Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-03 Thread César Gómez Martín
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Moray Allan wrote: > Eddy Petrișor wrote: >> Probably my seat will remain empty and hopefully they will not panic if >> I am not on the train at the Spanish - Portuguese border (which they >> shouldn't taking into account both countries are in the EU). >> > No, I s

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ? Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Ian Jackson (ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk): > I have just been on the phone to Renfe, who were very helpful, able to > speak English, and patient with my stupid questions. Great. I suggest all this (and maybe also my 'book on RENFE site in Spanish mini-HOWTO') get added on the already

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ??? Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 20:32 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > > *Really*? I ROFL-ed when I was reading your previous mail. So if I > in the future might be in such a strange situation - and I can not > imagine any other country than UK where leaving the train earlier > might be a problem In Sydney

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ??? Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 12:42:32PM +0200, Moray Allan wrote: > In the *UK* train system I know it's in principle against the rules to > book a single ticket to a station beyond where you want to go (in a few > cases it's cheaper even without discounts, due to charges included in > the ticket pri

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ? Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Ian Jackson
I have just been on the phone to Renfe, who were very helpful, able to speak English, and patient with my stupid questions. Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta writes ("Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ò Caceres"): > I was wrong (or the policy changed). You have to buy the ticket from > Chamartin to Atoch

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Moray Allan
Eddy Petrișor wrote: > Probably my seat will remain empty and hopefully they will not panic if > I am not on the train at the Spanish - Portuguese border (which they > shouldn't taking into account both countries are in the EU). > No, I suppose the only problem I wondered about was being sure th

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Eddy Petrișor
Moray Allan a scris: > Christian Perrier wrote: >> What is possible is that Madrid-Caceres routes are not considered to >> be the "main target" of the international Madrid-Lisbon train (the >> main "purpose" of the train being going to/from Portugal). Therefore, >> reduced fares are not possible fo

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread César Gómez Martín
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Moray Allan wrote: > Christian Perrier wrote: >> What is possible is that Madrid-Caceres routes are not considered to >> be the "main target" of the international Madrid-Lisbon train (the >> main "purpose" of the train being going to/from Portugal). Therefore, >> re

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Moray Allan
Christian Perrier wrote: > What is possible is that Madrid-Caceres routes are not considered to > be the "main target" of the international Madrid-Lisbon train (the > main "purpose" of the train being going to/from Portugal). Therefore, > reduced fares are not possible for such partial routes. >

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-01 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Moray Allan (mo...@sermisy.org): > Le lundi 01 juin 2009 à 21:18 +0200, Moray Allan a écrit : > > I'm getting the same error. The only people I've heard saying they had > > successfully booked seats were getting them for daytime trains, so maybe > > (as you suggest) the night train booking

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-01 Thread César Gómez Martín
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > 2009/6/1 César Gómez Martín : >> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Eddy Petrișor >> wrote: >>> 2009/5/26 Christian Perrier : Quoting Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta (a...@inittab.org): > About regional trains the told me (without much c

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-01 Thread Moray Allan
Le lundi 01 juin 2009 à 21:18 +0200, Moray Allan a écrit : > I'm getting the same error. The only people I've heard saying they had > successfully booked seats were getting them for daytime trains, so maybe > (as you suggest) the night train booking isn't working yet. Hrm, but if I choose the ful

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-01 Thread Moray Allan
Le lundi 01 juin 2009 à 15:37 +0300, Eddy Petrișor a écrit : > Error en plaza 1 = Error al obtener precios de plaza (G001-V510) I'm getting the same error. The only people I've heard saying they had successfully booked seats were getting them for daytime trains, so maybe (as you suggest) the nig

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-01 Thread Eddy Petrișor
2009/6/1 César Gómez Martín : > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Eddy Petrișor wrote: >> 2009/5/26 Christian Perrier : >>> Quoting Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta (a...@inittab.org): >>> About regional trains the told me (without much conviction) that the usually get online ~15 days from the dat

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-01 Thread César Gómez Martín
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > 2009/5/26 Christian Perrier : >> Quoting Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta (a...@inittab.org): >> >>> About regional trains the told me (without much conviction) that the >>> usually get online ~15 days from the date of departure except for >>> Talgos

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-01 Thread Eddy Petrișor
2009/5/26 Christian Perrier : > Quoting Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta (a...@inittab.org): > >> About regional trains the told me (without much conviction) that the >> usually get online ~15 days from the date of departure except for >> Talgos (which is not this case) that go online ~2 months before. > >

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-26 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta (a...@inittab.org): > About regional trains the told me (without much conviction) that the > usually get online ~15 days from the date of departure except for > Talgos (which is not this case) that go online ~2 months before. Talgos to go *to* Cáceres are opened

