new faster train and also there is construction at Chamartín station the will limit the number of trains daily although there will be the same number of seats.

Thanks for this but nothing from Atocha either. I will persevere but if I’m not mistaken work is being carried out until June. However there are trains in the afternoon but between 3 - 6 hours long sometimes with a bus rail replacement and I don’t want to hang around in Madrid. I will keep trying and hope more seats get released. As Robo says, it’s a bit early.

 

[J Willhaus]

I believe the route to Zamora is only served directly by train through Chamartín. From Atocha there would be a connection probably by rail then bus as you note. Maybe just take the bus?

 

[Juno]

I believe the route to Zamora is only served directly by train through Chamartín. From Atocha there would be a connection probably by rail then bus as you note. Maybe just take the bus?

Thank you for all your previous messages which I’ve now looked through where you’ve explained to others about the trains. I’m now feeling reassured somewhat that patience is needed and also thanks to Henry the dog re Trainline having the ability to get a notification so I’ll check that out.

 

[OzAnnie]

Just for info - mentioned above a few times already - there is a lot of work in progress at Chamartín. Constantly changing. So it’s not you if you’re confused - just ask for help. You can get there by metro or cercanías. I catch the cercanías from SOL where i stay - it is much more simple for me (after a few times !!). But even at SOL … I still ask … they send me to the correct platform (Via) and if you’ve got a long distance train ticket., it usually includes a free trip on cercanías. You have to hold the square code against the turnstile into the platform. This is the option from airport too.

Good luck.

 

[Juno]

Thank you to all of you who replied and liked my query and I can’t tell you how much better it made me feel, even if these questions come up time and time again. I just wanted to let you know that yes, as mentioned by J Willhouse, the tickets were available on the 18th! Thank you. I’ve purchased my ticket and now I’m ready to go! Yippee!