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You may need to wrap the bicycle in cardboard for the bus.Transporting bicycles, surfboards or skis has an additional cost, 5 euros for short-distance routes and 10 euros for long-distance routes.
In international services is only allowed to carry bicycles in Spain-Morocco route, by booking and paying this extra service.
Because of the limited space, we admit 4 objects (bicycles and surfboards) altogether in each coach, one per ticket. They have to be prepared to travel without causing any damages to other baggage, so it is obligatory that they are well packaged in boxes or appropriate bags.
You can buy the ticket in our website together with the bicycle transport, indicating it in the box in step 3 of the purchase process. Tickets with bicycle transport must be bought one by one, so that it's impossible to check this box if you chose 2 or more seats.
If there is no space in the selected coach, this box will be unavailable too.
Once bought the ticket, the passenger must be at least 15 minutes before the departure time with the indicated bicycle or surfboard.
Bicycles will be allowed on all Media Distancia trains that have a designated area or enough space to carry them. Only one bicycle per passenger will be allowed as long as there are enough places on the train or the maximum capacity for each carriage or train is not exceeded. Otherwise, the passenger will be entitled to use another Media Distancia train or to a reimbursement of the price of the journey not made.
In general, passengers travelling in a group with more than three bicycles must be authorised by Renfe-Operadora beforehand. Only in the case of authorised groups can the maximum limit for each carriage or train be exceeded.
This service is available for all Media Distancia trains but it can be limited on overcrowded trains. Maximum limits per train and carriage can be established for this service. This service will not occupy a seat nor can a seat be reserved for this purpose. The price will be the one established on the current price list.
Passengers transporting a bicycle must take proper care to ensure the safety and comfort of other passengers and will be responsible for any damages to the train and injuries to third parties.
In Special Price Nº 6 there may be limits on this service, depending on the date, time, period and route.
Last June, Jane and I were doing a self-supported, European tour by bicycle. As luck would have it, after 800 km, she had a bad crash in Leon and could no longer ride the bike. We had started in Barcelona and were headed for Santiago de Compostela. We couldn't take the high-speed, express, train to SDC, so we had to take the slower, local trains, with our bikes fully assembled, plus panniers, front and rear. The train had racks to "hang" the bikes by the front wheel. That was a bit of a chore, since they were heavy with all the gear, but it worked out okay.
The train probably took at least twice as long as the express one, but we did get to see tons of really nice scenery, and trains, unlike planes, have plenty of room to spread out. Additionally, we met a number of other interesting people, and a few pilgrims, so the ride was very enjoyable. We stored the bikes in SDC and went off and walked the Portuguese Camino and when we returned, she couldn't ride, so we shipped the bikes back to the US (very reasonable price with Mailbox Etc. in SDC) and hiked and rode trains for the next four months. Many of the trains there either have a specially marked car for bikes, or often, a conductor would come out and indicate which car was for the cycles. It was well organized and I'd recommend taking the train with the bicycle.
Let me liven up the topic.
I gonna travel by bicycle from Pamplona to Santiago.
My plane arrives in Bilbao and flies out from Madrid. So I need to transfer from Bilbao to Pamplona and from SdC to Madrid by bus or by train (doesnt matter). How can I do it the best way (without disassembling the bike)?
Unfortunately, this site
http://www.autobuseslaunion.com/es/index.asp
says its not possible to transfer the bike by bus.
Does anybody have actual information?
Thanks.
Hi Jasna - never tried to book ALSA online; but I think you need to pay for the bike at the Autobus Station - just so you know you can get the bike on the bus you are travelling on. Renfe operates virtually ALL trains (non-metropolitan) across Spain so the info I provided above will apply. As from taking the train from Santiago to Pamplona - that is a real difficult task. As far as I could determine there is no direct service; you will need to change trains (and probably more than once) so you may end up overnighting. It might be easier for one of you to take a bus back to Pamplona and bring the car down. Good luck.Hi,
me and my husband are planning to cycle the Camino Frances. We will take our bicycles and drive to Pamplona with our car. We will leave our car in Pamplona, so we don't need to change several trains/buses on the way back from Santiago.
Can somebody please tell me how it is with taking the bikes on ALSA bus from Pamplona to SJPP? The website says there are maximum 4 bikes per bus, but I don't find the option to book a bicycle with my ticket online. Is it better to buy tickets at the bus station in Pamplona? In case the bus will not accept our bikes, we will have to start our Camino in Pamplona, although our wish is to start at the beginning in SJPP.
On the way back to Pamplona we plan to take our bikes on train. Now I am little confused – on which trains Is it possible to take bike without to many complications? Who operates local trains if not RENFE?
Kind regards,
Jasna
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