[Gocamino] Railway line Bayonne to St Jean Pied de Port.

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>From Tim's post, January 30, 2015:

> Some of you may already know that the line from Bayonne to SJPdP 
> suffered serious damage as the result of a massive storm and flood over 
> the night of 4/5th July last year.  The river Nive, normally placid at 
> that time of year, rose from a gentle trickle of 15 cu metres per second 
> to 800 cu metres per second.  The line was seriously damaged, both track 
> and bridges and many of us feared the cost would be so great that it 
> would never be repaired.
> 
> This, happily turns out not to be the case, SNCF and it's contractors 
> are now hard at work restoring and improving the line. At a cost of €40 
> million we will have an improved service completed by the end of October 
> this year.
> 
> This may not be of great benefit to those of you wanting to travel this 
> year, but the service is still running as a bus service and this 
> restoration project speaks volumes for the confidence shown by the 
> authorities in the importance of transport connections to St Jean Pied 
> de Port.Any word on the progress or completion of the repairs now that it is lateNovember?  I'm hopefully looking forward to taking the train all the way to SJPdP! ;-)Thanks!Happy trails!!!Jim