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Lonely Planet: Dublin to Madrid by Train

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  • 29-03-2022 2:20pm
    #1
    MyLove4Satan
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭


    What a shame they don't mentioned that the train station at Rosslare Harbour was deliberately moved away from the ferry terminal and timetables changed to not connect with the trains as an attempt by Irish Rail management to kill the lines off leading to the ferry terminal (which they did to one). I will never forget about 20 years ago the Irish Rail CEO on RTE telling foot ferry passengers to 'use the bus instead' - the boss of a rail company no less.


    https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/travel/2022/0329/1289073-lonely-planet-names-dublin-in-list-of-europes-top-train-journeys/



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    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Bit more of a problem than Irish Rail here - Brittany Ferries don't take foot or pushbike passengers!



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    sudocremegg
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭sudocremegg


    I feel like the people who write these articles do absolutely zero research and have never even done the journey themselves. Maybe just looked at a map and wrote up a BS article to meet some quota for their boss.

    The best one I ever saw was about 2 years ago, that article about how the train from Waterford to Limerick was being touted as the most scenic rail tour in Ireland, or something along those lines.



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    whisky_galore
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118857047#Comment_118857047

    Why is this day and age is that acceptable? Is it a money saving measure not having to deal with foot or bicycle passengers?



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    L1011
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118914680#Comment_118914680

    If the vessel and ports don't have passenger doors and matching linkspans/walkways you need to arrange buses which are a capital and operating cost that a few extra passengers won't cover.

    Even using walkways has some operational cost.



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    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,373 ✭✭✭cml387


    I watched a youtube video recently of a Scottish guy taking the night ferry from Dublin Port to Holyhead.

    He was a foot passenger and there were actually signs forbidding pedestrians from the approach to the port. (I suppose he could have taken the bus).



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    mikeybhoy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭mikeybhoy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118915333#Comment_118915333

    Could it not be made a licensing or some sort of operational requirement that all ferry operators and ports put the facilities in place to take foot passengers in order to maintain a route.



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    L1011
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118933208#Comment_118933208

    Not a lot of licencing requirements can be put on intra-EU international routes; and for marginal routes they'd just leave anyway.



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