2023-09-29 19:58:00
Order in the docks of the Compostela bus station. JOHN A. SOLER
The chaos of last Friday disappears, order prevails, but the influx of travelers is such that it shows the need to multiply frequencies and capacity
29 sep 2023 . Updated at 8:21 p.m.
The collapse has come to the Santiago de Compostela intermodal station to stay. Full trains, busy buses and students pulling their hair out while refreshing the Renfe website have been a constant since the university course began. The enormous need does not increase the supply and it does not seem that there will be changes in the transports of the Galician Atlantic Axis that make them increase their capacity or their number of frequencies, despite the fact that they are by far the most requested by travelers from the capital.
It wasn’t last Friday, that’s clear.. There were no lines coming out of the buildings nor Monbus workers moving passengers by arm to get them to the right window. In the bus station docks, there is no trace of concern for fear that the vehicle will not appear or its capacity will overflow. None of that, but movement and travelers, which is just what a terminal like Santiago’s should have.
The bus station ticket windows, without long queues. JOHN A. SOLER
Even so, few seats are free on the buses that go to A Coruao Vigo. This is because users who have been left out of the trains jump onto the asphalt, as is the case of Sabela, a Ribeirense Early Childhood Education student who had to travel from A Corua to Santiago by bus, to catch a connection there. native village. On another occasion she would do it by train, but the demand is so great that it fills the buses and many people are left coldcoma min.
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Guillermo Pérez and They affirm that this afternoon the station can get closer to normal, even though they have missed the bus they wanted to take when they arrived at the ticket office because it was full, resigning themselves to the next frequency. There remains evidence, therefore, that The problem is everyday and actions are required.
The platform, packed with passengers waiting for the train to Vigo. JOHN A. SOLER
As for the train station, more of the same. Order prevailed, although it is true that there are very few aspiring passengers who buy their ticket right there. Whoever stands on the platform is because he knows he is going up, like Luca and Cristina, two students from the University of Santiago (USC) originally from Catoira, where they are heading by train. In our case, we have already reserved a place for the whole month and also for November, indicate the young women, aware of the problems of getting on a train.
Luca and Cristina, from Catoira, about to embark to their hometown. JOHN A. SOLER
A needle in a haystack
The exception is María Veiga and her friend Ana, from Viveiro, who go from Santiago to A Corua on the four-thirty in the afternoon train. It seems that we have been lucky, because buying the ticket from the machine has helped us, the young woman congratulated herself. This occurs thanks to the gaps left by those who give up their place at the last minute, many more than they seem since the Government bonuses were implemented.
Pablo Fuentes and his friend Alvaro Castro, USC students who are leaving for Vigo by train. JOHN A. SOLER
Another of the lucky ones like María is Pablo Fuentes, a student of Business Administration and Management (ADE) at USC, who got a ticket by purchasing it the same morning yesterday. He knows how difficult his feat is, because he recognizes that as of October he already has reserved all the seats he needs on Fridays and Sundays. If I have achieved it today it has been thanks to I spent since midday reloading the Renfe page, until a square appeared, and I went for it. He will have to row again in November, since the entire month is already busy and I couldn’t buy tickets.
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