neverlost4good
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- April 2015
I walk April 4th, arriving at MAD from the U.S. I used the app: Trainline, which facilitates train travel for Renfe and other European (I believe) train ticketing. The trains for the first week of April are now available (53 days out when purchased). There is a fast train to Pamplona (3.5 hours), leaving at 10:30 a.m. I arrive at 7:30 a.m. I need to be at the train 30 min. before departure. 2.5 hours then to get to Atocha. I am carrying my pack, so no waiting for luggage. I've walked the entire Francis and sections of others for 7 years now, and I usually breeze through if I'm carrying on, (knocking on wood).
I will catch the airport shuttle to T4, to catch the airport train to Atocha. The nice thing about this ticket is that I have a free ride on that commuter train into Madrid (scanning my ticket). This entire trip was only 25 Euros, but tickets will go up as it gets closer to the date. There is a very good video on Youtube explaining this and other Spain travel: see "ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal" under High-speed train trips. I thought I'd share how easy this was, for anyone interested. I will walk starting in Pamplona on April 4th. See you on the trail!
I will catch the airport shuttle to T4, to catch the airport train to Atocha. The nice thing about this ticket is that I have a free ride on that commuter train into Madrid (scanning my ticket). This entire trip was only 25 Euros, but tickets will go up as it gets closer to the date. There is a very good video on Youtube explaining this and other Spain travel: see "ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal" under High-speed train trips. I thought I'd share how easy this was, for anyone interested. I will walk starting in Pamplona on April 4th. See you on the trail!