I suddenly find myself with the first week in July to kill, and Corsica once again stands out as an uncoloured-in section of my Thomas Cook map of Europe.
Anyone know if the railway network is likely to be functioning, or will it (as with every other time I've looked at it) be suppressed and/or service autobus owing to engineering/forest fires/the trains don't work/because it's French and not a TGV to Paris?
> I suddenly find myself with the first week in July to kill, and Corsica
> once again stands out as an uncoloured-in section of my Thomas Cook map
> of Europe.
> Anyone know if the railway network is likely to be functioning, or will
> it (as with every other time I've looked at it) be suppressed and/or
> service autobus owing to engineering/forest fires/the trains don't
> work/because it's French and not a TGV to Paris?
(aller-retour = both directions)
There is a ticket for 49 € that allows to use the network for 7 days.
Downloading the actual timetables requires a log-in with nickname, password, e-mail address and birth date. First time I have seen it that complicated ....
>> I suddenly find myself with the first week in July to kill, and Corsica
>> once again stands out as an uncoloured-in section of my Thomas Cook map
>> of Europe.
>> Anyone know if the railway network is likely to be functioning, or will
>> it (as with every other time I've looked at it) be suppressed and/or
>> service autobus owing to engineering/forest fires/the trains don't
>> work/because it's French and not a TGV to Paris?
> (aller-retour = both directions)
> There is a ticket for 49 € that allows to use the network for 7 days.
Thanks! So it looks like it might finally be worth a shot.
> Downloading the actual timetables requires a log-in with nickname,
> password, e-mail address and birth date. First time I have seen it
> that complicated ....
At least they left off the "beware of the leopard" sign. And I wonder why I didn't find it...
On Monday, 18 June 2012 20:00:42 UTC+1, Arthur Figgis wrote:
> (pushes past the tumbleweeds)
> I suddenly find myself with the first week in July to kill, and Corsica > once again stands out as an uncoloured-in section of my Thomas Cook map > of Europe.
> Anyone know if the railway network is likely to be functioning, or will > it (as with every other time I've looked at it) be suppressed and/or > service autobus owing to engineering/forest fires/the trains don't > work/because it's French and not a TGV to Paris?
> -- > Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK
I could be a good time to visit. The new AMG-800s are finally working but only 7 out of 12 have been delivered so far so this summer might present a last chance to take one of the old boneshakers (non aircon/opening windows) over the mountains. There should still be ancient trains trundling along the 'tramways' at the ends of the lines.
http://www.corsicabus.org is a useful site (English&French) with current rail timetables and info but not (as yet) times from 2 July.
> On 22/06/2012 11:50, jon_passen...@hotmail.com wrote:
>> I could be a good time to visit.
> Thanks. Unfortunately I looked at accommodation prices, and changed my
> mind!
July is peak season so that doesn't surprise me.
> Next - and not entirely unrelated - question; does Slovakia have any
> kind of national rail pass suitable for tourists?
> There is single country interrail, but at ~EUR127 for six days, does it
> make sense, other than for the convenience?
InterRail is the only one, there is no alternative pass except one just for the Tatra Mountain system. So, yes, purely for convenience is the only reason for getting one as it will probably be hard to spend EUR 20 a day on tickets.
Interesting system, was there a few weeks back and went like clockwork in so far as reliability.
