It is also known to be the highest taxing paying country in the entire continent. The people residing in Andorra are popular due to their high life expectancy in the entire globe with an average of 83.5 years as per 2007 estimate.
Andorra does not have any train station in the country. It is basically located in mountain ranges. Therefore it is not possible for any train to reach there. Eurostar provide the easiest services to the passengers in reaching Andorra from London via Paris.The passenger need to avail the services of overnight train which reaches l’Hospitalet près l’Andorre train station which is very close to Andorra. Passenger need to get into the bus in order to reach different cities located in Andorra.
Train network in Andorra:
In Andorra, there is no rail network or train stations available in any city and any other station which is located close to the Spanish border. There is a train station in l’Hospitalet which is located few miles away from Andorra Border. Passengers can avail overnight sleeper train from Paris to l’Hospitalet , which provides services to the passengers. There is a bus services which enables the passengers to reach Andorra.
There are two nearest train stations from Andorra which are known by the name as L’Hospitalet and Puigcerdà. L’Hospitalet is one of the nearest railway station located in domestic territory of France and is situated 3kms away from Andorra Border
Puigcedra is located in domestic territory of Spain and is located 80 km away from Andorra Border.
Train ticket fare to Andorra:
Eurostar train ticket fare from London to Paris is just 59 pounds from Paris to Andorra, the passenger need to pay at least 20 euros in a chair car or 40 euro for traveling in sleeper car with berth facility for overnight journey. After getting out from train, the passenger need to pay just between 8-10 euros for traveling for availing the bus service to enter the domestic territory of Andorra.
Train timings from London to Andorra:
- Passenger need to board the Eurostar train which departs from London St Pancras train station at 16:25 hrs and reach Paris around 19:45 hrs in early night hours. Get connected to Gare d’Austerlitz availing the metro service from Paris Gare du Nord.
- Passenger need to avail the services of sleeper train which provides overnight services to the passengers who are looking to reach l’Hospitalet près l’Andorre. The train departs from Paris at 21:56 hrs. and reach near domestic territory of Andorra in the early morning hours which is 07:20 hrs.
- All the facilities are available to the passengers in the sleeper trains which run from Paris to Andorra such as 1st class facility with four sleeping berth coaches, 2nd class 6 berth coaches. It also have the facility of 2nd class chair car coach. But it does not run on 24th and 31st December.
- The bus service is available for passengers from 07:35 hrs in the morning in order to help them entering the domestic territory of Andorra. The bus reaches various cities of Andorra at frequent intervals.
How to book train tickets for Andorra :
The best way to buy train tickets for Andorra is through booking the train tickets using internet facility. The passenger can book the train tickets for Eurostar which departs from London for Paris and then from Paris for Andorra through internet or logging it into different train ticket reservation website.
- Train tickets are booked by phone are sent at the address mentioned. Only UK related credit cards are accepted while making payments. Train tickets can be collected at London St Pancras Railway Station at the time of train departure.
- Train ticket reservation need to be made 90 days before the desired day of traveling. In order to save money and to check the cheap fares, then passengers need to check the train ticket fare in partition from London to Paris and then from Paris to Andorra.
- Train tickets which are booked online are usually sent to the UK residential address of the concerned person who has booked the ticket for the journey. The passenger usually received the original train ticket after couple of days from the day of booking.