Wasn’t the old Translink slogan “Getting There is Getting Better”?
Ironically the island as a whole had a better railway system 70 odd years ago. NI lost much of its rail infrastructure when the Tories (because of course it was the Tories) took advantage of the economic slump after the “Big Freeze.” Closing most rural routes in the UK to save cash short-term.
Honestly NI trains and their infrastructure are probably some of the worst in Europe. NI isn’t a big place, neither is the entire island, it shouldn’t take a train hours to get from Belfast to Dublin, never mind how long it takes to just Derry.
As a student I sometimes got the train to Derry from Belfast. It took an hour longer compared with the bus and I also had to walk to the bus station from the train station. I did this as there was sometimes a special offer on the train.
A few times the train was packed with Linfield fans. It made things quite tense on the way home.
Just a small town girl, living in a lonely worlllld, she took a 7:40pm train going to Belfast or Derrryyyy
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Wasn’t the old Translink slogan “Getting There is Getting Better”?
Ironically the island as a whole had a better railway system 70 odd years ago. NI lost much of its rail infrastructure when the Tories (because of course it was the Tories) took advantage of the economic slump after the “Big Freeze.” Closing most rural routes in the UK to save cash short-term.
Honestly NI trains and their infrastructure are probably some of the worst in Europe. NI isn’t a big place, neither is the entire island, it shouldn’t take a train hours to get from Belfast to Dublin, never mind how long it takes to just Derry.
As a student I sometimes got the train to Derry from Belfast. It took an hour longer compared with the bus and I also had to walk to the bus station from the train station. I did this as there was sometimes a special offer on the train.
A few times the train was packed with Linfield fans. It made things quite tense on the way home.
Just a small town girl, living in a lonely worlllld, she took a 7:40pm train going to Belfast or Derrryyyy