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Terrontress · 30-11-2007, 15:54

I really don't think the airlines are any competition to the Enterprise. Even if a plane were to leave Belfast City Airport for Dublin, you have to arrive in good time, check in any luggage, hang around waiting for the plane to load. Onboard the plane the seats are cramped and you have to go through the safety instructions. On arrival, you have to wait 5 minutes to leave the plane, queue for a few minutes to show your passport / ID to a disinterested Garda and then you find yourself at Dublin Airport which is as expensive into town as the train from Belfast and can, at peak times take as long to get to the city centre as it does to get the train from Belfast.

All these drawbacks I mention above would hold true for any class of rolling stock.

I am considering the train for my next trip to London as I think that flying is just such a hassle!

30-11-2007, 15:54	#31
Terrontress Regular Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 132	I really don't think the airlines are any competition to the Enterprise. Even if a plane were to leave Belfast City Airport for Dublin, you have to arrive in good time, check in any luggage, hang around waiting for the plane to load. Onboard the plane the seats are cramped and you have to go through the safety instructions. On arrival, you have to wait 5 minutes to leave the plane, queue for a few minutes to show your passport / ID to a disinterested Garda and then you find yourself at Dublin Airport which is as expensive into town as the train from Belfast and can, at peak times take as long to get to the city centre as it does to get the train from Belfast. All these drawbacks I mention above would hold true for any class of rolling stock. I am considering the train for my next trip to London as I think that flying is just such a hassle!