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I've lost Vicky's hair she is it's
Monday the 8th of April hello we're at
Dublin Connolly and today we're going to
be taking off the final stations in the
Republic of Ireland and heading over the
border into Northern Ireland we're never
been never been developed very exciting
welcome aboard the station
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they kept me this morning over breakfast
that we have one three two stations in
so that's exactly two thirds out the one
I made it's fairly straightforward today
we're literally heading north all the
way if we were going from Dublin to
Belfast as quickly as possible we take
the enterprise train but being on the
stage we have to stop all the stations
so we're taking a stopper up to malahide
and then I think a stopper and then a
chain you get a stop at the dumb dog and
then I stopped it to Newry and then
eventually that Nuri will then get the
stopping training interestingly we have
to get one of two evening services on
Northern Ida TransLink that stop Nats
cava I think it might be points point to
pass but I probably pronounced
incorrectly and we'll end up in Belfast
tonight
so it's amazing who you meet on the
trains last week we met Kieran at the
Irish railway records city and we forgot
to ask you Karen what what is the reason
behind having a 5 foot 3 gauge could you
tell us okay so the situation with the
gauges similar taught that British
Railways were experiencing at the time
of a railway mania you had different
companies deciding on different gauges
and the governments were concerned that
the connectivity you know wasn't going
to happen
so the first railway to be built in our
bill to the standard English gauge four
foot eight and a half is that correct
yes that was between a Dublin and
Kingstown but as time went on what our
companies decided on different gauges do
Saraya we had said Jeff was seven
because something exactly a seventh or
so and the gauge recommendation as they
were similarly doing in Britain they
appointed this chat from the Board of
Trade and Major General parley to come
over speak to the engineers in Ireland
and try and find a compromise gauge and
he basically split definitely went
halfway between the widest gauge and the
narrow gauge and that's how we had with
which five foot three inches Nikki can
you tell the extra difference did you
know if there's like an extra six six
inches in terms like your travel
experience I would say no no thank you
Norris knows I might get sleigh if
that like that's okay no you're not you
keep hope he ever points out when you're
wrong
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so our two-year here say hello what's it
like being on camera
and also I want to say heaven not not
yes yes I don't I don't want you surname
I just just checking I could remember
your first no all right and he's some
Irish railways just to make sure that
we're not misbehaving how are we doing
so far very very well behaved Kevin off
this this is the Fairview doctor this
where the dart trains sleep at nights
where they sleeps where they get cleaned
and fixed up and the head I had their
little dart dreams have to do this their
home and they got a bed inside yeah
they're nice and happy in there this map
is so old it's needs updating come on
Griffin is a new station that is so
we've actually done all the stuff up to
health code junction last week and now
what so it's fondarific pulmonic and
then malahide right okay and then I
think we pick up the commuter service
there but good a narrow now hide where
Kevin and Eleanor say that there's a
castle Vicky so I don't know
time for the keys not that he'd be
interested in that
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right it's a malahide yes I've got an
hour until our kumuda train yes do you
want to get a quick shot of the castle
yes let's do it
yes to all those things so the lovely
Eleanor from RTE and Kevin from earrin
Road Aaron said the castles lovely
should only take you 12 minutes to get
there
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isn't it just beautiful
this is malahide castle originally the
fortress here would have been made out
of wood and then later it was rebuilt in
stone with over the centuries more and
more apartments and buildings being
added to the complex the land here at
malahide was gifted to the Talbot family
by King Henry ii
for services to the crown it is said
that malahide castle is one of the most
haunted castles in ireland
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we made it to bow bryggen it's right by
the seaside my seaside I mean the water
a nice lady called Kat that on the
spreadsheet has pointed out like a
hundred things maybe longer to do in
bat-burgers yes your mission Vicky L to
get like ten shots of amazing things in
bow Bregan okay and we'll speed it down
to like 20 seconds two seconds of each
okay
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this issue later
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ready to travel alert each nation to the
next station
another little around here in our they
carry on
yes
we just have to do some admin like eat
administration in rowing Ryder thank you
but the boy in void act over there it's
quite impressive
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it's a brand-new kind of train which
means which means we're heading into
Northern Ireland what you actually meant
was it means a maquette reaction purple
like it simple plane
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welcome to Northern Ireland nore
Northern Ireland hello on the enterprise
which is purple and low cobalt train
there is there's no Irish on there
follow there is there is still some
Irish I'm paying pounds to you campaign
pound and as we came through on the
motorway
I saw the Royal Mail van
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me maquettes there's a third new
maquette today's the trifecta or what
was the first one the first one was the
enterprise there was another one there
was shuttle bus yeah where does the peak
is no train
it's a second Numa care of today
Jerri heading for guffaws I like having
color on the head
he was scheduled to leave at 1850
and it led at exactly 1850 and zero
second I mean it was bang on to the
second that's pretty that's
good work right and traveling in general
do you read the story about the Japanese
train the Japanese company had to
apologize because the train left to 20
seconds early and everybody might
complaint
when I translate your first train was
exactly on time which I love
an ultimate substation
it's points boss
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this train is for thunder the next
station is skaara
and ultimate orchid station tick
it's a big moment this is the last
appreciation this is Scarpa hello Scarpa
and all your awkwardness think is
getting a picture that's how to light
your dance
conductor
you know
he gives carve up the biggest tick ever
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Hortis evening YouTube sensations Jeff
Beck here currently embarking on a
whistle-stop tour of all 193 high
stations in Ireland north and south are
on board and we'd like to wish them well
and complete in that's over the next
couple of days you can check out their
progress on YouTube by searching all the
stations adventurous that's all the
stations on YouTube
in the world
bring us the next couple days thank you
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we didn't have for that that's funny see
Irish Rail whereas our PA TransLink got
it covered up up to around
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it's 2001 we just had selfies taken with
our conductor who kissed me I got one
too from the conductor of the driver and
the driver was awesome I think his name
is Ian Thank You Ian
top man we're at Belfast great Victoria
Street the train is leaving
hello Belfast hello Northern Ireland we
are in use for the next two days yes
organisations all of them turning out
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and obviously we did Terra Street oh
yeah we did we did I'm sorry do we knit
do we not mention that we totally did
Tori Tori
you