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Transport Options on the Meseta

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Frances (Finisterre) 2017. Via dl Plata 2018. Portuguese 2019.
We’re currently in Villafranca Montes de Oca & will arrive by bus into Burgos on Wednesday with a rest day on Thursday.
My companion has developed painful ‘shin splints’ in her right calf. She is taking the usual meds & for the last 2 days has used the backpack transport service.
My question is, if we walk onto the meseta & she finds herself unable to continue walking, what transport options exist to get her off the meseta & to a transport hub?
 
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Well, you’re approaching the best transport hub bar none in the form of Burgos. From there on; even to within sight of Leon; bus services are scarce and where they exist make few intermediate stops, and go well off-route wrt the Camino.

Taxis are available in many of the intermediate towns although they’re not always renowned for punctuality. Sahagun is an exception in that it has (although I’ve not used it) a reliable multi-car taxi fleet.
 
From Sahagun there's a train going to Leon. Also a bus from Castrojeriz to Fromista. At least it was in 2015 when I was sick and needed public transport! I also took a taxi from Poblacion de Campos to Carrion. The bar called it for me when I couldn't walk anymore. Things might have changed though. All the best to your walking companion!
 
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I believe there is a bus from Carrion de los Condos to Leon. There certainly was one taking us there (to Carrion) from Leon so I imagine you could jump on that bus to go to Leon.
 
Last year when I broke my left foot outside Burgos, I found a low-cost bus from Burgos to Leon that largely (but not entirely) followed the line of march, with stops in such places as Carrion de los Condes, Terradillos, Sahagun, and Mansilla de las Mulas. I believe that it was an ALSA bus. Should ck the ALSA website. Note that it missed such remote sites as Hornillos and Castrojerez, as I recall.

From a prior walk I recall that there was in 2018 a cheap/nice "local" bus from Fromista to Carrion. I found it by asking at the Fromista tourism office.
 
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I know of a transportation alternative out of Frómista. On our April 2017 pilgrimage, I was struck with food poisoning in Castrojeriz. We were able to walk to Frómista the next day, but knew that walking further was not possible or advisable. We learned from the Tourist Office in town that a bus runs to the transportation hub in Palencia. From there, it's very easy to catch a train to Leon. Good luck.
 
From El Burgo Ranero there is a bus to Leon 3 mornings a week and a train every morning and evening.
 
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