This afternoon.
Hueston Station, Dublin.
The Belmond Grand Hibernian, the first luxury sleeper touring train in Ireland leaves for Cork. Passengers left in comfort not experienced on an Irish rail network since the British were here.
How comfy?
Ah here.
Belmond Grand Hibernian cabins
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Everywhere, the metro tiles.
€15000+ a week!
Not exactly in the “affordable” range…
Typical 1% banker politicians charging so much that the honest Irish people can’t afford it.
Why all the anger?
Stick around here, you’ll get used to it.
And there are way fancier trains you could take if you had that much money anyway.
Can ye use it if you have a travel pass?
Isn’t there something irrelevant about sleeper carriages in a country where typically the longest A to B train journey could be at most 4 hours?
Its basically a hotel that moves – and there are contrived routings that would not be done by scheduled services to increase the journey times.
Contrived routings? While I’m asleep?
No, the movement is done by day; it stops overnight at places.
The services its modelled on do much the same – very little actual overnight travel. And they’re popular.
You have to remember this is targeted at rich misty eyed yanks and people who regularly go on similar services – not Irish tourists. So its not going to make much sense to us.
The rail journeys seem fairly uninteresting. Lots of dreary countryside and a succession of grim towns.
Till you hit Limerick Junction that is..
the halting site outside portlaois will be mighty viewing for them
less of a hassle than renting an afternoon hotel room in Catholic Ireland ?
Probably takes into account some waiting at Limerick Junction.
I’d love to watch this pass through Clondalkin.
Why exactly is that?
For the reasons you suspect.
I’m also curious about those reasons given your history of staunchly defending the working classes from those awful Dublin 4 types.
I don’t defend feral ruffians though. No excuse.
Fatboy stereotyping is ok, though, right?
Mr T got his trolling accounts mixed up again.
And perhaps also Broombridge?
Don’t think Broombridge is as bad as it was when the trains just stopped stopping there!
Where is Clondalkin?
Why should you mind? You haven’t left the house since Munich.
Bravo! That was glorious.
Here’s an idea. Go fupp yourself.
The stile high club?
Snazzy
I love trains me, but jaysus thats some price.
Yes please, love a posh train
Ha ha! Whats the point? The country is tiny, there’s no overnight long journeys. Who is going to pay for this?
There’s also a phase 2 rollout of luxury yachts on Loch Derg and “camping” helicopters based out of Casement in an effort to improve the lot of every day people through supply side economics. These beds aren’t going to make themselves!
I don’t think you understand what ‘supply-side economics’ means…
Tourists.
Americans
Siderodromophiliacs?
Ah here
The buses are going on strike
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The Luas lads are only back t’work
Nice to see Stephen Donnelly back to work.
The inaugural trips are free to people of means who act as guinea pigs for gauging the needs pushy demanding lords and ladies who love to be waited on.
Seems like normal Irish rail prices to me!
Looks like they share a designer with Costa, the coffee people.
More than a touch of mobile home chic in there too.
Yes, I saw the original photo blurbs and thought….. not very nice.
Like a pile of money spent, but…. I suppose it’s the target market’s idea of ‘lux living’ maybe
Oh yes, it’s Heuston. So it is.
Kathryn Thomas will be trying to get her old travel show job back now.
Gabriel? That you?
Ah great. Think I’ll go for —– 20 winks
At least it’s cheaper than GWR in the UK.
But €7,722 for Grand Tour?
jaysus – you could stay in four-star hotels every night and hire a chaffeur every day instead for that price.
Please mind the gap between the train and your income…
*claps*
Wait til you see the bus they need to take between Newry and Dundalk!!!!