Trains or coaches?
 

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)?

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:

Trains, so relaxing

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

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.

do you have trains in ireland yet? serious question

:rolleyes:

…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…

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.

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

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.

…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…

…that actually sounds pretty glorious…:lovedup:…

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!!

yeah definitely

Do you have electricity ?

:laugh:

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

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


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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.

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.

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

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.