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There are 19 trains a day from Santiago to Vigo and only two from Vigo to Porto.
Break your journey in Vigo and catch the convenient timed train to Porto the next day. They depart at 08.58 and 19.56. Journey time is 2hrs 22m. Its a very early start in SDC To catch the 08.58.
Hi Bradypus, thanks so much for the very quick update. I have emailed Mark with the link and hopefully he will amend his site very soon.
I know many people use his site for planning their Camino.
regards
Nick
Courtesy of www.seat61.com he has posted the following.
Lets hope they can sort things quickly.
Irun - Vigo Camino de Santiago to be withdrawn...
The long-established Camino de Santiago intercity train between Bilbao/Irun and Vigo/A Coruna is to be withdrawn from 3 March 2020 due to asbestos...
A fantastic website for anything train throughout the world is https://www.seat61.com/ He gives all the tips for each country and his site is always up to date. I always use it for planning my trips.
That was strange, I was just completing my booking with Alsa as your update came through. re the postcode all you need to do is put in five No.1's and it will let you through.
re payment it has just accepted my MasterCard issued by HSBC. Hope this is helpful.
Nick
Oh dear, update on the above...
Hi Julie, Alsa.es/en takes you to the English version of the booking system . I am using the bus on Friday 6th May. It departs SDC at 12.00hrs and arrives at the airport at 15.00hrs. Don't forget this is a four hour journey. It is 33 euro single. I am going to book it before I leave the UK as...
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