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yeah im going to try and get from Chambury to Livingio - I'm pretty sure my best bet is getting train to Milan station then train to tirano and then bus form there - anyone ever done this route ? Or anyone know of a 'quicker' route
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Andy_Mac, where to where? And where on earth is Tirano?
Do you perhaps mean Chambery (Airport) to Livigno? Via Turin?
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Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Sun 14-11-21 16:08; edited 1 time in total
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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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And where on earth is Tirano? |
Tirano is in Italy and is the nearest big town to Livigno (if that is where the OP is going).
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@rjs, thanks, every day is a school day PS edited Chambery for Champery
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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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Sorry guys -i always forget to put the detail - Yeah I'm staying in Bourg St Maurice, and the route to Livignio seems to be Bourg > Chambéry Challes-les-Eaux > Milan > Tirano > Livignio - going to be a long day!
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I think you will find that you need to take the Bernina Express into Switzerland and then get a bus over the pass see https://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes/bernina-express.htm for details of how to get to Tirano from Milan. No idea where you would change onto the bus I guess maybe Poschiavo or maybe even the top of the Bernina Pass. Wherever it is the buses will run to time and wait for connections (as always in Switzerland) but even so this is a long trek. It is a very remote inaccessible spot, hence the "duty free" status. See www.postauto.ch for bus timetables etc.
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thanks for the information mate
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@Andy_Mac, you might be better off getting over to the the Rhone valley via Chamonix. There will be reasonably straight forward connections on Swiss trains from Martigny to St Moritz.
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Yeah see what you mean, what ever route i seem to look at looks like a mission
Last edited by You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net. on Mon 15-11-21 20:26; edited 1 time in total
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The most convenient railhead for Livigno is not Tirano (IT), but Zernez (CH). There is a bus from Zernez to Livigno taking only 40 minutes (whereas from Tirano, you have to first take a bus to Bormio, then another one across a high pass (which I assume is cleared in winter) to Livigno.
Getting to Zernez from Bourg Saint Maurice in a day is quite the mission, but it is not impossible. You'd have to reach Geneva, then make your way across Switzerland via Zürich and Landquart. To cover the Swiss portion of the trip, make sure to buy a "Saver Day Pass" from the Swiss railways, 60 days in advance if possible, to make it affordable.
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you've got a point there - i can get back to geneva late on the 15th and then do geneva to zernex the next day - looks easier than the milan route Thanks mate!
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Additionally, if you do decide to spend a night en route, rather than changing trains in Landquart for Zernez, if the weather is OK consider staying on the train all the way to Chur, changing there to Samedan, then Zernez. It'll take an hour longer perhaps, with an extra connection, but the Albula Railway between Chur and Samedan is truly breathtaking. And it all costs the same if you have a day pass.
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