Ivar, help needed 02 May Bus or train.

[MickMac]

Ivar.
As you are resident in Santiago maybe you can help.
Traveling to Ponferrada from Santiago 2nd May its a public holiday, is their any bus or trains running to ponferrada on 2nd May.
Did the usual goggle search but not clear, tried all links is bus bud a reliable source.?? Tried trainlink, no train, very unclear.

 

[SabsP]

Reliable sources.

Renfe :

Renfe - Mi Más Renfe

PAGINAS OFICIALES DE RENFE, HORARIOS, RESERVA, VENTA, BILLETES, ALQUILER

venta.renfe.com

Alsa :
Even more options.

Checkout - Alsa

www.alsa.com

 

[MickMac]

Reliable sources.

Renfe :

Renfe - Mi Más Renfe

PAGINAS OFICIALES DE RENFE, HORARIOS, RESERVA, VENTA, BILLETES, ALQUILER

venta.renfe.com

Alsa :
Even more options.

Checkout - Alsa

www.alsa.com

Did that, tried to book no luck, maybe to far in advance Sabine,

 

[Joergen]

You can make a search here:

Hasta donde tú quieras. Soluciones de movilidad - Alsa

Compra billetes de autobús al mejor precio. En Alsa ofrecemos alquiler de autobuses, ofertas de viajes, servicios a bordo e información de rutas y horarios.

www.alsa.es

Apparently many busses to ponferrada at about 20 € the 2 of may

 

[MickMac]

You can make a search here:

Hasta donde tú quieras. Soluciones de movilidad - Alsa

Compra billetes de autobús al mejor precio. En Alsa ofrecemos alquiler de autobuses, ofertas de viajes, servicios a bordo e información de rutas y horarios.

www.alsa.es

Apparently many busses to ponferrada at about 20 € the 2 of may

What source are you using alsa.

 

[Joergen]

What source are you using alsa.

Go to alsa.es
Insert this and hit buscar

 

[SabsP]

Did that, tried to book no luck, maybe to far in advance Sabine,

No not too far in advance.
Both links work perfectly for the 2nd of May.
No idea really what you do wrong.

 

[Introibo]

There could be more to this question than meets the eye. I'm flying in to Santiago on the 2nd of May, arriving at 18:30. I'd like to transfer to either A Coruna or Ferrol that evening. I could look at the bus / train timetables and see something suitable. But...... as it's a public holiday will the buses and trains run?
Sounds like it should be an easy question. Just look at the published timetables. However, anyone who lives in the UK will know that expecting a train to run from it's published start to end point on a BH weekend is very naive. Especially when it comes to trains. A good number of train journeys end up in taxis, buses or frustration as you're abandoned at an intermediate station.

Maybe MickMac is asking, do the buses and trains run as scheduled on Public Holidays? I guess a bonus question would be, do taxis charge a different rate on PHs?

 

[Kathar1na]

There could be more to this question than meets the eye

Before we tackle the question whether the train traffic situation on public holidays (aka "bank holidays") in the UK and the train traffic situation on public holidays (aka "dias festivos") in Spain are similar - something I doubt - we should be clear about public holidays in Spain. The 2nd of May is not a national holiday. It's a regional holiday. It is not a public holiday in Galicia, simply a normal Monday.

I see six bus connections and two train connections from SdC to Ponferrada on Monday 2 May. I can book a bus or train ticket right up to the moment where I have to enter my credit details and complete the payment. Perhaps @MickMac can be more precise where the booking stalls for him?

 

[Bill's_Walking]

There could be more to this question than meets the eye. I'm flying in to Santiago on the 2nd of May, arriving at 18:30. I'd like to transfer to either A Coruna or Ferrol that evening. I could look at the bus / train timetables and see something suitable. But...... as it's a public holiday will the buses and trains run?
Sounds like it should be an easy question. Just look at the published timetables. However, anyone who lives in the UK will know that expecting a train to run from it's published start to end point on a BH weekend is very naive. Especially when it comes to trains. A good number of train journeys end up in taxis, buses or frustration as you're abandoned at an intermediate station.

Maybe MickMac is asking, do the buses and trains run as scheduled on Public Holidays? I guess a bonus question would be, do taxis charge a different rate on PHs?

@Kathar1na cleared up the fact it is not a holiday. But regarding going to Ferrol from SDC: take the bus. Its much faster and there are many more departure times (at least that was the case last August). The bus station is across the tracks from the train station and is accessed by the new pedestrian bridge. Lastly, its really cool going over the bridge at Pontedeume on the bus.

 

[MickMac]

Before we tackle the question whether the train traffic situation on public holidays (aka "bank holidays") in the UK and the train traffic situation on public holidays (aka "dias festivos") in Spain are similar - something I doubt - we should be clear about public holidays in Spain. The 2nd of May is not a national holiday. It's a regional holiday. It is not a public holiday in Galicia, simply a normal Monday.

I see six bus connections and two train connections from SdC to Ponferrada on Monday 2 May. I can book a bus or train ticket right up to the moment where I have to enter my credit details and complete the payment. Perhaps @MickMac can be more precise where the booking stalls for him?

What site are you using for train.

 

[Kathar1na]

What site are you using for train.

https://www.renfe.com/es/en

 

[trecile]

There are two departures on Monday, May 2nd.
Screenshot from Renfe app.




