Trains or coaches?

[Redway]

For those of you who travel across the nation (etc.) and you’re not travelling by car, how do you prefer to do it? By train or by coach (like National Express)?

[UserSince2005]

Well train obviously. Who would pick a coach? Having said that when traveling in India I do love a premium sleeper bus. They are so much fun and I am an expert at getting to sleep and waking up fresh in a new city.

[Benjamin]

Well train obviously. Who would pick a coach? Having said that when traveling in India I do love a premium sleeper bus. They are so much fun and I am an expert at getting to sleep and waking up fresh in a new city.

Did you ever get a sleeper train in India? Of all my worldwide train journeys the Indian sleep train was by far the most memorable:laugh:

[Cherie]

Trains, so relaxing

[Niamh.]

I don't really use public transport much, I do love Trains but there's not really much opportunity in everyday life to get on one, If I wanted to go somewhere from where I live there's no trains anyway, I'd have no choice but to take a bus if I wasn't driving for whatever reason

[UserSince2005]

Did you ever get a sleeper train in India? Of all my worldwide train journeys the Indian sleep train was by far the most memorable:laugh:

no thanks I knew that would not be a good idea seeing the state of the trains during the day, the closest i did to sleeping on a train was catching a 4am train out of Puducherry, that was an ordeal enough, and it wasnt even busy nor in the north of the country where the people are much more full on lets say.

[UserSince2005]

I don't really use public transport much, I do love Trains but there's not really much opportunity in everyday life to get on one, If I wanted to go somewhere from where I live there's no trains anyway, I'd have no choice but to take a bus if I wasn't driving for whatever reason

do you have trains in ireland yet? serious question

[Niamh.]

do you have trains in ireland yet? serious question

:rolleyes:

[Ammi]

…I like trains, there are a few short steam train journeys in these here parts which I’ve been on quite a few times …but rarely do a longer journey on a train…the Orient Express, though…that’s a bucket list thing I want to do some day…lots and lots of money, though…

[UserSince2005]

:rolleyes:

sorry looked up now and see you do,
it was just i remember having to take a bus from the airport when i went to Dublin and dont remember any seeing any trains or metro when i was in the city.

[Niamh.]

…I like trains, there are a few short steam train journeys in these here parts which I’ve been on quite a few times …but rarely do a longer journey on a train…the Orient Express, though…that’s a bucket list thing I want to do some day…lots and lots of money, though…

aww same, that's my dream trip :flutter:

Driving is just much more convenient for me mostly. If i was going to Dublin and didn't want to drive for some reason I'd rather take a train, it's hard to justify the price difference though between a train ticket and a coach

[UserSince2005]

…I like trains, there are a few short steam train journeys in these here parts which I’ve been on quite a few times …but rarely do a longer journey on a train…the Orient Express, though…that’s a bucket list thing I want to do some day…lots and lots of money, though…

I recomend the sleeper train from Bulawayo to Victoria falls. very old and slow but not expensive and you wake up in a national park and can spot wildlife from your bed.

[Ammi]

aww same, that's my dream trip :flutter:

Driving is just much more convenient for me mostly. If i was going to Dublin and didn't want to drive for some reason I'd rather take a train, it's hard to justify the price difference though between a train ticket and a coach

…yeah, I know what you mean with the cost…the car is to get there and a practical means whereas a train journey is more of an experience/luxury thing, isn’t it…for me, anyway…

[Ammi]

I recomend the sleeper train from Bulawayo to Victoria falls. very old and slow but not expensive and you wake up in a national park and can spot wildlife from your bed.

…that actually sounds pretty glorious…:lovedup:…

[Beso]

Tried the coach for travelling between London and Edinburgh when I first moved down to London..unbearable, I got off at scotch corner one time as it was so bad. Always trains after that escapade.

