Belfast to the Beautiful Coastline of Portrush with Translink Northern Ireland Railways.

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Hi everyone. After my trip over to Belfast with BA Cityflyer, I decided to take a trip up to the north coast of Northern Ireland with NI Railways on one of their class 4000 diesel trains. Famous really for the Giants Causeway a little further along the coast, I'd never been to this part of the world before but, I tell you what, the coastline was fantastic. And what a day to make the trip - one minute it was blue skies, the next was sleet and storm clouds!
In this video, I'll show you all the sights and scenery along the way including a quick look at the coastline around Portrush at the end. We'll have a look at the train itself, some of the stations and I'll tell you what you need to know in order for you to take the trip yourself. If you're ever in Northern Ireland, I would really recommend this trip.
Thanks as always for watching and your continued support - it really is appreciated.
Mark
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00:00 - Intro
01:51 - Train Arrival
02:58 - Seat Review
05:56 - Loo Review
07:55 - Change at Coleraine
11:40 - Arrival In Portrush
12:40 - Summary
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@ShadyBread 2 года назад

I'm actually planning on going to Portrush on the train for my birthday! It's such a scenic route. Good job man!🙂😃😀

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Cheers mate and happy birthday for whenever it is. Enjoy Portrush!

@AndrewG1989 2 года назад

Belfast and Northern Ireland are amazing. I want to go there and ride on those amazing trains.

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Hi Andrew, yes well I definitely recommend this route - not just because of the line but the destination as well. Most enjoyable!

@AndrewG1989 2 года назад

@@LetsMakeaTrip So true.

@NedNew Год назад

The man wants to travel on a train.

@hoof2001 2 года назад

Brilliant. Love these off the trail reports from fascinating places. And you are so right about the semaphore signalling. It’s like a step back in time but with modern rolling stock. I wonder if you get to try Irish food? Haha. There is apparently an Irish breakfast which I would definitely try were it not for the doctor’s face appearing scowling at the mere thought. Thank you for the energy

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Cheers John, I did have a couple of decent breakfasts - not sure how Irish they were though (it was only the Premierinn)! Really enjoyed this trip and I hope that came across in the video. A great destination, recommended 👍😊

@johnspencer5295 2 года назад

20 years since I visited Northern Ireland and sampled the old class 80 'Thumpers' on the Portrush and Derry services - your vid reminds me it's about time I made a return visit. Keep up the reports, always a great watch whether near or far.

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Hi John, well thanks very much, glad you found it enjoyable. It was my very first time anywhere in NI outside Belfast tbh and it certainly won’t be my last. I think I’ll spend some more time there next time though as I definitely want to do the giants causeway. Cheers for the comment 😊👍

@richardnei 2 года назад

Great Video Mark! Glad you enjoyed your visit to Portrush. The train station at Portrush was replaced a few years ago for the Open Golf championship. I used to get the train up to Portrush everyday when I was at college, but back then we had old Thumper Class 450’s and 80’s. Just join your ko-fi.

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Hi AFUK, yes cheers for the membership - much appreciated. I’ve been editing a new video this evening so only just gotten around to the ‘daily RU-vid comments review’ 😂 I really liked Portrush, yes I heard the station was replaced, can’t help wondering about the old one really but I’m glad they kept some of the old signalling etc. If I had the time, I would play more golf but it’s fallen by the wayside a bit lately. Prefer travelling these days 😊👍

@mancs123 2 года назад

Very good music choice! Thank you for the great travel report! :D

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Hi Laszlo, thanks for the comment. I spend ages fussing about the music so it’s nice to get some good feedback about it 😊 All the best, Mark 👍

@derisleybrittain 2 года назад

Excellent footage 🍷🍷🍷🥂🥂🥂🍾🍾🍾👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️🙌🙌🙌

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Thank you Derisley, as always 😊😊😊😊😊😊🔥🔥🔥🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬🎬☕️

@jimcrawford5039 Год назад

Thanks, Mark. Love your videos. I was born in Belfast but left in 1965. Been in Australia all these years and have never been back to the UK. Cheers mate!

