Santander to El Burgo Ranero

RichardDublin said:

Hello all,

I arrive in Spain in Santander airport on Sunday 21st August at 3pm and I need to join up with some friends at a town called El Burgo Ranero. Could anyone advise the best way to get there? I cannot seem to find a bus or a train, I thought Sahagun might be my best chance.

Hopefully someone could advise please.

Bon Camino everyone,
Richard

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Just looked on Road2rio website which gives you the alternatives.You can bus to Leon or Burgos.There is a local train which travels from Leon through El Burgo.I stayed there this year and whilst walking the meseta never saw a bus other than in the towns.The bus from Santander to Leon passes through El Ranero on the Auto Pista but dont know if it stops there.It's a 5 minute walk from the Motorway service stop to the village

Hi Richard

https://www.alsa.es/en

Bus from Santander at 17:50, arrives Oviedo 20:05.

Bus from Oviedo at 20:30 (or 21:00), arrives Leon 22:00 (or 22:30).

Train from Leon at 06:50, arrives El Burgo Ranero at 08:00 (with a change in Sahagun).

https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Le%C3%B3n-Spain/El-Burgo-Ranero

Jill

RichardDublin said:

thank you so much ,that is very helpful of you. really appreciate it.

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I'm currently hospitalera at El Burgo Ranero @RichardDublin It would be odd to go past here to Sahagun and backtrack. Oviedo is very nice to stay a night. Same with León which is a much better meeting spot. The bus to/from here is only 3x a week, the train 2x daily. You don't say if you are trying to meet on the 21st, since you get in late. Many of the main line trains are fully booked in August. I suggest meeting in Burgos or León, here is very tiny and hard to get to, except by walking of course.

It's way easier than the options quoted previously by other users.

If you don't bother to make an overnight stop along the route, it's as easy as to take a bus (with Alsa: www.alsa.es/en) from downtown Santander to Palencia and to take a train next day from Palencia to El Burgo Ranero (with RENFE: www.renfe.com). The morning train from Palencia to El Burgo Ranero departs at 7:46 a.m. on your travel date (it arrives at 8:42 a.m.). In order to reach downtown Santander from the airport, take one of the frequent Alsa buses making the route. I'm not fully sure but I think the airport bus leaves you outside (not inside) the bus station in Santander in which case you would need to go inside to get the bus to Palencia. From Santander to Palencia, train is another option but there are currently works on the tracks and part of the route is made by bus anyway so to take the Alsa bus makes more sense at the moment.

If you want to make all the route till El Burgo Ranero on your arrival date, you'll have to take a taxi for part of the route. Bus from downtown Santander to Palencia (you should be able to take the 16:30 one if your flight is on time), train from Palencia to Sahagún (you should be able to take the 19:49 one) and taxi from Sahagún to El Burgo Ranero (roughly 20 kms away) would, probably, be the quickest option (assuming all transport runs on time). There are other alternatives.

jsalt said:

Train from Leon at 06:50, arrives El Burgo Ranero at 08:00 (with a change in Sahagun).

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The 8:00 a.m. arrival time at El Burgo Ranero is just on weekends and public holidays. The OP is traveling on a Sunday but after the overnight stop in León, the OP would be taking the train to El Burgo Ranero on a (working) Monday so he wouldn't arrive at 8:00 a.m. but at 8.42 a.m.