 Poster: A snowHead
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I have a Eurostar ticket that gets me to Bourg at 18:49, 28/03/2015. I need to get up the hill to Tignes le Lac with skis, boots and a bag. From their timetable on the web, it looks like the last Altibus leaves Bourg about 25 minutes before Eurostar arrives. That seems a bit bonkers. Have any of you good people got better information? If buses really are not available, how to I go about trying to share a taxi? Eighty Euros for a 35 minute solo ride really makes my eyes water. I'm not averse to sticking out my thumb, but I'm a bit out of practice. The Ostend-Katmandhu trip was a few decades ago....
Thank you.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sadly due to the regional reduction in bus subsidies that's it. You may get lucky with hitching but as its nearly dark and I assume you will be laden with baggage its going to be difficult. Best option is to ask around on the train/station for someone to share a taxi. €80 is the going rate - pretty much the same rate for a similar distance from Heathrow - it may smart but that's life.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks for the reply chocksaway. That's a bit grim. Does anybody know of some notice board somewhere to contact 'fellow sufferers? Thanks.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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You might get lucky on the "what's on in the tarentaise" or "tarentaise transfers" Facebook pages.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Also don't count to the ski train being on time. Last Saturday it was nearly an hour late by the time it got to Bourg, apparently it was due to snow.
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Oh well, at least it wasn't leaves on the line.
Ye Gods! This gets worse and worse! Eurostar is increasingly sounding like an utter bummer! Blooming expensive too. The Man on Seat 61 has a lot to answer for.
BTW, Thanks for the advice folks. It's greatly appreciated.
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| stevomcd wrote: |
| You might get lucky on the "what's on in the tarentaise" or "tarentaise transfers" Facebook pages. |
I would rather pay 80 Euros for a taxi than join Facebook.
Grump.
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found this on Mobisavoie.fr
Horaire/Mode Détails
19h38 Partir de l'arrêt : gare de Bourg-St-Maurice BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE
Marche
Marcher jusqu'à l'arrêt : GARE-ROUTIERE BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE
Durée : 5min Distance : 324m
Voir détail
place de la gare BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE
place du lieutenant castex BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE
avenue de l'arc-en-ciel BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE
19h45
Car T15 A l'arrêt : GARE-ROUTIERE BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE
Prendre la ligne : T15 Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Tignes
Vers : VAL-CLARET-GARE-ROUTIERE - TIGNES
Réseau : Belle Savoie Express
Durée : 1h00
Ticket : --
20h45 Arriver à l'arrêt : LE-LAC-GARE-ROUTIERE TIGNES Carte
Départ Arrivée Marche Car
To sum it up, it's a 19:44 departure from Bus station attached to the Bourg St Maurice railway station.
it will arrive at 20:45 at gare routiere in Tignes le lac
the bus route is T15
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From the paper timetable here in Tignes that service ran on the following Saturdays only: 20/12-3/01 and 7/02-7/03, confirmed by mobiesavoie.
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Thanks, chocksaway. I had already spotted that in the small print of their timetable. I phoned the tourist office in Tignes and they confirmed it.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED:
At Bourg St Maurice, stepping off Eurostar, I asked a couple of ski reps who were in charge of loading their tour coaches. The first rep said he was sorry but his bus was full. The Crystal rep took pity on me and handed me over to his beautiful sidekick on a coach. She dropped me off about 150 metres from my apartment. Thank you.
On the way back, a week later, I bought a 12 Euro bus ticket at the tourist office in Tignes le Lac. It was supposed to take from 9:40 hrs to 12:10 hrs on Saturday morning but arrived an hour and a half early. There's a market in Bourg to wander around to kill time and plenty of bars to frequent. It's a good idea to buy your bus ticket in advance....people were being turned away because the bus was full.
Crossing Paris on the way back from Gare de Lyon to Gare du Nord is easy if you buy some RER/Metro tickets at St Pancras before you leave the UK. I was laden down with skis/boots/clobber and didn't want the aggravation of fumbling with ticket machines. It's a good idea to allow an hour and a half to make the transfer across Paris by RER. I made it in thirty five minutes but allowed just under two hours so that it could be stress-free.
Good luck.
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