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Ah -- I just noticed this thread from a couple of weeks ago ... could it be related (i.e. something happening again this month)?
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/rail-line-closed-between-santiago-and-ourense-services-to-madrid-disrupted.82571/
A friend last year in July had the experience of buying a ticket online for that route for sometime early afternoon, and then finding out that there was no such train as the one she had a ticket for. She was able to get a bus ticket and a refund for the non-existent train.
I just mention it...
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