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It's a fantastic service for regulars. Not so much for occasional users. You can buy a 6 month unlimited pass for $550 (or $420 if you slum it with the screaming kids in cattle class). And that isn't just Canberra. It includes all NSW Trainlink booked seat trains and connecting coaches across NSW and slightly into neighbouring states. Just make a phone call or use the web interface to make a free seat reservation. I used to travel every weekend before my mother up in Sydney had aged care home support services all worked out. Just hunkered down with an iPad and learned where all the mobile blackspots were, so I'd have cached video queued up.

My first reaction was to protest about the implied premise in the title. How can you make a sweeping, generalized assessment based on only one example? But thankfully? AC brought its usual form, that is mediocrity in all its aspect. How typical, how embarrassing!‼

The problem with people talking about flight times is that they never account for how early you have to get there to get through security, and make sure to get to your gate early for boarding, etc, etc. If I have the option, I will take a longer train journey when I can just walk up to the platform and step onto a train any day! Last time flying to Canberra was a nightmare, and I only flew because all the train seats were already booked

Have done this a couple of times with the Family for a holiday to Sydney from Canberra.. It's more comfortable than the bus, just because of leg room - but it's bloody uncomfortable.

Give Rex a go. Ive done 3 flights with them in the past month BNE to MEL return. Great product. Nice little lounge in T4 Melbourne too. Bar opens at 3.00pm.

I travel from Casino in northern NSW to Sydney at least once a year. There are two trains, the day train and the night train with a sleeper carriage. The trip is about 850km and takes 11 hours. On the day train, the sleeper cabins are converted to a three seat compartment with all the leg room you could possibly need, and as I'm 194cm, I need a lot. The NSW Government gives pensioners four free journeys on trains every year. I use two of my free journeys for the trip to Sydney. They are economy class but with the addition of $45 for the return journey, I get one of the day-sitter seats. Very often, I am the only person in the compartment so I can stretch out. The buffet car provides hot meals, drinks and snacks. The train is clean and comfortable, and showers and toilets are shared between two day-sitter compartments. I cant fly, drive or take the bus from Casino to Sydney return for $45 so why would I not take the train?

How did you rate aer lingus, ryanair ,quite sure you were a bit biased,I.e. aer lingus uses single aisle aircraft on some Atlantic routes and Ryanair well everybody knows them

Can anyone speak to camera for more than 8 words without the need to jumpcut!? 😕

Pitiful excuse for an international airline, Even worse is WestJet, Yes , Canadians hate both.

I want to go from lagos zu Lissabon by train. Whats the best option to book a ticket?

Man they definitely owe you a few free stays for this.

As a Canadian I can sadly say that most Asian airlines like we’re talking budget like air Asia are better than Air Canada!

I'm going to be doing this route in a couple of weeks. I've travelled by daytime before but this will be my first overnight crossing. Do they allocate your cabin number/key when you check in before boarding?

Are you kidding. Air Canada’s motto is “We aren’t happy until you’re not happy!” On a return flight from Tokyo to Toronto last November Business class they ran out of Business class dinners by the time they got to my wife. But not to leave it at that, they ran out of business class breakfasts too. All for $8,000 per person. I booked a flight from Miami to Toronto in December. The flight was to depart at 4:30. I arrive in Miami at 8:00 am on a transatlantic cruise. AC just changed my flight to 12:20. If my ship is even an hour late I will miss my flight.

What cabin number was this?

The scenerry is great, The servie is lousy, like all NSW 'high speed' trains. And there are not very many f them y the way. :-( A trip to Brisbane or Melbourne or Bubbo is simply agony. The food is nasty and the coffee absolutely terruble. It's all embarrassing to me, and Australian.:-(

We usually stay in benedicts whilst in belfast.... quite good value

Almost as colourful a town as Kinsale!

I had the misfortune of being a (paying) passenger on the very first timetabled Canberra X'plorer revenue service in December 1993. It broke down repeatedly between Central and Campbelltown and just this part (from memory) took almost 2.5 hours.I disembarked at Campbelltown, which was few stations earlier than I'd planned. Not a great start. The government also trialled a tilt train on the line in the mid 90's. The alignment is so constrained that the tilt train could only tilt for very short periods, thereby making time savings negligible. Oops.

The Canberra rail station is ridiculously positioned in the middle of nowhere. Especially bad if taking to train to Canberra to go to museums, art gallery etc. It is a long way from the station to where things are, and the buses are slow and take a circuitous route. The best thing about an early morning train is the kangaroos, especially in the Lake George area.

More Pablo E please!!!! Watch your view count skyrocket!!!!

Fab.

I enjoyed this video; I want to visit Columbia!

