FEVE Ferrol to Santander

[Bedspring]

I am going to fly back from Santander.
I would like to take the FEVE along the coast from A Coruna or Ferol to Santander.
Previously when I have asked RENFE staff about FEVE I have drawn a blank.
I suspect I will need to go to an actual FEVE station to get information.
However I wondered if anyone on here has any information

 

[Corned Beef]

FEVE is considered as an urban (Cercanias) version of rail lines and the trains are broadly similar in they are slow moving with fewer passengers (I was one of two on one section).

You can find the timetables / route maps here.

https://www.renfe.com/es/en/suburban/cercanias-am/mapas

There was another question earlier today about the same issue. You may find an Alsa bus quicker than the slow FEVE.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/bike-wrapping-for-train-from-santiago-to-ferrol.87574

 

[SabsP]

Ferrol to Santander via Oviedo.
When I took this option years ago ( Santander to Ferrol ) I was only able to buy at the ticket booth ( did this day before taking the train ).

Renfe Feve - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Renfe Feve is now known as Renfe Cercanias AM.

Cercanias AM | Renfe

Cercanias AM: Toda la información sobre horarios, tarifas, estaciones (mapas, líneas), viajar con mascotas, bicicletas.

www.renfe.com

 

[Bradypus]

The Spanish Wikipedia article for RENFE Cercanias AM is quite helpful.

Renfe Cercanías AM - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

es.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Rebekah Scott]

I did the Oviedo - Ferrol trip once. It was very long, slow, and wonderful.

 

[witsendwv]

I did the Oviedo - Ferrol trip once. It was very long, slow, and wonderful.

We went from Ferrol to Santander with a stop to see the Playa de los Catedrales (spent the night). Long, slow and wonderful is the perfect description!

 

[emmanuel]

We went from Ferrol to Santander with a stop to see the Playa de los Catedrales (spent the night). Long, slow and wonderful is the perfect description!

"Long, slow and wonderful"... sounds like a perfect recipe for many things that come to mind.

 

[SabsP]

"Long, slow and wonderful"... sounds like a perfect recipe for many things that come to mind.

It is! In my memory I believe the train made seventy stops?

 

[witsendwv]

It is! In my memory I believe the train made seventy stops?

You counted?

 

[OTH86]

You counted?

...what else is there to do on the FEVE? ...except sit back and relax or switch from side to side to figure which side has the best views ?!

 

[Flog]

Much of the rickety narrow gauge FEVE network closely follows the Norte, it's a really lovely way to see Northern Spain as long as you're in no hurry and aren't expecting to do it in a seamless journey.. lots of connections, all part of the adventure!

 

[Jeff Crawley]

Like they said up above - a complete delight. It also has a slightly amateur charm - the driver and train manager stopping off for a cigarette break, the young lady who got on in the mountains and got off at the coast along with her surf board . . . .
Think you'd have to get an ordinary train or bus from Coruna to Ferrol as the FEVE starts at Ferrol.
This time last year I spent a week on it and the total cost Ferrol to Bilbao was about 50€.
Ribadesella. is a good place (among many) to spend a day or two - great ice cream parlour.
Here's the route map - you'll see them on most stations (some of which are just bus shelters)
Buen viaje!

 

[cnxjo]

Video of FEVE train from Ferrol.

Can buy tickets using FEVE app. Very useful if you plan to make stops enroute

 

[Anne&Pat]

We have walked beside part of this route on the Norte and on the Ingles and have always thought that it would be wonderful to take the train journey

 

[wynrich]

This is what we wrote on our blog about the FEVE and the long trip we took on it after walking part of the Norte and then the Ruta de Cantrabico in 2019:

There’s a wonderful little train called the Feve that was never too far away from our walking route this year. It’s mostly used by commuters and stops in every town, large or tiny, that it goes through. It’s rare to see anyone get on the train with luggage.

On Monday morning, we boarded the Feve in Espasante. It is over a six hour ride on the Feve from there to Gijón. We went through about 85 stations. We probably stopped at 70% of those. (They don’t stop if no one is waiting or needs to get off.) We were expecting a long tiring train ride where we’d keep ourselves amused the way we do on airplanes: reading, listening to books or music, doing puzzles.

Turned out it seemed pretty fast and we got a kick out of going backwards through all the little towns we had walked through. We talked about what we remembered about each place. A few times we were able to spot the place where we had stayed or where something else memorable happened.

 

[SabsP]

Some pics from 2014.
The basic cafeteria of the Feve station in Santander.
The gorgeous tiles at the trainstation in Oviedo.

 

[Bedspring]

Thank you for all your replies. This sounds a good finale to my Camino.

 

[NorthernLight]

I rode the Feve from Luarca to Ferrol last year and it was really enjoyable. I bought my ticket onboard as there was nobody in the station at Luarca (and it was all locked up). At Ferrol there should be no issue buying the ticket before boarding as it is a large enough station.

Most of the time there weren’t more than half a dozen people on my train. Bring food/snacks and drinks as there is no service onboard.

 

[Guateclaret]

I rode the Feve from Luarca to Ferrol last year and it was really enjoyable. I bought my ticket onboard as there was nobody in the station at Luarca (and it was all locked up). At Ferrol there should be no issue buying the ticket before boarding as it is a large enough station.

Most of the time there weren’t more than half a dozen people on my train. Bring food/snacks and drinks as there is no service onboard.

Over 60s get a 40% discount with a Tarjeta Dourado which costs 6 € for a year. What's the rush?