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ? Caceres

2009-05-26 Thread Ian Jackson
Holger Levsen writes ("Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ? Caceres"): > I dont think its possible nicely, esp. if you dont know the stations etc. > Maybe you *could* make it with running from train to subway and train and > luck or with a taxi, but not really. I have

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-26 Thread Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 08:22:17PM +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote: > Hi, > > Am Sonntag, den 24.05.2009, 19:49 +0200 schrieb Alberto Gonzalez > Iniesta: > > Cercanias is a service close to what the subway is. I mean, it is used > > daily by thousands to move around Madrid (Province). Its price is a

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-25 Thread W. Martin Borgert
Quoting "Joachim Breitner" : > sounds better than having to wait for 7 hours in madrid Seven hours are just right for the Prado museum... ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debcon

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-24 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Sonntag, den 24.05.2009, 19:49 +0200 schrieb Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta: > Cercanias is a service close to what the subway is. I mean, it is used > daily by thousands to move around Madrid (Province). Its price is around > 1 EUR for that trip, and IIRC it should be free for those changing lon

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-24 Thread Wookey
+++ Joachim Breitner [2009-05-24 19:04 +0200]: > Could it just be that tickets for REGIONAL trains (R-598 in this case) > are available later than tickets for the long distance trains? I believe that is indeed the case. Often it is 2 months, rather than 3 months, which means said trains should be

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-24 Thread Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 06:38:59PM +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote: > Hi, > > Am Sonntag, den 24.05.2009, 18:02 +0200 schrieb Alberto Gonzalez > Iniesta: > > > We are hoping that we can make this connection. Ths subway site says > > > this trip takes 20 minutes. I think that gives us a fighting chan

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-24 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi yet again, Am Sonntag, den 24.05.2009, 14:31 +0200 schrieb Joachim Breitner: > * When querying from http://www.renfe.es/horarios/english/index.html > (and also on[1]), I see this train leaving at 9:55. But when searching > for a train via http://www.renfe.es/, under „Compra de Billets“, I only

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-24 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Sonntag, den 24.05.2009, 18:02 +0200 schrieb Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta: > > We are hoping that we can make this connection. Ths subway site says > > this trip takes 20 minutes. I think that gives us a fighting chance. A > > back-up plan would be smart. > > Neither taxi, nor the subway (Metro

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-24 Thread Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 02:41:22PM +0100, Wookey wrote: > +++ Joachim Breitner [2009-05-24 15:22 +0200]: > > Hi, > > > > Am Sonntag, den 24.05.2009, 15:04 +0200 schrieb Holger Levsen: > > > On Sonntag, 24. Mai 2009, Joachim Breitner wrote: > > > > * I will arrive with the night train at 9:10 at MA

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-24 Thread gregor herrmann
On Sun, 24 May 2009 14:41:22 +0100, Wookey wrote: > We are (well I am and IWJ is). The mystery of the missing train is > currently being put down to not being available yet. If it remains not > available for too long we'll give up and presumably go by bus. The renfe webpage is indeed fun -- yeste

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-24 Thread Wookey
+++ Joachim Breitner [2009-05-24 15:22 +0200]: > Hi, > > Am Sonntag, den 24.05.2009, 15:04 +0200 schrieb Holger Levsen: > > On Sonntag, 24. Mai 2009, Joachim Breitner wrote: > > > * I will arrive with the night train at 9:10 at MADRID CHAMARTIN. Is a > > > train leaving from MADRID-PUERTA DE ATOCH

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-24 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Sonntag, den 24.05.2009, 15:04 +0200 schrieb Holger Levsen: > On Sonntag, 24. Mai 2009, Joachim Breitner wrote: > > * I will arrive with the night train at 9:10 at MADRID CHAMARTIN. Is a > > train leaving from MADRID-PUERTA DE ATOCHA at 09:55 possible and safe to > > catch? > > I dont thin

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-24 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Joachim, On Sonntag, 24. Mai 2009, Joachim Breitner wrote: > * I will arrive with the night train at 9:10 at MADRID CHAMARTIN. Is a > train leaving from MADRID-PUERTA DE ATOCHA at 09:55 possible and safe to > catch? I dont think its possible nicely, esp. if you dont know the stations etc. May

[Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-05-24 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, I’d like to book my train from Madrid to Caceres on July 16th now, and I have some questions that (I think) have not been answered yet here or on the web pages. * I will arrive with the night train at 9:10 at MADRID CHAMARTIN. Is a train leaving from MADRID-PUERTA DE ATOCHA at 09:55 possible