Really? I didn't know that. Actually I planned to travel along the north coast of Spain in July (when this will take place due to the Corona situation now). That will be in the feve and also these trains. Maybe I'll make a trip report on this as well than.

Thank you, this is what I'm doing it for.

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What's is the distance from Irun to hendaia by train

In the past, you likely took an SNCF train all the way to Irun, and a Renfe train back, but for some time, now, mostly to do with politics and the train companies not wanting to pay their staff more for driving in another country, both stop literally at the border. Irun is just opposite the river after Hendaye, it's doable walking (I'd say it's about half an hour walk between the two main stations), but when you have a suburban train going every half hour to Donostia/San Sebastián, especially when the Irun Colón station is just a few minutes walk from where Renfe leaves, almost everybody takes Euskotren. And especially with the limited service on the Renfe Cercanias line 1 between Irun and San Sebastián (it's an irregular service at the moment with 40-50' intervals), because of the big engineering for the new high speed line they are building, Euskotren is more appealing, so unless you get a ticket for one of the rare AVEs still departing Irun... It's just a shame that Euskotren is not included in the international travel planners. I really think Euskotren should pass on their information to Hafas and the likes. Even if you can't get a through ticket, it would at the very least show people like you that, yes, a train can get you across into Spain at the Basque side.

Aaahh cool, I do have (already edited) a video on the other Euskotren route as well that I'll upload later thus year or early next year.

I know, renfe is honestly one of the worst railway companies in Europe. CP might run this service by them selves though, there are some rumours.

Absolutely.

it's about 40' from Donostia to Hendaia, so yes, it is more a commuter type train. And within Donostia, the combined frequency of all lines on this part of the network gives a respectable frequency of 7.5' headway. And soon (it should have been ready, but you know what all happened the last few years), a new loop and station will mean that Amara station is going to be replaced with a through station and an underground loop serving even more parts of the city, making it really like a metro. Euskotren also has some more regional trains (on the line to Bilbao, taking 2 hours) which are a little more comfortable, and have a toilet. It's still meter gauge, of course, so you can't get much wider. A bus to Bilbao is probably faster...

I hope this trip report can answer your questions. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isuAfMpnmZ_Jg4U.htmlsi=GoYDCbDJq_TziXGE

Of course not, it's European Union + Schengen so open borders.

@@Trainviking thank you for reply .

@@Trainviking Schengen didn't seem to mean much when I lived in the area for half a year in 2019. The French police would be checking passports at the exit to Hendaye more often than not. Although that was before the temporary station was put up. I have never met any Spanish border police though.

There is no border police or control 🛂. Make sure you buy your ticket 🎟️