Train to St Jean Pied de Port - Renfe question

[Scottlovelace87]

I am helping a friend plan for his first Camino and we are trying to order his train ticket for Bayonne to St Jean on the Renfe site. We are having troubles, Bayonne comes up but St Jean does not. What are we doing wrong???? Thanks in advance for the help!

 

[Bradypus]

St Jean is in France, not Spain. Renfe is the Spanish national train operator. Try searching on the SNCF website instead.

 

[mspath]

Bayonne to Saint Jean Pied de Port is on the French SNCF TER site and not Renfe which is the Spanish rail line. Reservation are not accepted on TER local trains. The new name of SNCF is OUI thus see www.Oui.Sncf for more info.

 

[jsalt]

I am helping a friend plan for his first Camino and we are trying to order his train ticket for Bayonne to St Jean

Hi, you can't order this ticket in advance. Your friend just goes to the ticket office when he gets there (it's a very small station) and he buys a ticket at the counter. No problem!
Jill

 

[T-Camino]

We had a bit of an experience with this train ride. We didn't book ahead (figured it was the first part of the Camino and that we would work it out as we went). After flying in, we took a bus over to the train station only to find that there were no trains running that day. I'm sorry I can't remember what day of the week it was. We were lucky that there was a small group of other pilgrims about wanting to get to St Jean so we took a group taxi down there. It ended up costing a little more but at least we got where we needed to go!

I'm not sure if this reply will be at all helpful, just maybe double check the train running times beforehand if you don't manage to book ahead of time

Buen Camino!

 

[Scottlovelace87]

Duh, sorry I forgot you have to go through SCNF site.

Thanks for all the feedback everyone!

 

[GaryAus]

We just jumped on the train at SJPP and paid the conductor en route. Cant remember how much, but wasn’t that expensive. That was Nov 2017. We caught the 8.30am train and no ticket window seemed open at SJPP station. No need to worry about pre-paid tickets.

 

[GaryAus]

Correction. We jumped on the train at Bayonne on the way to SJPP

 

[Craig Towers]

I am helping a friend plan for his first Camino and we are trying to order his train ticket for Bayonne to St Jean on the Renfe site. We are having troubles, Bayonne comes up but St Jean does not. What are we doing wrong???? Thanks in advance for the help!

The is a new app in the App Store. Oui.sncf bloody great way to get all French rail tickets. Try it. I’ve used it a few times.

 

[VMalone]

From Biarritz airport I bused to Bayonne station in June last to find it was a pubic holiday with reduced train service. In order to avoid a four hour wait I chatted to others in the same predicament. Five of us shared a taxi which dropped us 2/300 yards from the pilgrim office in SJPdP. The total cost was 130 euro, ie 26 euro each. Maybe slightly dearer than the train but we were all delighted.

 

[Craig Towers]

We had a bit of an experience with this train ride. We didn't book ahead (figured it was the first part of the Camino and that we would work it out as we went). After flying in, we took a bus over to the train station only to find that there were no trains running that day. I'm sorry I can't remember what day of the week it was. We were lucky that there was a small group of other pilgrims about wanting to get to St Jean so we took a group taxi down there. It ended up costing a little more but at least we got where we needed to go!

I'm not sure if this reply will be at all helpful, just maybe double check the train running times beforehand if you don't manage to book ahead of time

Buen Camino!

Train should go everyday. Reduced on Sunday but still pretty good. Can be closed occasionally for maintenance

 

[Kernandi]

Train should go everyday. Reduced on Sunday but still pretty good. Can be closed occasionally for maintenance

Will it even run on Easter?

 

[mspath]

As long as the tracks have washed out the train will run. Of couse on Easter a special Sunday schedule will be used..
See www.Oui.sncf for correct schedules.

 

[Anamiri]

I am helping a friend plan for his first Camino and we are trying to order his train ticket for Bayonne to St Jean on the Renfe site. We are having troubles, Bayonne comes up but St Jean does not. What are we doing wrong???? Thanks in advance for the help!

We trained from Bayonne to SJPDP. This distance is all in France, so through French rail system. Its a short trip.
If the train is canceled they put on a bus service.