Tickets available on Renfe site

Renfe - Mi Más Renfe

PAGINAS OFICIALES DE RENFE, HORARIOS, RESERVA, VENTA, BILLETES, ALQUILER

venta.renfe.com

 

[Marbe2]

I booked a bus on Alsa recently and the system itself may have been having some glitches. Normally, it is easy to book…but it took about 6 r 7 tries from USA to work, which it normally doesn’t. Persevere. today the system appears to be working fine..

 

[trecile]

There are lots of buses available that day.

Checkout - Alsa

www.alsa.com

 

[Xavier Garcia]

Ivar.
As you are resident in Santiago maybe you can help.
Traveling to Ponferrada from Santiago 2nd May its a public holiday, is their any bus or trains running to ponferrada on 2nd May.
Did the usual goggle search but not clear, tried all links is bus bud a reliable source.?? Tried trainlink, no train, very unclear.

Hola, check out https://alsa.com , there is a bus at 5.45 AM - 09-15AM, another one at 08:00 - 12:00, 10:45-15:00, 14:15-17.55,15:00-19:00 and 21:30-01:15

Bueno Camino.

 

[Xavier Garcia]

Ivar.
As you are resident in Santiago maybe you can help.
Traveling to Ponferrada from Santiago 2nd May its a public holiday, is their any bus or trains running to ponferrada on 2nd May.
Did the usual goggle search but not clear, tried all links is bus bud a reliable source.?? Tried trainlink, no train, very unclear.

Try with www.alsa.com. You have 6 buses that day from Santiago to Ponferrada, departing from Bus station at 05:45, 08:00, 10:45, 14:15, 15:00, 21:30

 

[Pingüigrino]

Before we tackle the question whether the train traffic situation on public holidays (aka "bank holidays") in the UK and the train traffic situation on public holidays (aka "dias festivos") in Spain are similar - something I doubt - we should be clear about public holidays in Spain. The 2nd of May is not a national holiday. It's a regional holiday. It is not a public holiday in Galicia, simply a normal Monday.

I see six bus connections and two train connections from SdC to Ponferrada on Monday 2 May. I can book a bus or train ticket right up to the moment where I have to enter my credit details and complete the payment. Perhaps @MickMac can be more precise where the booking stalls for him?

Hi. Sorry to tell you are wrong. The 1st of May is a national holliday, and its Sunday. In these circunstances, the national holliday is moved to Monday, except in Madrid where the 2nd of May is a regional holiday. In that community the 1st of May´s holiday is moved to the 3th of may. A very looooong wekend.

 

[Kathar1na]

Sorry to tell you are wrong.

I am happy to be corrected. All the websites that I checked said that, in 2022, in Galicia the replacement day is not the 2nd of May but the 17th of May.

For example the Xunta de Galicia: https://www.xunta.gal/hemeroteca/-/...tendra-como-festivos-propios-los?langId=es_ES

Did they change it?

 

[MickMac]

Thanks everyone booked train 08.35 leaving Santiago 2nd May to ponferrada I think I got locked into a remote booking site ticket booked.

 

[Pingüigrino]

I am happy to be corrected. All the websites that I checked said that, in 2022, in Galicia the replacement day is not the 2nd of May but the 17th of May.

For example the Xunta de Galicia: https://www.xunta.gal/hemeroteca/-/...tendra-como-festivos-propios-los?langId=es_ES

Did they change it?

My fault. You are rigth. I´d check it and in Galicia and other communities have changed the national replacement day by theirs regional replacament day. I´d forgotten that legal possibility.
Looks like you know my country better than myself.

 

[Kathar1na]

I´d forgotten that legal possibility. Looks like you know my country better than myself.

Not at all, I feel sometimes ashamed that I know so little about Spain. Which is why I particularly enjoy posts from forum members like you when they allow us to learn a little more about their country and their language. In this case, it's simply because I am aware of regional differences (anywhere) and I checked dias festivos en España 2022 online for what feels like 5 million times before I posted my comment.

 

[Jim]

There could be more to this question than meets the eye. I'm flying in to Santiago on the 2nd of May, arriving at 18:30. I'd like to transfer to either A Coruna or Ferrol that evening. I could look at the bus / train timetables and see something suitable. But...... as it's a public holiday will the buses and trains run?
Sounds like it should be an easy question. Just look at the published timetables. However, anyone who lives in the UK will know that expecting a train to run from it's published start to end point on a BH weekend is very naive. Especially when it comes to trains. A good number of train journeys end up in taxis, buses or frustration as you're abandoned at an intermediate station.

Maybe MickMac is asking, do the buses and trains run as scheduled on Public Holidays? I guess a bonus question would be, do taxis charge a different rate on PHs?

Monbus.es/en website shows their buses are operational on May 2nd with 7 buses leaving from SDC bus station to Ferrol, scheduled over the day from 9 am to 8:30 PM. The last two buses depart at 7:30 PM and 8:30 PM (under 90-minute ride), so you should be able to make either of those from Santiago. I plan on using this line myself later in May for my journey.

 

[Introibo]

Thanks Jim. The Monbus site's a bit glitchy though! It didn't like the date on the first attempt and now it's lost all arrival points! The 19:30 sounds a little ambitious but the 20:30 sounds like a winner.

 

[Jim]

Yes, that site is sometimes tempermental! Cost for the ticket was listed as €8.10 if you didn't get that far. If you are fortunate enough to get into the site with bus service from the airport to Santiago, check that out and make sure that you can make the bus leaving for Ferrol. If there isn't a public bus going out shortly after your flight arrives, there's always taxi services to get you into town. It's at least 10 to 12 km from the bus station in town, and last time I was in SDC (2017), the taxi fare was around €20 to €25. Best wishes for a buen camino!