@LetsMakeaTrip Год назад

Cheers Jim, Australia must be treating you well, you’re certainly not missing much here atm! I’ve never been to Australia tbh but one day I’ll make it 👍

@janer2709 2 года назад

There's also a Causeway Rambler bus, service number 402, run by Translink which starts in Coleraine and takes you all round the coast.

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Yes that would be a great journey. I think I saw a double-decker bus as I came into Portrush. Something like that (if that’s the 402) would be great from the front seat, top deck 👍

@NonstopEurotrip 2 года назад

Excellent Mark, I really must get out there soon, it looks a very interesting little network. Oh btw you may want to move your Kofi thank you banner forward 30 seconds as you can't see it at all when the end screen appears, certainly when watching on a TV 😆👍🏻

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Hi mate, cheers yep there’s a few lines to explore. Londonderry/Derry I’d like to do next and maybe Larne too. Ferry to begin with maybe? Thanks for the kofi feedback - it looks fine on my player so I haven’t realised an issue, I’ll change it next time tho anyway to be on the safe-side 👍

@opagodaswirling9383 2 года назад

Thanks Mark , I came across your impressive work for the first time last week and have been going through videos .Very enjoyable ! From reading threads I gather you are recovering from a recent illness. Wishing you all the very best. Just ticked all your boxes . Keep up the brilliant work.

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Hi O’Pagoda, well thanks for the kind words - much appreciated. Don’t go too far back on the videos, I kind of started it as a bit of fun tbh, just with an old iPhone! So quality is not that great early on but I do hope I’ve improved somewhat over the last year 😂 Yes, I’m still struggling a bit with things atm as it was quite a debilitating time, but I am getting out doing stuff again which I reckon is the best way of getting through things (yolo and all that). I’m sitting in the NHS lounge at Aberdeen airport as we speak. Cheers again for the support - it’s really motivating, thank you 😊👍

@jimcrawford5039 Год назад

Around the coast at Fair head you can see the Mull of Kintyre, 13 miles away. On a clear day that is, lol.

@LetsMakeaTrip Год назад

Cheers Jim. Beautiful scenery up there around Portrush. Loved it 👍

@paulkirkpatrick6371 Год назад

Get this train 2 portrush guiet often more oft from gt Victoria street. And more choice of a good seat Your are right central station / laynon place nothing special for a main city station but on board journey the route is quite scenic So well done for a great video blog and shame about the weather?ps june and July best months in portrush with the smell of fish /chips and amusements open and lots of people in it make it much more homely and atmospheric.etc.Belfast northern ireland

@LetsMakeaTrip Год назад

Cheers Paul. Love to go back to Portrush in the Summer. Limited time I spent there but looks so scenic. Thanks for the comment 😊

@webrarian Год назад

When I did the trip from Lanyon Place to Derry (before my trip over the water and Queen Street to Balloch!) on my return we were told our train would end at Coleraine. We then transferred to the Portrush train which continued to Belfast. Nothing in the timetables about this, and - as you found - the Portrush train was popular. Nice trains, nice staff, lovely views.

@LetsMakeaTrip Год назад

And Coleraine station’s rather nice too I thought 👍 I didn’t make it to Derry/Londonderry but I believe it’s lovely and I may try getting there with Loganair at some point. Thanks Chris 😊

@paulhellander2791 Год назад

Another splendid train adventure. I just love watching these - for me - nostalgia-tinged trips you do. It makes me almost contrite that I left the UK in the 70s and came to live in the Antipodes (Australia). I now sit and watch trips like this over a plowman's lunch and glass of wine and wonder "what if" had I stayed in Europe. Paul InOz

@LetsMakeaTrip Год назад

Cheers Paul, I dunno mate, I sometimes feel like I should’ve left or at least travelled more when I was younger. Making up for it now though and it means so much to me that people (like yourself) are watching from the other side of the globe. Thanks for the support, really appreciated 😊

@markt1387 Год назад

Great video. More than ever, want to visit this area now and experience the trains and explore northern Ireland.

