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They do a check of your luggage on high speed and long distance trains in Spain. They have not checked our pockets or made us walk through a metal detector. I carried a folding knife on the train from Santiago to Madrid this winter.Hola. While I am familiar with air travel restrictions on knives, I want to read your answers on carrying a small folding knife (Gerber Gear US1, (2.6 inch /6.6 cm blade)) in trains and buses in 2024. I've read old threads in the Forum on knives in trains and aircraft, yet security regulations change often, and haven't found a thread on buses. Looking forward to your input. Buen camino! Rodrigo.
The question of this thread is not whether it is legal to carry a pocket knife, or other knives, in Spain. The question is whether it is legal to carry a small folding knife with a short blade in 2024 on trains and buses in Spain. The question is also not whether a pocket knife was detected by scanners in railway stations, the question is which lengths are prohibited.Any of the Opinel #6 or #7 are great Camino knives. They are legal to carry (no auto lock)
I've carried my Swiss Army knife on trains and buses in Portugal, France and Spain from 2008 to 2024 and never had a problem with security...Buen CaminoHola. While I am familiar with air travel restrictions on knives, I want to read your answers on carrying a small folding knife (Gerber Gear US1, (2.6 inch /6.6 cm blade)) in trains and buses in 2024. I've read old threads in the Forum on knives in trains and aircraft, yet security regulations change often, and haven't found a thread on buses. Looking forward to your input. Buen camino! Rodrigo.
It was a shrug for me. At the store, I took a look at it and thought how it was similar to my old Boy Scout knife. You live and learn. By the way the Police were kind and said it happens all the time.
Restrictions on blade size and also considerations of weight meant we took the Victorinox Swiss Army card on early Caminos and latterly their mini pen-knife style, bought in Spain in case of problems travelling out. The blades of either were in fact short enough to pass controls.Hola. While I am familiar with air travel restrictions on knives, I want to read your answers on carrying a small folding knife (Gerber Gear US1, (2.6 inch /6.6 cm blade)) in trains and buses in 2024. I've read old threads in the Forum on knives in trains and aircraft, yet security regulations change often, and haven't found a thread on buses. Looking forward to your input. Buen camino! Rodrigo.
I also have carried a Swiss knife in my backpack on train from Madrid to Santiago and also one from madrid to Pamplona. .They do a check of your luggage on high speed and long distance trains in Spain. They have not checked our pockets or made us walk through a metal detector. I carried a folding knife on the train from Santiago to Madrid this winter.
Love the opinel. I have to leave mine at home since I’m not checking a bag at the airport but I plan to find one for my walk lunchesI always travel with an Opinel knife in Spain. I don't remember any luggage scanners or metal detectors at bus stations, and have ridden on numerous buses with the knife in my pocket.
The bigger train stations have scanners and detectors, I just throw the knife in my pack and it's never been mentioned by the scanners. Then back in my pocket for the train ride.
Any of the Opinel #6 or #7 are great Camino knives. They are legal to carry (no auto lock), do not look dangerous or tactical, and are extremely popular with locals.
That was probably me. Been through Chamartin three times in the last few years - on the first occasion I had a penknife in my pack, which was detected. However, the operator couldn't find it in the pack, decided I wasn't a high risk, and let me go through. On the two subsequent occasions I put the knife in my trouser pocket - there was no scanner arch.a walk-through arch. Whoever said above they’ve never seen it at Chamartin, I disagree
Bus no problem. I have never had to walk through a metal detector on train, but had to put my bag through.What about fixed-blade knives, as far as train and bus transport in Spain? I have a knife with a 2" blade (5.08cm), but it's not a folder.
I don't know that we are fretting, Tincatinker. I'm a project planner. I can sweat the details without sweating!Poles on planes ( no, not them, hiking thingies); knives in pockets; credit cards or cash; blankets and bedbugs - it’s amazing to me what people fret about when planning their Camino. I wish they’d pay a bit more attention to why they’re walking the bluddy thing in the first place.
Thanks, J Willhaus!Bus no problem. I have never had to walk through a metal detector on train, but had to put my bag through.
Neither did I, until my much-loved Opinel was confiscated in Zaragoza last month.I never heard about knives restrictions in buses or trains.
Hola Tincatinker, I'd suggest you don't assume that attention is not being placed in the "why" or the "reason" to walk the Camino, just because I ask about carriage of a knife, or any other topic. You may not have issues or questions because you're a veteran, but many come to this Forum because we're facing the Camino for the first time, and we do have questions, many at times, particularly when you put your savings and time to the task. I am reading a lot of "veterans" answers just like yours and its really off-putting.Poles on planes ( no, not them, hiking thingies); knives in pockets; credit cards or cash; blankets and bedbugs - it’s amazing to me what people fret about when planning their Camino. I wish they’d pay a bit more attention to why they’re walking the bluddy thing in the first place.
For the record: I always carry a “legal” Opinel. Sometimes they get confiscated
Hey, I’m sorry if my post has evoked those feelings. I do remember that as not much more than a boy setting out into an unknown world I felt trepidation, even fear. What I can have no memory of is this modern net of information, news and nonsense that might have calmed my fears but that I suspect would have just fed them.Hola Tincatinker, I'd suggest you don't assume that attention is not being placed in the "why" or the "reason" to walk the Camino, just because I ask about carriage of a knife, or any other topic. You may not have issues or questions because you're a veteran, but many come to this Forum because we're facing the Camino for the first time, and we do have questions, many at times, particularly when you put your savings and time to the task. I am reading a lot of "veterans" answers just like yours and its really off-putting.
Thank you for your reply Tincatinker, no offence taken. Truly don't know many answers to issues brought by our modern age (like when no one cared if you carried a knife). I wish it would also be simpler. But that's why this Forum is of great value to all, because it let's us receive that opinion that may or may not relieve our anxieties, so that we can focus on the Camino once we take that first step wherever we begin. Cheers, and Buen Camino.Hey, I’m sorry if my post has evoked those feelings. I do remember that as not much more than a boy setting out into an unknown world I felt trepidation, even fear. What I can have no memory of is this modern net of information, news and nonsense that might have calmed my fears but that I suspect would have just fed them.
I felt and still feel that your original question was a classic of this modern age. You knew the answer but you were hoping that sufficient internet opinion would change the actuality. You have received the responses that I would have anticipated: your knife may be legal but it still may be confiscated.
My post was not directed at you. It was a rant, a bellow of rage, perhaps a howl of despair. Perhaps the veteran responses you have read are driven by no more than rage against the dying of the light but please consider that the Camino means more to some than just a comfortable hike wherein all the disquieting possibilities have been ticked off and laid to rest long before the “fasten seat belts” lights pierce the gloom. No offence was intended.
I sincerely wish you a Buen Camino
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