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Train from Albuferia to tomares

  • 29-05-2017 2:41pm
    #1
    Charlie George
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    Just enquiring if a train goes from Albuferia Portugal to Tomares in Spain,or what would be the best way to get there,its roughly 220km.
    Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    tabbey
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    Charlie George wrote: »
    Just enquiring if a train goes from Albuferia Portugal to Tomares in Spain,or what would be the best way to get there,its roughly 220km.
    Thanks in advance.

    I assume that Tomares is the town near Sevilla.

    From Albufeira you can get a Portuguese (CP) train to Faro, connecting to a train continuing to Villa Real de Santo Antonio. The Portuguese railway ends here.
    There is, or used to be, a ferry to Spain, but you may need a bus to Huelva for the Spanish (RENFE) train to Sevilla.


  • #3
    Charlie George
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    Seems to be a lot of stops.


  • #4
    MGWR
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    Off-topic, but the place name "Tomares" by odd coincidence sounds to me like the Japanese word for "stop" on stop signs, which is "tomare" (止まれ). :)


  • #5
    Banjoxed
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    Train? Train?! Shouldn't a good boardsie insist on going by bus, and like it? :D


  • #6
    irishmoss
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    Charlie George wrote: »
    Seems to be a lot of stops.

    I got the train from Albufero to Villa Real and it does stop at small stations along the way but didn't find it long. The train itself is very archaic though, something you would see in Shindlers List :-)


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  • #7
    tabbey
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    irishmoss wrote: »
    I got the train from Albufero to Villa Real and it does stop at small stations along the way but didn't find it long. The train itself is very archaic though, something you would see in Shindlers List :-)

    Twenty five years ago there were some veteran loco hauled coaches on that route, comfortable and clean. The railcars used on my last visit are of 1970s era, and electric trains on the mainline to Faro.

    The trouble with the railcars is not age, but vandalism, especially graffiti. Perhaps CP may have solved this problem.


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