Malaga -> Seville

[Wannes]

Hi all,

I've found a really cheap planeticket to malaga (20euro with ryanair) and I was wondering how easy it is to get from there to Seville.
The plane lands in Malaga around noon and since my planning is a bit tight I would really like to be in Seville by evening the same day. I saw on the map of spain that there is no direct rail-connection between the two cities, so I will probably be taking a bus.
Are there regular busses? how much do they cost and how long does it take?

thx for any advice,

regards,
Wannes

 

[Peter Robins]

can't have been a very good map of Spain, as there are 5 trains a day between Malaga and Sevilla
http://horarios.renfe.es/hir/index.jsp? ... 13&D=51003

A new route from Malaga joining the VdlP at Merida is supposed to be opening this spring some time.

 

[Wannes]

Ah nice thank you. It was just a small map on some website. I must admit I found it strange that there were so few railroads in Spain


Walking from Malaga to Seville would take around about a week I guess ( 200km). Not so long in the grand scheme of things, but with my limited time available I can't afford that extra week.

 

[bjorgts]

Busses

There are busses going too. If you visit http://www.alsa.es you will find that their busses are going between Malaga and Sevilla about every second hour (13.00, 15.00, 17.00, 19.30). The cost is 14,35 euro, and the travelling-time is about 3 hours. My experiences from taking busses in other parts of Spain is: They are good. I will travell this distance in the end of april.

 

[Peter Robins]

:?:

bus service Malaga-Seville is run by Alsina Graells
http://www.alsinagraells.es/agsur/es-03.html

 

[bjorgts]

Busses and names

Sorry for not being exact enough. I went to Alsa.es on Internett, because I found out things best there. They show that the busses are Alsina Graells, but Alsas sides on Internett show the bus sevices for Alsina Graelles too - at least for Malaga - Sevilla. Hope this was exact? Bjørg

 

[Peter Robins]

where do you see this Bjorg? If I look at the timetable section on Alsa's website
http://www.alsa.es/VentaParticulares/co ... rarios.jsp
I don't see Malaga-Seville listed.

 

[bjorgts]

Busses all day

This is what I do: I go to http://www.alsa.es. On the first side, I find "Compara de Billetes" ("Buy tickets" on the english side). I put "Malaga" on "Origen" and "Sevilla" on "Destino", the date I want to go on "Fecha", then "Continuar". ..... and there you are: All the buss conections with Alsina Graells for the whole day.

If you then, for example, want to go 13:00, choose this, then "Continuar" ones more, the buss comes up, and today I can see that two persons have already bought tickets on place 47 and 48 in this bus the day I want to go in the end of April. Fantastic, I think! Bjørg

 

[Peter Robins]

ha, yes, you're right. I'd always assumed the booking and timetable dropdowns were identical, but it looks like you can book routes from other companies on their website. Very useful!