Canberra by train for a day trip!
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Today I decided to take a day trip to Canberra taking the train...
Can it be done? Is it worth it? Follow along and find out!
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Filmed: 21st August 2022
Operator: NSW TrainLink
Departure: Sydney Central Station, NSW
Arrival: Canberra, ACT
Duration: 4 Hours 10 each way.
Another reason we need fast trains in this country.
You pay? I will rather drive. Oops, don't forget to build a Metro in Canberra, you pay again.
Any car thats not a V8, isnt using $80 worth of fuel to go from Sydney to Canberra... Half the time too.
@@IBLOWN Usual absurd underestimation of real cost of driving: "It's just the fuel"!
Drivers wildly underestimate the real cost of owning and driving a car. They sleep easier not knowing just how much they are really tossing away.
A car takes 3-3.5 hrs to do the trip, a whole lot worse if there is one of those massive traffic jams in Sydney. Canberra to Sydney at 85¢ per km (ATO/RACV rate) works out to be $242.68 (cheaper to fly). And that does not count the cost of parking at destinations or circling blocks endlessly trying to find a spot or a parking station. Sydney parking is +$26-$35 per day. Canberra it is $13 per day.
The train does not cost $80. It is $50.84 full fare, $28.25 concession, and takes slightly over 4 hrs from Kingston to Central. Add transfer times to final destination.
Zero chance of being wiped out by a semi en-route as well.
@@dyu999fast trains are way faster than cars buddy they go over 250km/hr
@@qjtvaddict who pays? Do you know the fast train from Jakarta to Bandung is losing $600000 each day.
Edit:USD
Edit2: Distance: 142km
Edit3: Cost: 7.3 bil USD
Definitely go back and make a weekend of it. So many amazing things to do there and the night life is reasonable too. The war memorial and cockington green were a couple of my favourite attractions.
I've done the trip in reverse. In an ideal world this trip should be well under 3 hours, thats without investing in fast rail and just improving the current rail. The train would get far more use if the trip was under 3 hours each way.
In an ideal world the trip will take under 3 hrs from city centre to city centre, with trains leaving every 3 hrs or better. That would let you catch a 0600 train, arriving at destination around 0900 and returning 8-9 hrs later.
The train is constantly full from my experience taking the train - its not the speed of the journey limiting passengers, its the frequency, the times the trains leave Canberra are also inconvenient. Though I wouldn't say no to a sub-3 hour trip.
@@the_clawing_chaos the speed isn't stopping it from being full thats for sure, but a sub 3hr service say 5-6 times a day would probably also be full. I also look forward to the new R set trains coming..... sometime maybe in 2025! Wifi and power will be appreciated by business travellers.
Ridiculous to spend 9 hours travelling, plus transfers because Canberra's train station is inconveniently out at Kingston. Not even in Kingston itself, actually a kilometre away.
We can dream of the day they move the Canberra Station into the City and get the train trip under 3 hours, and let you use the Opal Card. Like that's going to happen!
ridiculous to have done zero planning and waste the entire day doing fuck all
Top travel video. May take the train soon. As agreed with others, we need a faster rail link
Great video, well put together.
Canberra buses are actually pretty good on weekdays, much better than most Australian cities of similar size, but there are definitely problems. The buses are made for local workers and students, not for visitors, so they don't run to tourist spots and they don't run very often at night or weekends. Still miles better than Newcastle buses post-privatisation.
The Bus is a much better option - faster & drops you off right in town.
More expensive and bumpier ride though
What about going one way by bus and the other way by train?
I like your way of introducing the city and your voice is soothing.
Thanks for the kind words!
Helium water Canberra welcoming all.
I think we spend 4 days in Canberra a couple of years ago and we were busy all the time.
Your videos are so good
Nice video! Was just wondering if there was mobile service throughout the train ride?
Very nice trip ❤
I dont think we are ever going to get high speed rail like Europe or Japan (350km/hr+) I dont think it will ever get the funding, but I feel like they could do something about straightening the tracks or something I believe the XPT train averages like 80km/hr if your lucky, if they could just get 150kms/hr+ then the train would start making a lot more sense. Even more if canberra had a station in the city centre.
Unfortunatly if your not driving the coach just makes so much more sense (3 1/2 hours) city centre to city centre.
Great video!
there isn't the population to make it viable
Could you do a trip from central Moss vale
thank u
Canberra I have to say is such a wonderful city and is the "Capital City" of Australia.
Totally agree. An amazing city .. I love the place.
Mine is 3 hours in 2 days because of track work in October 1st
Was there food and beverages offered on the train....??
Central to Moss Vale imean
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I’ll be back there soon to do a more in depth look around ❤️
That's what Uber is for! You wouldn't see everything, but you'd have a much better chance of fitting more in without walking everywhere, and waiting for buses on which you can't even buy a ticket for the bus?!🤔
From 11 to 5 not enough
You are right, I had a day free so figured why not haha. It needs more time for sure
should of taken the light rail
Doesn't go to any of the tourist spots and it's the same trams as Sydney
No. Take the coach. Every Canberran knows this.
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Thanks for watching
Public transport in Canberra is complete rubbish. The best thing to do is to not go to the ACT.
I agree, stay home in Sydney where you belong.
So if you catch a train to Canberra, you cannot buy a ticket for the bus unless you ride illegally to a location where the tickets are sold. There's no agencies near the train station that sells the MyWay ticket. THIS IS STUPID! Obviously designed by people who don't actually use public transport!
Awful old and loud trains.