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San Sebastian to Paris (Hendaye/Irun?)
I don't understand how to move between Hendaye and Irun and on what train.
We take a Spanish train from San Sebastian to Irun, then get off and then travel somehow to Hendaye and get on a French train from Hendaye to Paris? How does this all work? |
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I've done that the other direction and as I recall the station is the same.
I think you have to change because Spanish and French trains use different gauge tracks. "John" wrote in message ... I don't understand how to move between Hendaye and Irun and on what train. We take a Spanish train from San Sebastian to Irun, then get off and then travel somehow to Hendaye and get on a French train from Hendaye to Paris? How does this all work? |
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James B. Spears wrote:
I've done that the other direction and as I recall the station is the same. I think you have to change because Spanish and French trains use different gauge tracks. Yes. Spanish gauge is larger. French trains must stop in Irun. There you find another train to go to San Sebastian. http://www.voyages-sncf.com/ Gares de départ et d'arrivée Horaires Train(s) Durée : 06h10 PARIS MONTPARNASSE 1 ET 2 07h25 TGV 8505 IRUN GARE 12h53 Service Handicapé Voiture bar IRUN GARE 13h20 CORAIL 413 ST SEBASTIEN 13h35 Non vendu sur Internet http://horarios.renfe.es/ 00413 Compra de billetes en Tiknet DIURNO 13:20 13:35 DIARIO del 12-06-2005 al 10-12-2005 Turista 7,50 TuristaNiño 4,50 Turista Aparcamiento con franquicia para viajeros de Preferente, Gran Clase y Club: 24h. viaje ida, 48h. viaje ida y vueltaServicio CafeteríaReserva Telefónica 06002 REGIONAL EXPRES 15:17 15:34 DIARIO del 28-05-2000 al 10-12-2005 Turista 1,45 Segunda Reserva Telefónica "John" wrote in message ... I don't understand how to move between Hendaye and Irun and on what train. We take a Spanish train from San Sebastian to Irun, then get off and then travel somehow to Hendaye and get on a French train from Hendaye to Paris? How does this all work? |
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I recall the station is the same. I think you have to change because
Spanish and French trains use different gauge tracks. That is right. That is why you need to change trains at the border. Just do not get off the wrong side of the train like my god-daughter's friend did three years ago (which led to a rail strike on the part of French railway workers) when she was killed by a passing freight train when she got off the wrong side of the train (it opened when she pressed the button and descended) onto a fast track being used by the express train with right of way. |
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John schrieb:
I don't understand how to move between Hendaye and Irun and on what train. We take a Spanish train from San Sebastian to Irun, then get off and then travel somehow to Hendaye and get on a French train from Hendaye to Paris? How does this all work? Use Euskotren metric gauge train to Hendaia and SNCF train from Hendaye. Walk 30 metres between stations. Regards, ULF |
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"Ulf Kutzner" wrote in message ... John schrieb: I don't understand how to move between Hendaye and Irun and on what train. We take a Spanish train from San Sebastian to Irun, then get off and then travel somehow to Hendaye and get on a French train from Hendaye to Paris? How does this all work? Use Euskotren metric gauge train to Hendaia and SNCF train from Hendaye. Walk 30 metres between stations. San Sebastian is also served (probably less picturesquely but more quickly) by Spanish mainline trains. The mainline track between Hendaye and Irun is dual gauge (standard gauge SNCF and broad gauge RENFE), so that Spanish trains can finish their journey in Hendaye and French ones in Irun. (Comment based on experience more than a decade ago, when passport controls were still in palce between the two countries.) Alan Harrison |
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ALAN HARRISON schrieb:
Use Euskotren metric gauge train to Hendaia and SNCF train from Hendaye. Walk 30 metres between stations. San Sebastian is also served (probably less picturesquely but more quickly) by Spanish mainline trains. The mainline track between Hendaye and Irun is dual gauge (standard gauge SNCF and broad gauge RENFE), so that Spanish trains can finish their journey in Hendaye and French ones in Irun. (Comment based on experience more than a decade ago, when passport controls were still in palce between the two countries.) Sure but there are few renfe trains to Hendaye. IIRC, regional RENFE trains don't go there. Regards, ULF |
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