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A new section of high-speed railway is being inaugurated tomorrow in western France, to Bordeaux, which will lower travel times on the day trains to the Basque Country by more than an hour. Paris to Bordeaux will be roughly 2 hours instead of the current 3. This will also lower travel times to Pau (near Oloron - Somport) and to Lourdes by the same amount. Travel time from Paris to Bayonne will be quicker by about 20%, travel time 3h54
The old night train sadly is being cancelled, and prices on the day train will go up by roughly 10% to Bayonne for example, so that it will be pricier, including no more option to sleep on the train instead of in a hotel, but the lowered travel times will make getting to SJPP or Oloron or Lourdes or wherever from Paris easier to organise as a day journey, which will likely benefit most pilgrims flying in to Paris and planning to start at SJPP.
The old night train sadly is being cancelled, and prices on the day train will go up by roughly 10% to Bayonne for example, so that it will be pricier, including no more option to sleep on the train instead of in a hotel, but the lowered travel times will make getting to SJPP or Oloron or Lourdes or wherever from Paris easier to organise as a day journey, which will likely benefit most pilgrims flying in to Paris and planning to start at SJPP.
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