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The Emerald Isle Express

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  • #32
    The_Wanderer
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    Jamie2k9 wrote: »
    Back in 2015

    http://www.railtoursireland.com/train-tour/The-Ireland-8-Day-Rail-Land-Cruise-and-Castle-Tour/st2014/

    Has been advertised since the start of the 2014 one :)


  • #33
    trellheim
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    ouch to that price


  • #34
    LXFlyer
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    trellheim wrote: »
    ouch to that price

    The tour participants are having full board in 5 star hotels around the country, along with their own private train for a week.

    Do you seriously think that's going to be particularly cheap?


  • #35
    The_Wanderer
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    lxflyer wrote: »

    Do you seriously think that's going to be particularly cheap?

    Some people obviously do!

    But I do know, from chasing the train and talking to the passengers on the train at Mallow and during a night out in Killarney that they had a whale of a time.


  • #36
    Grandeeod
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    Losty Dublin wrote: »
    It wasn't that long ago when a few souls cried foul when Irish Rail spring cleaned some Mark 3's for an IRRS rail tour. Now a few souls suggest Irish Rail should do the same thing only on a grand scale and with no benefit for bread and butter passengers.

    Only spotted this as the thread was revistited.

    There is FA comparison between a cleaned up MK3 IRRS tour for rabid spotters/enthusiasts and a dedicated luxury tour aimed at tourists. Nor should you even bring the "bread and butter" passenger issue into it. CIE Tours International have done this **** for years on coaches and it is not beyond any reasonable comprehension to expect IE itself to investigate the possibilities of doing it by train. However, a private company has decided to take the initiative and I have no doubt that they will make a success out of it, despite the fact that IE could have explored the possibility themselves.

    Despite the negative feedback of CIE on these forums, they had the marketing power to do this themselves.


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  • #37
    Cookie_Monster
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    lxflyer wrote: »
    The tour participants are having full board in 5 star hotels around the country, along with their own private train for a week.

    Do you seriously think that's going to be particularly cheap?

    It seems reasonable enough to me tbh. It's not cheap but any stretch of the imagination but you do get a lot for your money.


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