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Look on Trainline, they are listed there throughout October.
K Lynn: Thanks for the effort, but you didn't address my question. I already tried to buy tickets. FYI, waiting to buy tickets in Spain at the Station (and you have to know the correct station to go to by the way) is not a good idea or suggestio as many trains sell out early. Last Camino I had to buy Premiem First Class tickets as that was the only open seats trying to get to Pamplona and it was over $100 Euros to just to get to Zaragoza for a connecting train. Buen Camino.
HenrytheDog: I tried Trainline.com - but it shows the exact same results as the RENFE website with no train service from MAD to OVD for any dates after Oct. 9. Thanks for the suggestion.
Reservations not open yet - a common issue with RENFE. Plenty available the previous Monday on Trainline so I would expect bookings for October 14th to be opened some time soon.
Barbara: Since you sound like you can access the trains on RENFE, Please let me know what the current price is in Euros for the OCT. 14 train from Madrid (Todas) to Oviedo departing at 14:58 (this should be AVE 05721 departing from the Chamartin station). Thank you.
CWBuff: Since you sound like you can access the RENFE trains on Trainline.com, Please let me know what the current price is in Euros for the OCT. 14 train from Madrid (Todas) to Oviedo departing at 14:58 (this should be AVE 05721 departing from the Chamartin station). Thank you.
The train Madrid to Oviedo doesn’t show. Madrid to Leon does, Leon to Oviedo is starting to show but not yet released for sale.
dont know about the train you want . Oct 12 9:30 PM Arrives at 5:15 AM 5:15 AM $66.22
I must have amazing luck as I usually just walk into a train station with my little list of dates and cities and they book and hand me tickets. Hope you manage to get your tickets! Buen Camino!
A few days ago almost all trains from Burgos to Madrid were completely full for the day I wanted to travel and I just managed to get two seats on one of only two ALSA buses that day which were not also completely full. Probably related to the final of La Vuelta taking place that day in Madrid but other special events can also sell out all available seats in advance.
I have been looking at a lot of train and buses this week within Spain (albeit to book in the short term) and the number and trains and buses that have been full has been quite staggering and unprecedented to me and I spend a lot of time here and catch a lot of train and buses! Specifically Alsa and Renfe. Not quite sure the reason!
Peak Camino. University re-start. Grey Fox holiday season. Service frequency reductions because of the works at Chamartin; Ourense and elsewhere??
Sure, they will all play a role, but when I compare to the exact same period last year and the year before it quite a big change. More than I would expect anyway.
It's the end of the world as we know it....
Did you clear your cookies? Thanks for trying and reporting back the same results that I had. Cheers.
CWB: ?? I spelled out in my message to you the date, time and stations. Hmm? Thanks for trying and reporting back the same results that I had. Cheers.
Just a note!!
Barbara: Thank you for trying to be helpful and I apologize if you feel offense by me pointing out you didn't address my question. I have to cross an ocean for my Camino, I have a limited amount of time to walk, and I have limited resources to complete my journey. I was not asking "how" to get to OVD, I was looking to learn what was happening with the rail service from MAD up to Leon and onward to Oviedo. Yes, RENFE, as well as many rail and bus services, also use the same 3 letter designators for cities that the airlines use. It helps the industries to standardize travel and the results with search engines. Thank you again and enjoy the rest of your week.
Thanks Tincatinker. When planning a Camino back in 2018, Renfe without much notice closed rail service between two towns to do track maintenance that lasted longer than expected. I was hoping to learn if anyone on this thread had any information or knew if there was something happening to stop the service after Oct. 9. Cheers.
