Bus from Santiago de compostela to Ponferrada

[dee_smurf]

Hi all, just a last minute check. I am flying into Santiago tomorrow but need to catch the bus to Ponferrada on Friday morning. Can I pay the bus driver or do I need to pre book or get a ticket from anywhere? Also I am staying in PR Fornos tomorrow night, is the bus stop near here. Appreciate any info


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[whariwharangi]

The PR Forno website says its located 1.3 km from the bus station.

You might want to ask about the Santiago urban bus system.

You can buy bus tickets at the bus station. I'm not sure if a bus to Ponferrada will stop anywhere else ... You'd have to confirm that with the bus company.

Santiago bus station
http://www.tussa.org/web/interior.php?txt=arbore_web5&lg=cas

PR Forno
http://www.fornossantiago.com/localizacion.html

 

[StuartM]

I'd be tempted to book. I left a booking from Oviedo to Leon until the last minute last year and ended up missing the bus I wanted because it was full.

There is also a train from SdC to Ponferrada.

 

[dee_smurf]

I didn't realise there was a train to Ponferrada! Do you think booking a place on the bus tomorrow when I land would be time enough? I can't make head nor tail of the bus website thanks so much for your replies also x


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[whariwharangi]

I didn't realise there was a train to Ponferrada! Do you think booking a place on the bus tomorrow when I land would be time enough? I can't make head nor tail of the bus website thanks so much for your replies also x
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Your Empresa Freire bus from the airport stops at the bus station. It also makes a stop at the train station ... which is closer to your destination at PR Forno ... and terminates at Plaza Galacia ... at PR Forno doorstep.

Empresa Freire
http://www.empresafreire.com/html/ingles/seccion0.php

I have no idea how subscribed train and bus services are. I note there are several per day so its more likely a question of how bad is it if you have to wait for the next one.

ALSA provides bus service Santiago to Ponferrada
http://www.alsa.es/en/

Renfe provides train service Santiago to Ponferrada
http://www.renfe.com/

 

[StuartM]

I have no idea how subscribed train and bus services are. I note there are several per day so its more likely a question of how bad is it if you have to wait for the next one.

I had to get the slow train to Astorga (5hrs) which stopped in Ponferrada, it wasn't very busy at all. The express was fully booked. I'm not sure the train was actually going quicker than I walked...