As a 17yr old, I worked in London for about 6 months as a trainee chef,(I used to peel michael aspals carrots) got on the national Express like Jimmy Somerville in edinburgh..about 10 miles out of edinburgh the bus jakey sat next to me started offering me a drink of his whiskey, I declined.. and 2 hours later was left with a very satisfying and smug look on my face as he stood up and vomited all over the elderly couple sat in front of us....hes no with me!!

[Niamh.]

…yeah, I know what you mean with the cost…the car is to get there and a practical means whereas a train journey is more of an experience/luxury thing, isn’t it…for me, anyway…

yeah definitely

[Benjamin]

:rolleyes:

Do you have electricity ?

[Niamh.]

Do you have electricity ?

:laugh:

[thesheriff443]

I would choose a train over a coach
And if i had to go to Scotland I would choose to fly

Had a bit of a disaster in London in November
Lost three one day travel cards and had to buy individual tickets for tubes then train

Had the receipt but they wouldn’t replace the tickets

[Ammi]

Do you have electricity ?

…don’t need it, one potato can light up a room for over a month…


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a-potato-battery-can-light-up-a-room-for-over-a-month-180948260/

[Crimson Dynamo]

I traveled 5000 km by bus in Oz https://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/nega.png

I prefer the train

[Livia]

I traveled 5000 km by bus in Oz https://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/nega.png

I prefer the train

Jezuz... I bet you couldn't feel your arse afterwards. I went to Austria on a coach years ago, that was enough for me. I like trains... I like the motion of them, it puts me to sleep.

[Benjamin]

I traveled 5000 km by bus in Oz https://fi.somethingawful.com/images/smilies/nega.png

I prefer the train

Omg I did a long bus journey on the greyhound bus in Aus too. Was by far one of the worst and longest journeys ever and never would I do that again.

[thesheriff443]

I think my brother went on a coach to Spain
Made him ill he flew back home

[joeysteele]

I mostly drive everywhere I have to be.

However it would always be train I'd choose on the occasions I wasn't driving myself.

[Niamh.]

Omg I did a long bus journey on the greyhound bus in Aus too. Was by far one of the worst and longest journeys ever and never would I do that again.

Me and Gav went to Melbourne a few years back, just a short trip for a friends wedding, one of the days we said we'd do a bus tour to Sydney, they gave us the wrong meeting point and had to transport us to where the coach actually was leaving from so by the time we got there we were last on, there was only two seats left, not next to each other, two window seats one in front of the other, the people each of us were sitting next to were a husband and wife who refused to sit next to each other because they'd had an argument that morning and didn't want to be next to each other :skull: We decided to get off at the first stop, make our own way home and get a refund from the company :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I remember the good old days when a massive BBC rapist paedo would tell you all about how
relaxing taking the train was

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:flutter:

[Livia]

I mostly drive everywhere I have to be.

However it would always be train I'd choose on the occasions I wasn't driving myself.

Me too. I take the train in to work in London but there aren't any bus routes near us so we have to drive everywhere.

[MTVN]

I generally prefer trains but the delays, cancellations and overcrowding can make it quite unpleasant. Spent too many journeys standing up crushed against the luggage rack.

At least on a coach you're guaranteed a seat and it's about a third of the cost

[Benjamin]

Me and Gav went to Melbourne a few years back, just a short trip for a friends wedding, one of the days we said we'd do a bus tour to Sydney, they gave us the wrong meeting point and had to transport us to where the coach actually was leaving from so by the time we got there we were last on, there was only two seats left, not next to each other, two window seats one in front of the other, the people each of us were sitting next to were a husband and wife who refused to sit next to each other because they'd had an argument that morning and didn't want to be next to each other :skull: We decided to get off at the first stop, make our own way home and get a refund from the company :laugh:

You would have been better off flying up. :laugh:

[Niamh.]

You would have been better off flying up. :laugh:

On the plus side the place we got off was the Beach at the end of Point Break - Bells Beach so we saw that at least :laugh: