MAXIMUM FUNCTION! - Episode 9, 1st April - Waterford to Dublin

[@andrewholloway231]

The station announcer .... what a legend. Really really enjoyed this video.

[@APOTwixx]

Andrew Holloway He has a great voice!

[@TheEpicAppleEater01]

He's the guy who I've heard 100000 times but never known..

[@adammaher6601]

The Train now standing on platform 5 is the 13:00 to Cork calling at Thurles, Mallow and Cork. Customers for Banteer, Millstreet, Rathmore, Killarney, Farranfore and Tralee should change at Mallow

[@jimmyryan5880]

Oh BTW for the town names Kill/Cill = Church or Abbey Bally/Baile = Town Dun/Dún = a kind of a fort Mor/Mór = Big

[@qwertyTRiG]

Coil = wood It's also anglicized as kill, even though it sounds quite different.

[@andylinton2798]

Yup I told G&V this when we met on Saturday.

[@andylinton2798]

Don’t forget Knock=hill

[@castiron2844]

Beag = small Tober= a spring or well?

[@neobe195]

Very similar to Scottish Gaelic

[@kdean9537]

Hi Ed from Carlow! ...A castle...love Vicki's t-shirt! 😊 ✔ Nice to hear no hassle with taking pictures...good to know! Enjoyed your nice chat with Michael! Another brilliant video! ...love you both💕 ...take care!

[@kikivoorburg]

Very much enjoying the series so far!

[@Ivandor12]

These videos always put a smile on my face!

[@nadiamonkey]

Sitting in my flat in Budapest enjoying watching you two scoot about my homeland. Great stuff indeed. Very glad that Irish train staff are so SOUND! You seem to be getting lucky with the weather. Keep up the great work!

[@johnhaines4163]

There was I expecting "It's Monday April 1st and we're ....... on the Isle of Wight."

[@markweir2988]

Can't believe I would ever be hooked on train videos but totally enjoying your adventures and showing me so much more off Ireland

[@DarrenBates]

I’ve heard that guy tens of thousands of times and never knew his face. Thanks G+V!

[@airfixrocks]

After 10 years of getting the train from Hazelhatch and Celbridge I've never noticed that plaque before/known what it's for. Thanks Geoff and Vicky for educating me on my local station. Funnily enough the station is farther from celbridge than Hazelhatch.

[@seanbonella]

come back anytime Geoff and Vicki, glad but not surprised people are so friendly....Vicki your Irish is spot on.....happy trails

[@jayswarrow1196]

6:57 - Ed was a real trooper. * sob* He completed his mission and stood gracefully at the end of a stop, facing his destination to meet incoming hordes of passengers alone. * sniff* Bless him. * and the flag being risen* Also, thank you guys, for "hey, that's the voice!" moment. It *was* a surprise.

[@keithspillett5298]

Michael is a total STAR. So GREAT to have All the Stations back on a daily basis 🙂🍾🍷 Enjoy the rest of your trip.

[@meltrain]

It's been four years, but I am still watching (and enjoying) this!

[@rogerwhittle2078]

What is becoming clear; for all it looks very similar to Britain and I know feels a lot like Britain, it is in fact a completely different place. I know that 'sounds a bit Irish' - as they say - but there is an underlying charm and relaxed good will, thus far. Jeff's point about 'no hassle with filming' is very much to the point. Well done G&V and well done Ireland.

[@scullytawoody4852]

Great video about Kilkenny , Vicky even the church bells chimed. Also great fact Geoff.

[@TheNails3]

Absolutely loved the interview with Michael at the end. Fantastic!

[@ianmcclavin]

Proof that a country can exist without "See it, say it, sorted!!!"

[@simontay4851]

Yeah, its such a stupid announcement. See it, nick it, keep it more like.

[@wierdalien1]

@@simontay4851 why would you nick explosives?

[@Paul2377]

I was at Cardiff Central recently and heard the Welsh version of it!

[@ZGryphon]

@@wierdalien1 To be fair, they're not cheap.

[@yermanoffthetelly]

My favourite phrase on Irish rail is "please keep your feet, off the seats" :) I know its weird but its said in such a upbeat chirpy way.

[@ZGryphon]

I like how the "your" kind of tacitly implies that if you have someone _else's_ feet with you, by all means, put 'em on a seat.

[@radiogoodguy6287]

GREAT VIDEO! This entire series is tops! Loved meeting the train announcing man. I have done voice over work here in the U.S. Geoff and Vickie are a surpurb team.

[@hifidemonstrations3209]

Geoff said "fast" like a Northerner!

[@stevenjlovelace]

Or an American. :D

[@starlinguk]

Makes sense, innit, it's not spelled "farst" after all.

[@berlvid]

Or an Irish person, maybe it rubbed off on him.

[@ninjagoggles]

Woohoo! Music is awesome! I bought the album this morning & listened to it before I got out of bed! To the trains! I take 4 tomorrow from Gatwick to Matlock!

[@60_Degrees_North]

Vicki's outtake today made me smile. 😁

[@Mydaboom]

Great to see you explore Kilkenny!

[@RichardWells1]

Fascinating! Another great day on Irish Rail - and the announcer . . . what a bonus!

[@ailinos]

Iarnród Éireann you mean

[@RichardWells1]

@@ailinos Of course...Iarnród Éireann is what I should have said! (Apologies!)

[@robinevans3440]

Absolutely loving this series...Full credit to you guys.

[@krsp420]

god i love this show. takes me to the trains every time.

[@florianb81]

There is always time to come back. =) great video. i really like how good you are prepared and how the love for what you do is apparent in every scene and commentary.

[@ZGryphon]

I would say one amazing fact about Carlow is that the trains depart on time, _no matter what._

[@LeoStarrenburg]

Thank you all for yet another very enjoyable video !

[@insanegaming3908]

Really enjoying the series, I loved your Waterford episodes as it's my home town. And I listened live to your interview with Geoff on WLR FM last week, couldn't believe he had you on! Glad you enjoyed Waterford and all it had to offer

[@seanbrittain1304]

you should have called the episode "OH MY GOD THEY KIL(led)KENNY"

[@Tone720]

Glad it wasn't just me thinking OH My God, they Kilkenny etc 😂

[@SteveInskip]

If that geezer had been married to my ex missus then 15 minutes would have been plenty.....believe me! 😉🤪

[@jayo_z]

Those bastards!

[@steveflahavin9673]

Having fun watching this series...nearly as much as you two have making it!

[@rbybus4363]

It is always nice to watch this series. Thank you for making these amazing videos.

[@douglassmith8473]

Poor Ed from Carlow

[@mfitzy100]

Hope you had a nice morning in Kilkenny. Great place

[@stevewareing8525]

In one word "Brilliant"!

[@suzannetobin8583]

big thumbs up for Irish Rail!

[@willstevens1986]

Vicky!!! You have a wonderful presenting voice...

[@joannegray5138]

Regarding the accommodating train personnel when you're hopping out and taking pictures of the stations - you will find that on the whole, the Irish are so friendly, easy going and helpful that nothing is too much trouble. The world could learn a lot from Ireland.

[@patrickoneill8757]

Nice to see you two came through Kildare it made me happy it being my hometown an all😁

[@Finbarheerlen]

Great to see the voice of Irish railways!

[@philipjones3856]

Just found this! Great series guys. The legend who is the station announcer - I think it's great that you found him. Those of us that are used to the railway love the way in which he intoned/said all of the station names very seriously, until he did Grand Canal Dock (for the suburban service from the Kildare line that goes under the Phoenix Park Tunnel). THAT one he did in a surprised tone, with an upward inflection at the word "Dock".......

[@killianschafer765]

Watching this in Kent Station waiting for my Midleton train. Loving it as usual.

[@hughmnyks]

It was great fun to watch, and so will the next one be, no doubt about that. Even at age 65...

[@paradox2253]

Great video as always! It would be good to see the ‘secret’ tunnel in Dublin :)

[@JonathanMcCormack]

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[@mattashman4040]

Love the Tom Baker - Old Dr Who - scarf Vicky !

[@theovanstaden5766]

Great video, looking forward to see the rest of this series!

[@rubyait]

This was FUN.

[@seany84uk]

You guys should tie the knot on a pacer :)

[@yindee372]

Sean Woolfenden They’d have to do it before January 2019 (although with what’s going on with the new 195s, the Pacers could survive for longer).

[@SaturnCanuck]

Brilliant episode.

[@CtModelA]

Love the station announcer.

[@insanegaming3908]

Also, fun fact about Adamstown, it's one of the newest towns in Ireland! Built completely from scratch in the last 10 or 15 years to deal with the urban sprawl of Dublin

[@GingerRum]

The Irish are very kind and generous.

[@mstone1567]

The British gave an award to an Irish station for accessibility, (that bit is important) because THEY GOT IT RIGHT! As advocates for accessibility world wide silently weep with joy, because getting it right happens so rarely.

[@mennoduk]

Love the series!

[@ON8EI]

Loving it everyday. An-mhaith :-)

[@oscyk]

5:49 Nice to know that I have spotted a train Geoff & Vicki have been on.

[@vonEitzen]

If I'd only known you were in Newbridge on Monday I could have come by!

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Brilliant.👍😊

[@pauldevey8628]

I think we will need to visit Ireland and travel by train.

[@SolarRailway]

Excellent

[@andrewlong6438]

Worth to going to Kilkenny. Apart from the castle there is the Smithwicks brewery tour.

[@TheBarnem13]

Love this series and Michael is a legend

[@senorsoupe]

Don't know if the gent who does the voices on the train is the same person who did the voice for announcements at Dublin airport circa 2008, if he is then I have his voice saying "Please don't leave your baggage unattended, any unattended baggage will be destroyed" seared in my brain after an ill-fated attempt to sleep in the airport before a 6 AM flight, they played that announcement every 15 minutes all night.

[@Novice-Otaku]

Great shot at 11:25, of the two trains, at diferent speeds. 👍

[@jimmyryan5880]

There is kind of an Irish in-joke that Carlow doesn't exist. This video proves it.

[@JoToft]

How funny - It seems all countries have a version of that joke. In Germany it's Bielefeld that doesn't exist, and in Spain it's Murcia.

[@Nunners42]

Is it on the isle of white?

[@eoinh1]

The plans for carlows and corks Court buildings got mixed up apparently. Carlow has corks and vice versa.

[@TheEpicAppleEater01]

Greater Wicklow

[@Randallator966]

@@eoinh1 heard the same but with the White House and the Áras

[@michaelbruchas6663]

Love it!

[@dsscse]

It is a shame its not Pantomime season, because in response to Vicki saying @ 3:30 " there's supposed to be a Castle around here somewhere". We could have shouted; All Together .......... " ITS BEHIND YOU! "

[@simontay4851]

I said its behind you, vicky.

[@dsscse]

@@simontay4851 Sorry Simon, I only read and scrolled down 3 pages and I missed your comment, I usually watch within 10 or 20 min of the Video posting @ around 4:30 - 5:30 am in Australia, but as it is Saturday morning here I slept in until 7:40am and did not read the full comments list. So let me once again apologise to you. ......David

[@WaveWatcher10]

Really enjoying the series. Next time I go to Ireland I think I'll take a train ride- a great way to see the country! Thank you for doing this

[@jacobsaxby9468]

Yaaaaay. I love all the stations. They should do all the stations Luxembourg. All public transport is free there.

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

Can't believe how fast the trains come in to the stations over there...

[@DavidChapmanAZ]

there is a bit of video speedup I believe

[@w41ty]

Incredibly good video

[@DavidAndrewsPEC]

Best. Job. Ever!

[@timbushell8640]

Great stuff, now some for the next one : )))

[@princessperl3643]

We always take a group of young people to Newbridge college in Kildare and we collect a lot from that station.

[@ailinos]

Muine Bheag is pronounced "Mwinnna Vyug". Bagenalstown is pronounced "bag-nals-town".

[@noyoureafuckintube]

Mum hails from Bagenalstown & she pronounces it 'Bagnusstown'...

[@NedNew]

We in Waterford always call it Muine Bheag not Bagnelstown

[@THAIRISH_92]

7:04 Carlow Ed what a legend 😂😂

[@espowari]

Mike was super nice!!

[@tonys1636]

At least the prerecorded station announcements are better than the old live ones when the announcer often got caught eating whilst making a platform change or a lost child announcement at short notice. I often wondered about the hygiene of the mic after years of being splattered with sandwich and chocolate.

[@chrishewitt4220]

What to do in Kilkenny? Have a pint of Kilkenny, of course.

[@rwm2986]

Extremely CUTE! Talking of fun facts, please tell us that the gauge of the railways in Ireland and Northern Ireland is 5ft 3ins, compared to the standard 4ft 8.5ins. Come on Geoff, you are a railways man!

[@gloin10]

That is a relic of British rule in Ireland. The railway companies in Ireland used different gauges when the railway building boom began. The Dublin and Kingstown, which was the first one to be built, in 1834, used 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm). This later became known as standard gauge around the world. The Ulster Railway (UR), taking the Irish Railway Commission's advice, used 6 ft 2 in (1,880 mm), while the Dublin and Drogheda Railway was proposed to be built to 5 ft 2 in (1,575 mm) gauge on the grounds of lower costs. Following complaints from the UR the Board of Trade investigated the matter, and in 1843 decreed the use of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm). This gauge was given legal status by the Regulating the Gauge of Railways Act 1846, which specified 4 feet ​8 1⁄2 inches for Great Britain, 5 feet 3 inches for Ireland. So that is why we have trains which run on Irish Broad Gauge. Quite why they decided that it made sense to have incompatible gauges on the two closest parts of the British Empire escapes me... Among other things, it means that any attempt to build a bridge between Ireland and Scotland will have to involve gauge change stations, or just be for road transport. Alternatively, we could apply to the EU for funding to re-gauge the entire rail network. Interestingly, the Luas tram system in Dublin, which opened in 2004, uses 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), or standard gauge.

[@Daniel-wg1ep]

You could've legitimately used the Premier class carriage with your standard class tickets. First class carriages (if the train has them) are actually open to everyone with a standard class ticket on most trains in Ireland. You only need a first class ticket or to pay an upgrade fee on Dublin-Belfast, Dublin-Cork and direct (no change) Dublin-Tralee trains.

[@DaKellyFella]

Hey did you guys stop at Sallins and Naas? I saw it at 10:13 but you didn't seem to stop! I used to take this stop everyday to work, recognise the archway, kept me dry from the rain.

[@Nilguiri]

5:14 "The Normans came to Island in the 12th century"? Looks like Vicky's completely given up on trying to pronounce "Ireland"!

[@faizram177]

Isn't it pronounced (in the English accent) like fireland without the F?

[@Nilguiri]

@@faizram177 Exactly! It's not like it's difficult.

[@DrewsRailwayWorld]

Same problem with dot matrix displays in Perth WA, and staff often question what your doing here too.

[@matthewdunderdale8685]

“See it, say it, sorted”, yes I loath that announcement

[@tazz1669]

It's all the Harry Potter training, was expecting Vicki to pull out a time turner and make some extra time. Not sure what the spell for extra time would be but I'm sure you guys could wear out a wand or two making more. Great video as always who knew trains could be so interesting

[@BrokeCicken38]

Really enjoying the series, keep up the good work :))). Hope you are enjoying all that Ireland has to offer. Here's a fun little fact about Carlow, it has the oldest functioning bridge in Europe, Leighlinbridge which dates back to 1320 :)))))

[@simontay4851]

Wow, that is really old.

[@ailinos]

Leithghlinn an Droichid

[@LouisOnAir]

Oh my god, they Kilkenny!

[@simontay4851]

You bastards!

[@maeveobrien26]

Great video guys

[@sparkles9868]

When Vicky is aout theres got to be a castle about Want more Vicky facts as really enjoyable

[@ClassThrash]

Brilliant video! If you get the chance, be sure to go & see some class 071s (diesel locos), absolutely monstrous👌

[@markerichannelly]

Got off the Galway to Dublin train before at Salins and Naas to catch that Grand Canal Commuter that takes the Phoenix Park Tunnel, just for the adventure of it 😂 Will admit it's kinda fun 👍

[@rodneymaennling5963]

Again, a wonderful series, thank you, especially as I've never visited Ireland. I notice that nearly all coaches you have occupied are empty of passengers! Must be you're avoiding rush hours, or that there are few people around?

[@cruzbohy]

I live in Kilkenny shame you didn't have more time, if you like history lots to see

[@EmmyGuitarxGirlBird]

Vicki if you love castles you should come to my town in the West Midlands called Dudley...We have a castle! Great video guys!

[@markmackela1246]

Ed from Carlow.. the absolute lad

[@mfitzy100]

Such a shame the old portlaoise/Maryborough line is gone- that was actually the mainline from Waterford to Dublin in the past

[@peterpoppy360]

Love it