Train/s from Pau to St Jean Pied de Port

[Lismoregal]

Hello fellow travellers

Am leaving Pau on May 8 for St JPdP and am having difficulty in finding accurate timetables for the train/s. Can anyone help me please. If there is another way (perhaps a bus) would be glad to hear about that as well.

Thanks in anticipation.

Nicky

 

[mspath]

May 8 (Jeudi 08/05) is a holiday in France (Fête de la Victoire) commemorating the end of WW2 ; travel is busy and transport is limited.

From the French SNCF train site see below the train route is from Pau Gare to Bayonne and then Bayonne to SJPdP.

Jeudi 08/05
Durée 03h32

Départ à :12h42

De la gare de :
PAU GARE

train : Intercités 14143

Arrivée à :13h50
BAYONNE


Départ à :14h55
BAYONNE

TER:67323

Arrivée à :16h14
SAINT JEAN PIED DE PORT


Bon Voyage and Buen Chemin,

Margaret Meredith

 

[Lismoregal]

Thank you Margaret for the information and for mentioning the holiday. I seem to recall you cannot book for TGV trains but can I book for Intercities?
I am in a difficult position - may not make it to Pau due to very tight connection in Paris. Would prefer not to book if I can avoid it. Your advice (again) most appreciated.

Kind regards
Nicky

 

[Kanga]

Thank you Margaret for the information and for mentioning the holiday. I seem to recall you cannot book for TGV trains but can I book for Intercities?
I am in a difficult position - may not make it to Pau due to very tight connection in Paris. Would prefer not to book if I can avoid it. Your advice (again) most appreciated.

Kind regards
Nicky

Nicky, is there a reason to go from Paris to Pau to Bayonne instead of straight from Paris to Bayonne?

 

[mspath]

Thank you Margaret for the information and for mentioning the holiday. I seem to recall you cannot book for TGV trains but can I book for Intercities?
I am in a difficult position - may not make it to Pau due to very tight connection in Paris. Would prefer not to book if I can avoid it. Your advice (again) most appreciated.

Kind regards
Nicky

Nicky,

You can book any French train up to 3 months in advance. Reservations are REQUIRED for TGV trains and advisable for others. Like Kanga I, too, ask why Pau and not direct from Paris? If Paris is an option scan this Forum topic on How to travel from Paris for more info.

Margaret Meredith

 

[whariwharangi]

Hello fellow travellers

Am leaving Pau on May 8 for St JPdP and am having difficulty in finding accurate timetables for the train/s. Can anyone help me please. If there is another way (perhaps a bus) would be glad to hear about that as well.

Thanks in anticipation.

Nicky

Two options ... TER train or Transport64 bus

Ref TER Aquitaine
http://www.ter-sncf.com/regions/aquitaine/fr/default.aspx

Click Fiche Horaires

In the block marked 'Fiche Horaires de la region Aquitaine' see the drop list marked "Ma Ligne" and select 64 Pau-Dax-Bordeaux, 61 Hendaye-Dax-Bordeaux, and 62 Bayonne-Saint Jean Pied de Port. Each selection produces a list of schedules - select the one appropriate to dates of travel.

Transfer at Dax and Bayonne.

No reservations possible on TER trains.

There are TGV and intercites too ... see the SNCF site. Use this only from Pau to Bayonne ... for some reason the site eliminates options if you try to go from start of trip direct to SJPdP. There is no choice but TER train for Bayonne to SJPdP.

Transport64 bus network. It looks like its possible to get from Pau to SJPdP in as few as 3 transfers.
http://www.transports64.fr/Interurbains?lang=fr

 

[BeWillDeR]

I just looked it up. You can fly from CDG to BIQ on May 8th for a $140. If that is cheap enough for you. You can book your flight with Kayak.com and fly one way with easyjet.