Premier/First Class Seats on the train

Mayoegian

What are these like? What difference (apart from the price:p) are there between these seats and the standard seats?

Thank you:)

KC61

On Dublin/Cork and Dublin/Belfast they are wider seats.

On all other routes they are the same seats.

On certain trains (denoted by a Knife and Fork symbol in the public timetable pdf files) there is at seat catering available to purchase.

Other than that you are in a coach away from the rest of the train.

Mayoegian

KC61 wrote: »

On Dublin/Cork and Dublin/Belfast they are wider seats.

On all other routes they are the same seats.

On certain trains (denoted by a Knife and Fork symbol in the public timetable pdf files) there is at seat catering available to purchase.

Other than that you are in a coach away from the rest of the train.

Is that all?? Sure there's no point in getting those tickets at all!

They won't be getting €46.50 off me!:p

Judgement Day

KC61 wrote: »

On Dublin/Cork and Dublin/Belfast they are wider seats.

On all other routes they are the same seats.

On certain trains (denoted by a Knife and Fork symbol in the public timetable pdf files) there is at seat catering available to purchase.

Other than that you are in a coach away from the rest of the train.

Except on the Limerick/Galway; Limerick/Ballybrophy; Limerick/Rosslare; Connolly/Rosslare and Connolly/Sligo routes were the peasants don't need 1st class.

Run_to_da_hills

You also get a nice window side lamp with Premier.

Do they have their own host / hostess? I know in some countries they do.

fh041205

Its much quieter on the Dublin/Belfast line. I remember travelling to Galway once sharing a carriage with the noisiest bunch of hooligans I've ever born witness too. That day I would have killed for a first class option no matter the cost, since the rest of the train was full.

eia340600

On Dublin-Cork/Belfast trains you get wider seats with recline and in-seat radio.Not sure about the other routes...

MysticalSoul

On the Belfast train it includes a meal too.

KC61

MysticalSoul wrote: »

On the Belfast train it includes a meal too.

As I said above the meals are available to purchase - they are not included in the ticket price.

Judgement Day

MysticalSoul wrote: »

On the Belfast train it includes a meal too.

That's a new one on me - are you sure?

fh041205

eia340600 wrote: »

in-seat radio

Did that ever work? Not for years anyway AFAIK.

MysticalSoul

Judgement Day wrote: »

That's a new one on me - are you sure?

Absolutely. I was given free first class tickets back in November that my brother had got via work, and both journeys included a free meal. Full breckie on the way up and dinner on the way back.

Peadar06

MysticalSoul wrote: »

Absolutely. I was given free first class tickets back in November that my brother had got via work, and both journeys included a free meal. Full breckie on the way up and dinner on the way back.

I travel quite a lot of the Dublin/Belfast first class, and never once have i received a free meal on it.:( I have been given the menu as soon as I board and get an option of being first to buy something.

Peter

KC61

MysticalSoul wrote: »

Absolutely. I was given free first class tickets back in November that my brother had got via work, and both journeys included a free meal. Full breckie on the way up and dinner on the way back.

You must have had special tickets, because I can assure you that the meals in first class are for purchase and not free.

I travelled reasonably regularly in First Class on the Enterprise at one stage and never got a free meal yet!

Here are the current Firstplus menus:
http://www.irishrail.ie/our_services/pdf/Enterprise%20Menu%20Monday-Friday%202008.pdf
http://www.irishrail.ie/our_services/pdf/Enterprise%20Weekend%20Menu%202008.pdf

Peadar06

More about Premier seats: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055961802

Peter

MysticalSoul

KC61 wrote: »

You must have had special tickets, because I can assure you that the meals in first class are for purchase and not free.

I travelled reasonably regularly in First Class on the Enterprise at one stage and never got a free meal yet!

Here are the current Firstplus menus:
http://www.irishrail.ie/our_services/pdf/Enterprise%20Menu%20Monday-Friday%202008.pdf
http://www.irishrail.ie/our_services/pdf/Enterprise%20Weekend%20Menu%202008.pdf

No one else in carriage paid for their meals either though, and there were no prices on the menu I was given - they didn't even check what type of ticket I had beforehand either. The only thing I could think of was maybe this was what they were doing after the train was operating again following the bridge collapse last year.

Judgement Day

Hell, don't you just love the exchange rate rates! Good to see that "rip-off" Ireland is alive and well in these straightened times. The Enterprise breakfast at £8.30 comes in at a staggering €12.20 - almost 50% dearer if you pay in Euros.

Enterprise Breakfast £8.30 / €12.20
Including bacon, egg, sausages,
pudding, potato bread, grilled
tomato, toast and soda / wheaten bread

Peadar06

And it is cheaper at the weekend.

Peter

Cookie_Monster

Judgement Day wrote: »

Hell, don't you just love the exchange rate rates! Good to see that "rip-off" Ireland is alive and well in these straightened times. The Enterprise breakfast at £8.30 comes in at a staggering €12.20 - almost 50% dearer if you pay in Euros.

Enterprise Breakfast £8.30 / €12.20
Including bacon, egg, sausages,
pudding, potato bread, grilled
tomato, toast and soda / wheaten bread

it is from 08, not current so those FX are more apt for then.

Judgement Day

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

it is from 08, not current so those FX are more apt for then.

I didn't notice that it was from '08 but anyway at no time has sterling been worth 50% more than the Euro - it's just the Nordies anti-Free State mentality combined with IE incompetence.

Incidentally what is the Dart referred to on the menu? It is DART and Luas! Who are Corporate Catering Services Ltd - what happened to Dubel? :rolleyes: