Train vs Bus

The_Valeyard

If you had to take one for a journey?


Always train.
1) bar
2) bathroom
3) no traffic


Have met others who will never ever use the train & always take the bus ( with option of both)

How about you?

The Backwards Man

Bus is better on the roads.

Train on the railway lines.

Vito Corleone

Too many variables to decide. How long is the distance and how many people will be on the train/bus? What type of train/bus is it? etc etc...

bnt

If I have the choice, then always the train. I get carsick, especially if it's rush hour stop/start traffic with added exhaust fumes. A big coach on a motorway is smoother, but still not as smooth as the train.

cloud493

In Dublin, always the train. If I'm going up North, I prefer the train, but coach is often cheaper, more often, and closer to me so.

Lucifer MorningStar

Train, because I don't want to be a bus wanker

Shakespeare's Sister

Train is mental expensive though, bus is cheap, and those private companies lay on a grand and comfy bus - resulting in Bus Éireann upping its game too.
There's direct buses too, so no need for stopping in every little village. And roads are obviously better than ever.

And much smaller chance on the bus of c_nts getting bladdered drunk and being loud and annoying.

desultory

Always pick train. I hate buses..smelly smelly crowded things

Rothko

Train definitely, especially if it's a long journey.

Rothko

Lucifer MorningStar wrote: »

Train, because I don't want to be a bus wanker

You'd be a train wanker though.

Banjoxed

A train is always a train, but a bus wanker will always be a bus wanker.

KevinSquires

The unions and their continuous demands for wage hikes have rendered the train too expensive for most of the population. Only the free travel pass golden ticket holders get to enjoy our country's railways. Irish Rail is a closed jobs club, not a national railway company.

Zed Bank

I have a terrible fear of being caught off guard on a bus on a really long journey and ending up pissing myself.

shruikan2553

Train. The only benefit of the bus is that I tend to live closer to a bus stop than I do to a train station.

mikemac1

Dublin to Nenagh return by train is 40 euro

Same journey by Bus Eireann is 15 euro

Train is faster but it's not worth that price!

DEFTLEFTHAND

I got the train today and a really smelly man and woman sat across from me. So disgusting.

Shakespeare's Sister

If you're getting the bus to the centre of Dublin too, it'll drop you there, as opposed to Heuston/Connolly. Well Connolly isn't so bad, but Heuston is a good bit out.

desultory

Magaggie wrote: »

If you're getting the bus to the centre of Dublin too, it'll drop you there, as opposed to Heuston/Connolly. Well Connolly isn't so bad, but Heuston is a good bit out.

It's only 5 minutes in on the luas which is right outside the door

FreshKnickers

Now I like buses... But I also like the train. So which is better?

There's only one way to find out!

desultory

FreshKnickers wrote: »

Now I like buses... But I also like the train. So which is better?

There's only one way to find out!

Is that from TV burp thing? God I hate that part of the show

gg2

Zed Bank wrote: »

I have a terrible fear of being caught off guard on a bus on a really long journey and ending up pissing myself.

Oh worse..... Pooing yourself.

gugleguy

Well, this thread is typical AH quality. So I'll put in the same sort of answer. The train is good value from Heuston Station to Kildare, at 14 euro adult day return. Neat if you like to visit the likes of Kildare village.
mmmmmm. I'm a man. I've been in Kildare village. mmmnnn. told you so.:o

JuliusCaesar

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Always train.
1) bar
2) bathroom
3) no traffic

Jaysus! Irish Rail have gone upmarket! The trains always had toilets, but now BATHROOMS?! You can luxuriate in a bubbly radox bath while on the Cork express? Wow, trains all the way!

The Moldy Gowl

I once had this arguement with a friend.

Train or bus from limerick to Dublin?

If you book the train online it costs 20 return, same as the bus

Train for me, you can have a table and charge your phone and play football manager on your laptop.

And not be depressed by all the cars overtaking you.

cloud493

Its all good and well having a bar on a train journey that only lasts an hour, but it is also relatively pointless, and hikes the price of the journey up.

Mrs Garth Brooks

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Jaysus! Irish Rail have gone upmarket! The trains always had toilets, but now BATHROOMS?! You can luxuriate in a bubbly radox bath while on the Cork express? Wow, trains all the way!

Im moving over to Scotland soon and there's a train with cabins and its like a hotel with beds and bathrooms with showers.

Sounds deadly.

Muise...

desultory wrote: »

It's only 5 minutes in on the luas which is right outside the door

Yeah, but then you have to run the gauntlet of cheery locals offering to show you how ta uuuuuse da ma-she-annn.

FizzleSticks

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UCDVet

Magaggie wrote: »

Train is mental expensive though, bus is cheap, and those private companies lay on a grand and comfy bus - resulting in Bus Éireann upping its game too.
There's direct buses too, so no need for stopping in every little village. And roads are obviously better than ever.

And much smaller chance on the bus of c_nts getting bladdered drunk and being loud and annoying.

'Cheap' being relative though.

I used to take Dublin bus into work and it cost as much as the last vehicle I owned. I mean, that's pretty expensive in my book.

Train all the way for me, I find buses to be too cramped.

Another reason is that I regularly visit Kerry and the train is still faster than the bus for the trip I usually do.

Vito Corleone

Train from Mayo is cheaper than the bus in my case. Lots of drunk people though because a lot of people go to hens/stags in Westport.

SimonTemplar

There is something therapeutic about sitting in a dark bus at night watching the countryside roll past. You don't get that on a train as the carriages are lit artificially with a harsh light.

keithclancy

Train ... although its in NL so its a decent service

Cienciano

Depends. Sometimes the train is far slower and more prone to delays, most of the time it's far more expensive. And lack of route options. I was going from Galway to Cork, train isn't much use unless I wanted to go via dublin.
But train generally is nicer, easier to get up and walk around, usually more room and quieter.

LizzieJones

I take the train if I can and the bus if I cannot.

gg2

Train hands down. Having a toilet is a major plus and making friends with old people :-)

Badly Drunk Boy

UCDVet wrote: »

'Cheap' being relative though.

I used to take Dublin bus into work and it cost as much as the last vehicle I owned. I mean, that's pretty expensive in my book.

But the discussion is bus V train, not bus V car.

For longer journeys, I'd usually go for the train but the routes don't always suit. For shorter journeys, like Kildare to Dublin, I'd nearly always get the bus.

dee_mc

I find the train much more relaxing and comfortable than the bus,at least until every second passenger buys and opens a bag of King crisps, filling the carriage with eau de cheese and onion

end of the road

KevinSquires wrote: »

The unions and their continuous demands for wage hikes have rendered the train too expensive for most of the population.

wrong, the tiny subsidy that keeps getting cut when the company makes savings wiping out the savings is what makes the train expensive, fact is to pay for public transport either the user pays or a subsidy is payed, as to which it should be, thats a debate for another thread.

KevinSquires wrote: »

Only the free travel pass golden ticket holders get to enjoy our country's railways.

some will others will take the bus, if you think its only free travel pass holders on the train your very delusianel.

KevinSquires wrote: »

Irish Rail is a closed jobs club, not a national railway company.

last i heard they were on the embargo so can't take on staff, so of course that will make them a closed operation, not a jobs club, but a national railway company.

Cienciano

gg2 wrote: »

Train hands down. Having a toilet is a major plus and making friends with old people :-)

You go into the jacks with old people on trains?

end of the road

cloud493 wrote: »

Its all good and well having a bar on a train journey that only lasts an hour, but it is also relatively pointless, and hikes the price of the journey up.

it could be worse, you could be a passenger of the rosslare line where bone shaker commuter trains will turn up a good bit

cloud493

cloud493 wrote: »

Its all good and well having a bar on a train journey that only lasts an hour, but it is also relatively pointless, and hikes the price of the journey up.

It actually doesn't hike up the price of the journey. The catering service is run by a private company, not Irish Rail.

end of the road

Cienciano wrote: »

Depends. Sometimes the train is far slower and more prone to delays, most of the time it's far more expensive. And lack of route options. I was going from Galway to Cork, train isn't much use unless I wanted to go via dublin.
But train generally is nicer, easier to get up and walk around, usually more room and quieter.

that journey can be made by train without having to go to dublin, its rather long and slow though i believe, galway to limerick, to limerick junction, to cork

fleet_admiral

end of the road wrote: »

it could be worse, you could be a passenger of the rosslare line where bone shaker commuter trains will turn up a good bit

The one at half 6 on Friday is always full of junkies and ex prisoners going to Gorey as well

spurious

fleet_admiral wrote: »

The one at half 6 on Friday is always full of junkies and ex prisoners going to Gorey as well

What's the attraction in Gorey?

fleet_admiral

spurious wrote: »

What's the attraction in Gorey?

I have no idea

YFlyer

Limerick to Cork always a bus over a train.

Badly Drunk Boy

Karsini wrote: »

It actually doesn't hike up the price of the journey. The catering service is run by a private company, not Irish Rail.

I'd say the poster meant that it'd hike the cost of your journey since you'd be paying for overpriced drinks that you wouldn't be tempted by on the bus.

roboshatner

I would ask Superman that question

Mackas_view

Train all day every day. The only way to travel on ground.

chrissb8

I have to get the goddamn bus as it leaves me closer to work/college. I hate everything about the bus. From its stupid time boards and its equally mostly inept driving force who feel that they're doing the public a favour. I get Dublin Bus as you can see. If some people want to blab to me I'm wrong then I don't care I get the bus 12 times a week and will be the first to say it is a joke of a service and a farce how they can't run such an easy service in what is a relatively small area. The dart for the most part is lovely with mostly clean cut nice people and a great view of the coast line. Yet again though their "delays" are a joke. How about some forecasting about future problems or some foresight to how to run a public line in times of busy times. Both are a joke but the train wins by miles.