Train from Bilbao to Logrono

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Brendan H

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Time of past OR future Camino

120 km a year

• Sep 30, 2021

• #1

I tried booking on line the 15.20 train on 08/10/2021 from Bilbao Abanda to Logrono but it seems to be booked out or just unavailable. does anyone know if this means train is booked out or could we still get tickets at the station. The train being booked out seems unlightly but in the times we live anything seems possable.
So excited to get back on the trail.
Thanks to all and Bon Camino everyboby

 

mspath

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Frances, autumn/winter; 2004, 2005-2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

• Sep 30, 2021

• #2

Brendan H said:

I tried booking on line the 15.20 train on 08/10/2021 from Bilbao Abanda to Logrono but it seems to be booked out or just unavailable. does anyone know if this means train is booked out or could we still get tickets at the station. The train being booked out seems unlightly but in the times we live anything seems possable.
So excited to get back on the trail.
Thanks to all and Bon Camino everyboby

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Brendan H.
The booking difficulty may be related to the Día de la Hispanidad. Read more in this post by Perigrina2000.

 

Last edited: Sep 30, 2021

Corned Beef

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2024 Portuguese/ VF (South) / VF Grand St Bernard

• Sep 30, 2021

• #3

Have you considered the Alsa bus. Very pleasant and just as fast as the train.

Get it from the central bus station. There is (was) an information office on the first floor (up the ramp)

Seems it is run by Alavabus now but here is the timetable

http://alavabus.araba.eus:8080/siv-web/data/uploaded/downloads/L-17.pdf

 

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David with new Kit!

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2019, 2021, 2022

• Sep 30, 2021

• #4

We took the direct bus from the new bus station three weeks ago. It's as fast as the train as it has less stops.

You need a ticket to access the bus departure area as you need to scan it to get in, as its downstairs, similar to a subway.

Buy your ticket at the machine at the station, or online, then watch for your bus trip appearing on the screen before going to the departure waiting area, which i just before the turnstile, as it will tell you the bus stop number.

And, your ticket blocks out access to the departure turnstile until 20mins before departure time.

Great buses, give it ago

 

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Brendan H

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Time of past OR future Camino

120 km a year

• Sep 30, 2021

• #5

David with new Kit! said:

We took the direct bus from the new bus station three weeks ago. It's as fast as the train as it has less stops.

You need a ticket to access the bus departure area as you need to scan it to get in, as its downstairs, similar to a subway.

Buy your ticket at the machine at the station, or online, then watch for your bus trip appearing on the screen before going to the departure waiting area, which i just before the turnstile, as it will tell you the bus stop number.

And, your ticket blocks out access to the departure turnstile until 20mins before departure time.

Great buses, give it ago

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That's great. Thanks for the help.

 

naplesdon

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Multiple Caminos 2010 to 2019

• Oct 1, 2021

• #6

More buses, more often than trains in Pays Basque. I beleive it is a leagcy of Franco's disdain for the Basque.