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patiboo Mar 12th, 2010 12:18 PM

Advance Train Tickets: Madrid to Toledo?
 
Having traveled through Italy and not getting train tickets in advance, I'm reading it's necessary to do so in Spain. We arrive 7:30am to Madrid and plan on going directly to Toledo to stay 2 nights. Another question: Renfe website indicates English but it reverts to Spanish to buy tickets? Suggestions on both? Thanks so much.

Paul1950 Mar 12th, 2010 12:28 PM

Search renfe under advanced search above. You will find a lot of recent information. Persistence is a real virtue when dealing with renfe.com, but it will work.

Flame123 Mar 12th, 2010 01:28 PM

We were told that Madrid-Toledo-Madrid is a very popular route and were advised that when we bought our early morning tickets TO Toledo we should also then get our return tickets to Madrid for that evening. If you are flexible with times, I guess you can wait, if not I think it is better to buy beforehand.

danon Mar 12th, 2010 01:30 PM

agree with PP, we could not get the ticket ( the time we wanted) on the same day.

patiboo Mar 13th, 2010 10:06 AM

Thanks for your replies. Despite me attempting to reserve on the renfe website, it reverts to spanish after I put in the destinations. I can't find the advanced search tab. Help?

Alec Mar 13th, 2010 10:44 AM

Follow Tripadvisor's latest (March 5th 2010) tutorial on booking tickets on Renfe site:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g1...s.Online..html

Man_in_seat_61 Mar 14th, 2010 04:24 AM

Follow the advice on www.seat61.com/Europe-train-tickets.htm in the 'How to use the Spanish rail website' section.

You start in Spanish (DO NOT switch to English on their home page), THEN switch to English bottom left when the results page appears.

patiboo Mar 15th, 2010 08:43 AM

Thanks, Alec and Man in the set 61. Are you the author/creator of the website to which you referred me? Good stuff.

Ifnotnow_when Mar 15th, 2010 01:54 PM

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