Purchase of train tickets

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banksia girl

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french camino 2015
potugeuse camino June 2019

• May 31, 2019

• #1

What's the best way of purchasingtickets? We willbetravellingfrom LIsbon to Porto. is it better to purchase before we leave Australia to ensure we get a seat or is it okay to purchase at the station the day before. what is the demand like. We willbetravelling on Tuesday 6thjune.

 

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wjohnk

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Portugese Coastal (2019)

• May 31, 2019

• #2

banksia girl said:

What's the best way of purchasingtickets? We willbetravellingfrom LIsbon to Porto. is it better to purchase before we leave Australia to ensure we get a seat or is it okay to purchase at the station the day before. what is the demand like. We willbetravelling on Tuesday 6thjune.

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I would just buy at Oriente Station. There may well be a queue at the ticket office. The slower and cheaper IC trains have more room.

 

Saranger

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Samos-Santiago 2015 & 2016
Porto-Santiago 2017
Kumano Kodo March 2018
Ferrol-Santiago May 2019

• May 31, 2019

• #3

Just took the train from Porto-Lisbon. Bought tickets on the train line’s website in advance which includes a discount for early booking. My friend who is 71 qualified for a 20% “senior” discount.

Glad we had tickets in advance as the train was full that Sunday morning.

 

henrythedog

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Annually - often more - from 2014

• May 31, 2019

• #4

If you're confident on your timing buy online and print at home. Loco2.com is excellent and same price as the national rail offices.

In Spain and Portugal, if you buy in advance the tickets are often substantially cheaper than a 'walk up' at the counter, sufficiently so that I've sometimes bought tickets for two consecutive trains knowing that I will only use one and still saved money.

Tickets are usually available 2-3 months pre-departure, but sometimes less. There is a mass of info on Loco2.com or 'the man in seat 61' (google it)

Hope that helps.

Buen camino.

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gloria lowe

Arizona is my home

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2014, 17, 18, 19, 21

• May 31, 2019

• #5

I took the train today from Lisbon to Porto. I bought my ticket ahead on the train app for my phone. I left from the Oriente station. I think there are many trains a day. I was on the 10am train and it was very full.