Great vlog as always 🤩

I'd much rather the train then bus/coach, flying is probably better if you don't want to spend half the day on the train but if you are in no rush then the train is good.

Amazing how few people were on your flight!

Feedback, the audio is only on the left? :(

The only reason to do it is if your final destination is in the Campbelltown area

A lovely way to travel when you have the time. It’s a beautiful trip with lovely diverse scenery and an interesting arrival into the dense urban jungles of western Sydney. My grandfather died on the train in the late 1950’s and they took him off at Bundanoon and put him in the pub fridge. So I have a little giggle whenever I train it through there.

Great review and thanks for sharing 👍 It’s hard though, to get your head around how half arsed the trains are in this state. They couldn’t restock the food car? They were in the national capital and yet it seems the local 7-11 has better stock than a NSW trains buffet carriage 😂

We've been trying to get a faster train for ages, but it always comes down to someone doing a cost-analysis of the status quo versus something going at 400km/hr. We only really need 100km/hr to beat the competition. The only thing in this review I'd take issue with is the idea that the flight is 40 minutes - its 40 minutes air time but of course an hour either side in probing and hassle and our airlines get off the ground as scheduled about 60% of the time. Take the train or the bus, see some cows, its far nicer.

Looked like a very smooth landing! So no one cares anymore?

AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!

Nice to see you producing content on our obscure neighbourhood railway line. I noticed you had no footage of HQJOC as you passed between Canberra & Bungendore; national security concerns? 😂 That line between Goulburn & Canberra is a wasted asset; I assume for petty state political reasons. For those of us living in NSW around Bungendore & Goulburn (& contributing to the NSW state coffers for the privilege), a reliable commuter service to Canberra where we work would be absolutely marvellous, rather than using our fuel guzzling vehicles...a small restricted access station at HQJOC would also be ideal for all the people working/posted there too...but I won't be holding my breath for politicians to act before they collect their pensions.

I lived in Canberra going back 21 years ago my mistake was moving from their.

I use this service quite often, it is a somewhat slow but a pleasant ride with nice scenary. I enjoy the on board catering and being able to sit back and read or do computer stuff if needed.

WORST MANAGEMENT. TERRIBLE PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH. AVOIDING AIR CANADA WILL BE WISE.

Why ? To get the best possble view of Canberra, from the last carriage while heading north.

Its not the trainstock fault, its the shit railway alignment from the 19th century, along with too many freight train movements, add to this previous State Liberal Governments who in the late 1980's were hell bent on removing all intra state passenger trains, there has been several new rail line surveys carried out over the last sixty years, between Sydney-Goulburn Sydney-Canberra, non of which have ever seen the light of day, & until the taxpayers money is spent on rail instead of the truck/road lobby nothing will change.

Its embarrassing for this country that our regional trains are still so slow and outdated. If only our short sighted governments would invest in High speed train, linking Newcastle, Sydney and Canberra it might actually get people to move out to regional areas from an already over populated Sydney and help develop places outside the big cities...nope, no brains unfortunately..

Rex is my preferred Aussie domestic airline. While the planes are a bit pre-loved they are always clean. The customer service is very good, on the plane and off. Delays and cancellations seem to be rare. And they serve a superior class of snack. Best value for money in Australian domestic air travel

It's wild that the journey is so slow. Canberra and Sydney are the perfect distance for medium/high speed rail, and yet it we still don't have it. Flying seems so ridiculous, but that is the fastest way, even though the plane barely reaches cruising altitude before starting to descend into Canberra. Not everyone wants to, or is able to, drive, so the train should really be the number 1 choice. Lots of work to do to make it happen.

Could never understand how slow it is and the station in Kingston.

Train travel has its own relaxed charm. Since when has it been obligatory to always expect to arrive before you left ? Relax....let someone else do the driving......walk a bit.... you remember how to walk don't you ? AND you can get snacks & drinks without having to stop.......sweet.

No way can you do Canberra to Sydney by car in 2 and a half hours.

I personally like smaller aircraft like this Beech 1900 D.

Used to take this train in the 80s when I was at Usyd. No change in the length of the trip it seems. Nowadays I just drive, quicker than flight and train. Hoping to see a bullet train between Canberra and Sydney in my life time!

Old couple chicken feathers on top

Always used to fly to Canberra for work and get the train for personal travel, but unfortunately had to get the Murray's bus on my last trip because the train was sold out. Suffice to say I'm never getting the bus again.

Great video. Should be noted that the NSW Govt is beginning to replace the regional rail fleet (all XPT, XPLORER and Endeavours) with new Spanish built bi-mode trains. Unfortunately nothing being done about the alignment for now