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Thank you! This information makes me feel more comfortable - I will make sure I know my train number well in advance so I can go straight to a monitor and find the track number11 minutes is tight but doable in Bordeaux. As I recall, there are two sides to the station connected by a short "tunnel". Each side has about six or eight (?) tracks. There are monitors that show the train number and the corresponding track number. Find your track number on the monitor and head for it. The track numbers are very clearly marked. If its not obvious where your track is, head for the station part, and find the tunnel heading for the other tracks. Its less than a two minute walk if I recall. Hopefully someone who travels through Bordeaux often can provide more detail than my hazy memory can.
Buen Camino!
I wouldn't worry about it. Just make sure you're ready to exit the train the moment you arrive. The train station is not big. It doesn't take long to make it to the next track.Hi there,
I leave New Zealand on Sunday 4 June to start my Camino, arriving at Paris CDG airport on Monday 5 June.
I have booked a train from Paris CDG to Bayonne where I am staying overnight before heading to St Jean Pied de Port.
I have to change trains at Bordeaux and I have only 11 minutes - I'm getting a bit freaked out now that I won't be able to figure out how to do this or where my new train goes from.
Does anyone have any advice?
Many thanks,
Jan
Excellent! You will be fine, the time for changing between these two trains is meant to be short so that travellers don't loose too much time. Dozens of passengers do this every day and the train staff are aware that some of them are visitors from abroadEarly this morning I monitored the SNCF app which was very helpful to see in real time and was able to identify platform numbers in Bordeaux. I will monitor to them again more times. Today the train number 5202 which is the one we're on arrived on the 04 platform. 10 minutes later train number 8541 departed on the 01 platform. I also have found some detailed information on the tunnel system at Bordeaux and how that works and what platforms it goes to. Over the next few days I will try to get a better understanding on that.
Hi there,
I leave New Zealand on Sunday 4 June to start my Camino, arriving at Paris CDG airport on Monday 5 June.
I have booked a train from Paris CDG to Bayonne where I am staying overnight before heading to St Jean Pied de Port.
I have to change trains at Bordeaux and I have only 11 minutes - I'm getting a bit freaked out now that I won't be able to figure out how to do this or where my new train goes from.
Does anyone have any advice?
Many thanks,
Jan,
Yes I had the same issue a few weeks ago and and acquired the same question. I am very comfortable that we'll be able to do it as long as the trains are on time. We have the same time span of 10 minutes. My advice if you have internet access on your phone is to download the sncf app on your phone. You will be able to monitor the platforms of the trains for both arrival and departure. The platform numbers will only be posted about 10 to 15 minutes prior to their scheduled times. If you can do this you will know what platform to go to before exiting you train and maybe buy you a few minutes. I have spent early mornings monitoring platforms and it's never the same platform number. You will likely have to use the tunnel system to get to the another platform. I was advised also that there may be somebody on the train that will be going to your same train that is traveled it daily for work and would guide you along the way as a backup.
Neil
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