Useless high-speed rail station 100K from Compostela

JabbaPapa

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• May 7, 2018

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Here's a story about a brand new high-speed train station that's 100 kilometres + from Compostela, and yet remains closed from "lack of demand" :

https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/05/04/inenglish/1525436896_614996.html

But it seems to me that if this station worked, O Páramo could be an interesting alternative starting point for those wanting to do only the final 100K.

 

t2andreo

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• May 8, 2018

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The key question is whether it is on a Camino route. Believe me, if it were a viable alternative to Sarria, people would quickly find it and use it.

 

JabbaPapa

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• May 8, 2018

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t2andreo said:

The key question is whether it is on a Camino route.

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Everywhere is on a Camino route -- but it's actually fairly close to Sarria, and it looks to be about 15-20K from Portomarin.

 

t2andreo

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• May 8, 2018

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Uh-oh!