@LetsMakeaTrip Год назад

Cheers Mark, yep I loved it over there. Will be back in March for some more trips 👍

@luisstransport 2 года назад

Great trip report

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Cheers Luis 😊👍

@reesemorgan2259 Год назад

Thanks for doing this, I am considering a trip to Portrush.

@mattingham83 2 года назад

Been tempted to do a flight from Liverpool to Derry, and then catch the train from there. Will definitely take a trip up to Portrush when I do so! Thanks :)

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

I’d like to fly Loganair out there but I might just have to use the Ryan I think - it’s just so much cheaper. Definitely recommend Portrush though- exceeded my expectations 👍

@ShamFraeTheToon Год назад

Its funny how that train passes close to my house between Ballymena and Ballymoney every hour..... I see it regulary and wonder what they are like inside etc. Now I know and I`m well impressed, well done, great video.

@LetsMakeaTrip Год назад

Cheers Gary. Yep, lovely train (and line). I’ll definitely return one day 👍

@Timstravels01 2 года назад

Excellent once again. It was a good day when Central was renamed Lanyon Place. There was nothing central about Belfast Central. 😂

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Ah cheers Tim, thanks, as always, for the comment. Yes, correct me if I’m wrong but I got the impression Great Victoria Street was the main, central location.

@Timstravels01 2 года назад

@@LetsMakeaTrip yeah Great Victoria is in the heart of the city. It closed in the 70s and became a bus station. It reopened in the 90s.

@jeanettekennedy7433 2 года назад

fantastic video thank you for showing

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Hi Jeanette, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment 😊

@ewanduffy 2 года назад

I was up in Northern Ireland the weekend before St Patrick's Day. Riding a train north out of Lanyon Place, I happened to glance back at the station, to see staff removing the old "Belfast Central" nameboards from a track level entrance into a waiting van. Pure coincidence that I happened to be there at that particular my moment in time!

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Someone will have those - collectors items. There’s a footbridge by me that they took down to be refurbed. It had one of those cast iron plates on it that tells you who made it and when it was made. The bridge came back lovely and clean - guess what was missing!

@jimcrawford5039 Год назад

There used to be 3 terminus stations in Belfast, it has changed a lot since my young days when last there!

@pedrorubiotejero_aka_prt 2 года назад

Video's score: 10 Cheers for now!

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Thank you Pedro, glad you enjoyed it. CFN!

@eugenedonaghy1 Год назад

The starting place for the Enterprise will be moving to Belfast Grand Central when that opens

@UKMDI Год назад

the woman in the purple coat at 7:18 is my aunt.

@LetsMakeaTrip 11 месяцев назад

I hope she didn’t mind the video 😊

@UKMDI 11 месяцев назад

@@LetsMakeaTrip just asked her she seemed excited at the idea of being on RU-vid.

@UKMDI 11 месяцев назад

@@LetsMakeaTrip not entirely sure if she understands how it works but good anyway

@paulstewart3010 10 месяцев назад

🗣I'll Gladly Give You Some Free Reflexology Mark, When Your Feet Get Tired & Sore Buddy, From All Your Travels!! 😉

@Squareheed 2 года назад

Fun fact we've just had all of our trains and busses fitted with USB charging ports on all seats in the past month lol

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Ah that is good to hear because I know some of them were fitted out as I had usb on the train out to Bangor. Overall I thought the Translink trains were pretty good 👍

@Squareheed 2 года назад

@@LetsMakeaTrip Yeah Translink's trains are brilliant imo, they may not be world class but for price and the service they provide they're definitely one of a kind, especially since they don't do seat booking or a carriage class system lol

@stephenmckinstry9881 2 года назад

the trains are going through a Refurb at the Moment and being fitted with USB points the new station at Portrush was only opened in 2019 in Time for the open Golf Championship,

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Hi Stephen, thanks for the info. Yes I noticed the class 3000 that I took from the airport to Bangor had usb points fitted. Overall, I think the trains were decent enough for these kind of journeys. Didn’t realise Portrush was a big golf town - I really liked the place and will hope to go back there one day and check out the rest of the coast too. Cheers 😊👍

@janer2709 2 года назад

The Open's coming back to Portrush again in 2025. