Waterford to Dublin | To the capital with Irish Rail InterCity
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2023
- After a fantastic afternoon and evening in Waterford, I'm back on the InterCity 22000 series trains to Dublin. I really love the comfort that these standard class-only trains provide, and the great value tickets that are available.
Come and join me as I continue to explore the towns and rail routes of this beautiful country.
Departure: Waterford Plunkett, Ireland
Destination: Dublin Heuston, Ireland
Distance: 178 km / 110 miles
Duration: 2 hrs 16 mins
Cost: Advance adult flexi single €12,39 / £10.60
Date of Travel: April 2023
Operator: Irish Rail / Iarnród Éireann
Motive power: Class 22000 diesel multiple unit. (Rotem, S Korea 2007-2012)
Another Waterford person here...my daughter is going on her first train journey to Dublin to visit thr zoo in a couple of weeks and she asked me what the train journey was like, so a quick TH-cam search brought up your great video of her exact route !
Shes only 10 and was delighted to watch it. Well done and keep those videos coming.
Hope you get to visit us again in Waterford soon !
Safe travels !!!
Thank you. That is lovely to hear. I hope she has (or had) a great ride.
Thanks to you both for watching. I will definitely be returning to Ireland 👍
Amazing video Johnny. Loads of great trim you did. Waterford is so beautiful.
Thanks for the kind words. And thanks too for watching 👍
I love how much respect and detail you give our trains. As someone from Waterford, it is definitely a rarity outside of Dublin to have a nice train station. You have a great channel, hope you visit Waterford again soon!
Thank you. I really did enjoy my evening and morning in Waterford and would love to return some day, for sure.
Thanks for the kind words and for watching the video 👍
I can travel from Tipperary Station to Plunkett Station for only 8.50 euro return ticket. Incredible value for a day out or an appointment in the beautiful historic city of Waterford. Excited about the plans for the new station, but I really like the present one, and find it so relaxing.
A very good deal indeed. And Waterford is lovely when you get there!
Thanks for watching 👍
Unfortunately it's only a good deal as a compromise for the frequency of 2 trains a day each way I've been meaning to go on this line for an adventure but can't
On the bright side the irish government plans on putting more trains here in about 2026 as well as the rosslare line to reopen in 2027 (services will end in wexford instead)
Great video.....lovely to have such a nice pleasant commentary!!
Oh thank you - that is so nice of you to say.
Thanks for watching too. It is much appreciated 👍
Another excellent video, really must go and get myself to Ireland sometime and explore by train.. even more enjoyable watching the video whilst stuck inside an oil platform in the middle of the North Sea whilst on nightshift laundry duties !
"Nightshift laundry duties" never seems to get a mention in all the oil rig/platform dramas you get on TV. Can't think why 😂
I'm pleased to hear I brought a bit of the Irish sunshine into your remote workplace and yes, I would highly recommend Ireland. Dublin is great, but I have preferred all the smaller places I've seen by train and bus, so do get out and explore!
Thank you for watching and commenting 👍
Platform 10 is used for driver changes occasionally, and there are plans for an Islandbridge/Heuston West station to use the platform as part of DART+.
Thanks! I was wondering if there was a weird one that stopped there, but suspected not... Hopefully it can be some use if there's a DART+
Thanks for watching and commenting. Really appreciated 👍
@@JohnnyHooverTravels No problem, love the videos!
@@oscyk thanks. Very nice of you to say so 👍
Your mentioning the 1960s made me think of trains back then: slam doors and the ladies only compartment next to the guard, the lingering aroma of smokers and wet dogs, and being able to stick your head out of the window before your mother told you off.
Thanks for another fab video and the mural photographs! The elephant is beautiful :)
Haha yes, the elephant was lovely and was part of a much bigger piece of work. My fave was the cat! 👍
Funny, I didn't notice the elephant in the room.
Great journey as always, thank you for sharing. Agree that was a good price for the ticket!
Yes it was a good deal indeed. Thanks for watching another! 👍
Great video. ThomasTown is a interesting village with a lovely vegetarian cafe in the centre and the Abbey down the road. I loved Kilkenny. There is the Smithwicks brewery experience, the high street and the castle. A buzzy place.
Definitely sounds like places worth visiting, thanks for sharing.
And thank you too for watching 👍
The trains in the Republic of Ireland are very reliable and the seats are so comfortable. Very nice 👍
Yes, the 22000s do the job very well. I just wish the track enabled them to consistently run at or near to 160km/h more often.
@@JohnnyHooverTravelsThey are good trains on the long distance routes but useless on the commuter ones. I dread when one turns up as there's practically no standing room on them. The 29000's are much more practical.
Love this train!
Yes. It's a great ride.
Thanks for watching the video 👍
@@JohnnyHooverTravels you're welcome it was a brilliant video
Great video which brings back good memories for me . As I have been to Waterford & Kilkenny . Both very good places to visit . Enjoyed very much seeing them briefly again.
I loved Waterford and would indeed love to visit Kilkenny in the future sometime.
Thank you for the kind words and for watching the video 👍
The franchise business operating on train catering went bust following Covid lock downs. Trolley services has been reintroduced on Cork Dublin trains in the last 2 months and should spread to all destinations by the end of the year. Hopefully that buffet bar will come back into use after more than 3 years.
As I was wondering in a previous reply. Fixed buffet bars are not as accessible as a trolley service for people with reduced mobility, so I do wonder if they will ever return. But just my thoughts really.
Catering services are only going to be provided on Dublin /Cork Dublin/ Belfast from now on. The other intercity services are having vending machines installed
I've just discovered your channel and have enjoyed your relaxed and informative style. In 2013, as part of the promotion of the post financial crisis 'The Gathering' tourist initiative, Irish Rail offered a 3 day unlimited travel ticket for euro 99. I hadn't travelled by train for about 20 years. So I took advantage and travelled from Heuston & Connolly stations to Dundalk, Waterford, Rosslare, Cork, Limerick & Galway. It is odd that the standard class seating is more comfortable than the first class seats you discussed.
Thank you for watching and also for those great memories. when I was last there I did look at buying a single country Interrail ticket, but it didn't quite work out as in value as buying my tickets in advance from Irish Rail. 👍
Cant recommend Kilkenny enough for a long weekend especially if you like history.
They have: Kilkenny Castle, Rothe House (a Tudor House), The Medieval Mile Museum & St Canices Cathedral and Round Tower (Early Medieval towers. The one in Kilkenny is one of only 2 you can climb.
Ooo. Thanks for that. I shall be returning to Ireland in the near future!
And thanks too for watching 👍
That unit you travelled on (22036) along with several other units does actually have a small first class area just beyond the buffet. That unit is also one of multiple 22000 Class units that is fitted with AWS / TPWS so it can operate across the boarder into Northern Ireland when required to cover a Enterprise service / Work extra services at busy times.
On previous trips on 22000s I've found that the old 1st class section, whilst retaining an air of a premium class, has been declassified to standard. I've certainly never seen a Class 22000 service where IÉ have offered a 1st class ticket. Are there any?
Ah interesting that its one fitted for working on NIR.
btw thanks, as ever, for watching and commenting.
@@JohnnyHooverTravels First class is used on the 22000s when they are covering the Belfast runs & I believe Cork as well.
Super Journey you Filmed Johnny!😃.
Thank you. And given you appear to be based in Ireland, that's an even nicer compliment 👍
Brilliant trip report
Thank you so much for saying so. Very much appreciated. And thank you too for watching 👍
😮interesting english version of the train journey u knew more stuff than i did for example didnt know who made the train or what it was called.
Thank you for the comment, very kind. And thank you too for watching 👍
platform 10 at heuston used to operate some services for passengers, with a shuttle bus as it is a good 10 minute walk from the front door of the station. spotted myself getting on the train in this video aswell lol
Yes, its a wacky one that platform 10. I'm sure if they ever start using it again there will be a load of train nerds queuing up to ride!
Haha - you were on the train! Wonderful!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting. It is very much appreciated
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Platform 10 will soon be converted to cater for the DART + scheme as well
Platform 10 used to be used for the Newbridge commuter service years ago back when it was the arrow and the old dmus but that service is on platform 1 now
Thank you for another (cheap) Irish trip! 🤗
Thanks! There's still more to come from the Ireland trip too 👍
Enjoyed the video, but don't think this journey would be high on my must do list. The quality of seating was worth noting, but I don't think in the UK, GWR are much bothered about customer comfort. However it always worth sending reminders.
Well yes. It shows that you can get a decent seat that appears to also look good and wear well in a std class environment.
I must agree it wasn't the most scenic of the Ireland rail trips, but loved it nevertheless.
Thank you, as always, for watching. I can promise beer drinking on the channel in a week or so! 🍺
Platform 10 near Heuston is pretty much disused. That is in spite that there are some timetabled passenger trains passing there.
Yes, as I suspected. Just wondered if there was an odd quirky train still timetabled to stop. Thanks for replying.
I don’t think any services stop at platform 10 at Heuston, sometimes you will get a train that will stop for a driver change but that’s it
Yes. As I suspected. I was kind of hoping there'd be some quirky one that still stopped for some odd reason! I imagined myself being the TH-camr stood on the platform waiting for the 04:45, once every third Thursday of the month train or somesuch!
Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment.
As a train driver who drove this route, I can confirm that Platform 10 is currently only used for crew changes, ie drivers changing shifts 😊
I think they should not fully fenced off the through platform, so that they had a second platform, in case there was a deley with either the Waterford to Dublin train or the Waterford to Limerick train. So then a delay with one of the trains, would not delay the other train waiting to enter the platform.
I see your point, but with only two trains a day out towards Limerick, it is very unlikely this would be an issue imho.
Thanks again for watching and commenting 👍
@@JohnnyHooverTravels have you seen All The Stations Ireland? The train from Limerick that Geoff and Vicky were on, because it was delayed leaving Limerick Junction, it got delayed again waiting to enter Waterford station, due to waiting for the Dublin train to leave. The first delay was due to the Limerick train waiting for the delayed Cork train.
@@AtoZbyLocalBus not seen that series. I think i must!
@@AtoZbyLocalBus not seen that series. I think i must!
What reasons are given by Irish Rail for not reopening the buffet/cafe/bistro?
They are slowly bringing back a trolley service, so there may yet be catering again on the line. I just think the large overhead of the cafe is not seen as a priority. I also suspect you can sell more refreshments if the trolley passes people's seats, rather than they are made to walk through the train. Actually, thinking about it, a trolley is more accessible for people with reduced mobility, so that is also a good reason to switch to the trolley service.
Anyway, just my musings really. Thank you so much for watching.
@@JohnnyHooverTravels yes and no, there's more selection with an onboard buffet carriage, plus you can go up anytime you want whereas with trolley service your having to wait for it
There is going to be a new station in a few years in Waterford
Yes, I was looking at some drawings of it the other day. Slightly further downstream so it seems, so a slightly longer walk from the main town.
A guy at Plunkett was saying that the current building is very lightweight and is beginning to be harder to maintain
Thanks for watching 👍
@@JohnnyHooverTravels it will be a shorter walk, as a new pedestrain bridge will take you across the river @ te clock tower to the new station
@@djaskfjkasd ah. Excellent. I missed that bit in the plans 🤦♂️
@@JohnnyHooverTravelswhere can I find the plans i've been looking
Why do you call a railway carriage a cabin? A cabin is a large usually wooden hut or where pilots sit.
Just different terminology. The cabin is the place where the passengers sit. Pilots sit in the cockpit.
Anyway, regardless of the terminology, thank you so much for watching 👍
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politicians have neglected rail system in ireland for years, we are the only country i can think of in europe where the major airport has no rail link
Yes, I do think that single track lines hamper speed, frequency and reliability. I would rather they spend money on that before laying track to the airport. The airport connection bus was good enough imho.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting 👍
Simply brilliant. Well done. I’m a six-time Emmy Award winning filmmaker…just for any credibility! Thank you for the beautiful storytelling.
On the other hand the bus service to an from the airport are second to none and very cheap.
@@raymonddixon7603 agreed air coach is grand but would make it so much easier if they had a regular train service
@@shutup2751 It is just that I have travelled both ways throughout Europe and there is greater frequency and variety of carriers at a low cost with buses compared to elsewhere. Of course I do know it is because of the lack of a train service, but still. In the early days of Collinstown Airport it would not have made economic sense to build a train line to the city. Perhaps they should have built an airport close to the train line but that would be another matter costwise.
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Get on the train already
Just found your site and am enjoying your Irish section. Have been on most the journeys myself. Michael Portillo was mighty impressed with the Waterford signal box. Perhaps you could invest in some colour sports jackets. 😄😄😄😄💚💚🤍🤍🧡🧡
Ah, I've not seen that one. I will have to check out his travels in Ireland. I wouldn't want to stifle his brand by upstaging him with a fancier jacket, though I do have a rather nice boating jacket!
Thank you so much for watching and for the kind comment 👍
Lovely but this time do it the opposite way
A few weeks ago I had some time to kill in Heuston Station and wandered around the outside of the Ticket Office only to see the marvelous brass covered window sills under the portico. I wonder if it was used for more than selling tickets - www.buildingsofireland.ie/building-images-iiif/niah/images/survey_specific/preview/50080036_17.jpg
They certainly look over- engineered to just be a windowsill don't they. Do let me know if you find a reason they are brass-topped. 👍