L54 on 13/09 to SAINT-JEANhas been canceled.

[Zippety]

Options. Arriving in Bayone at 1405

 

[Tincatinker]

There’ll likely be a bus. If not you could join up with everyone else on the platform and make several taxi drivers very happy. Otherwise, it’s a great walk

 

[Former member 104756]

Trainline shows a bus (replacement for train) leaving Bayonne at 5,13pm on 13 Sept arriving SJPP 6,35pm. As @Tincatinker said, just join the others with backpacks

Just curious - what is L54?

 

[Bradypus]

Just curious - what is L54?

I was about to ask the same question!

 

[Tincatinker]

L54 is a secret cell of incredibly aged Templars still….. Oops, sorry, wrong thread

It’s probably the SNCF service number or route designation but no one’s gonna believe that now

 

[Former member 104756]

L54 is a secret cell of incredibly aged Templars still….. Oops, sorry, wrong thread

Just when I’d almost forgotten

 

[Tincatinker]

Oh look, I was right for once: https://www.sncf.com/en/booking-iti...typeHoraire=TEMPS_REEL&startTrain=OCE87673616

 

[Bradypus]

Oh look, I was right for once:

True. But your first explanation was more interesting....

 

[davejsy]

Yes, just checked my booking and L54 the train thing

 

[davejsy]

So I'm getting the impression the Bayonne to St Jean PdeP gets canceled quite often? If so, how come? Or is that just trains in general in France?

 

[Tincatinker]

Some, not me, might suggest it’s a track maintenance issue. Lots of bends, slopes, trees, rocks and other stuff like that. Some, definitely not me, might suggest it’s the wear and tear caused by hordes of Pilgrims with their overloaded backpacks and overwhelming expectations.
I think it’s subtle combination of both. It was a rural backwater line getting kids to school and granny to market until some irriot designated St Jean as the starting point of the road to Nirvana. So now there’s enough passenger demand that SNCF are obliged to keep the line open and nowhere near enough to pay for the investment required. They are keeping the local bus drivers in steady employment though

 

[naplesdon]

Remind me once again what is the number of the train platform to Hogswort?

 

[MassNative]

So I'm getting the impression the Bayonne to St Jean PdeP gets canceled quite often? If so, how come? Or is that just trains in general in France?

It was cancel on us, last September. A bus alternative was provided and the bus met the train time schedule, including intermediate stops.

That day, we were told the cancellation was the result of a rock slide onto the tracks.

Jim