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Orihuela train station Ticket Office Opening times

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:05pm
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Can anyone tell me if Orihuela train station has a manned ticket office.  We need to buy Tarjeta Dorada.  We are in Pilar and the 2 travel agents we went to locally both said we could not buy from them but had to go to Alicante station or Orihuela Train station.  Any info on opening times, confirmation it is manned and parking situation much appreciated.  

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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:32pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:32pm

Tarjeta dorada is or was available from travel agents mine took 5mins online they charged 10 e  6 + 4 Como perhaps  they didn't like their share or wanted to book train at same time to justify working

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 1:07pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 1:07pm

teddy2 wrote on Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:32pm:

Tarjeta dorada is or was available from travel agents mine took 5mins online they charged 10 e  6 + 4 Como perhaps  they didn't like their share or wanted to book train at same time to justify working

Thanks that’s what we understood and tried and failed so our options are Alicante train station or Orihuela train station which is closer.  It is not available online but you can renew online once you have a card which can only be bought from train station or Travel agents (except ours in Pilar!). Any info on my original question much appreciated as we are happy to travel but don’t want a wasted journey if the station is not manned.  Thanks again.  

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:42pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:42pm

xcaliber wrote on Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:05pm:

Can anyone tell me if Orihuela train station has a manned ticket office.  We need to buy Tarjeta Dorada.  We are in Pilar and the 2 travel agents we went to locally both said we could not buy from them but had to go to Alicante station or Orihuela Train station.  Any info on openin...

 

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...g times, confirmation it is manned and parking situation much appreciated.  

Many thanks 

Update for anyone else who is also looking to do what we did.  Because we didn’t get any information on the forum we chanced it and drove to Orihuela train station.  It was manned and took 5 minutes to hand over our TIE (Residence card) and 6€ For each card.  The card is more like a thick piece of paper about the thickness of the tickets you get out of a machine like at Alicante Airport …..we though for one year it would be like a credit card or the British Rail discount card in the U.K….  it will be easily creased or chewed up by the dog so best keep it somewhere it will not get too damaged.   If driving to Orihuela train station there is paid parking opposite the station and very cheap 30c for 30 minutes ….you don’t need more than 30 mins.  You can pay cash or credit card.  You have to enter your car registration number and you will see on the screen the various parking rates - they are not posted anywhere so you only know what the rates are once you put your car registration in.
Hope this helps anyone else trying to get the card and can’t get it at their local travel agents. 

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