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[BeniBeniBeni]

Just booked my flight to Reus airport, flying in on the 14th @ 10:40 (good times)....Now looking into getting from Reus to Benicassim by train and it appears that they're all full (bad times)....

Does anyone know of any alternative ways of getting to Beni from Reus, maybe a bus or something?? or anyone got any spare place in a a car?!  

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers

[st00ka]

Have you looked at getting a bus to Tarragona or Salou and getting a train from there?  Its only about ten miles from Reus Aeroport to the station in Tarragona slightly further to Salou I think.

[jjdaniels]

The official FIB website gives advice on the different routes you can take, check it out.

[andy_h]

I've booked my return transfers from Reus to Beni with these: eufest.  

£19 for one way transfer - can't complain at that price.  One of their minibuses leaves Reus at 11.30am on the 14th so you should be ok to catch that one.

[jjdaniels]

Eufest aren't taking any more bookings for Benicassim now.

[rachllan]

i think i am getting the same flight. from bristol ye?

me and a friend are stuck too. renfe says all the trains are fully booked. even the ones from taragona and eufest have emailed saying that they are taking no more bookings.

any one else stuck? any ideas?

[liquuid_fusion]

You can still turn up at the train station, buy a ticket and hop on, i'm pretty sure.

Just because all the advance reservations are taken doesn't mean the train is actually full - i'm sure they don't employ people to check if the train is filled to capacity and stop people from boarding. That would be crazy!

[jojo32]

BeniBeniBeni, on Jul 7 2009, 10:11 PM, said:

Just booked my flight to Reus airport, flying in on the 14th @ 10:40 (good times)....Now looking into getting from Reus to Benicassim by train and it appears that they're all full (bad times)....

Does anyone know of any alternative ways of getting to Beni from Reus, maybe a bus or something?? or anyone got any spare place in a a car?!  

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers

There's a spare seat in a shared car I'm going in, haven't asked the driver but think it'l be fine as then there's less money for us to pay for petrol.
but thats not til around 5pm tomo...
go on the official beni website and find the area car-sharing, there might be someone going at a better time for you
that helped me out when i was in this same panic a few days ago!

[CmdrGravy]

liquuid_fusion, on Jul 10 2009, 11:53 AM, said:

You can still turn up at the train station, buy a ticket and hop on, i'm pretty sure.

Just because all the advance reservations are taken doesn't mean the train is actually full - i'm sure they don't employ people to check if the train is filled to capacity and stop people from boarding. That would be crazy!

On most of the Spanish inter-city type ( Talgo etc ) trains there is no concept of 'standing room'. You book a ticket and you get an assigned seat on an assigned train and if you don't have a ticket you don't get on. There are generally guards who take your tickets before you actually get on the train.

This seems strange to people used to the British rail system. I don't know but it may be because they are high speed trains people which you can't really cram to the rafters with people standing up since everyone would die if there was a crash.

This is not to say you won't be able to buy a ticket from the station just don't expect to rock up and cram yourself on the next train and get a ticket aboard it because it absolutely will not happen.

Edited by CmdrGravy, 13 July 2009 - 10:11 AM.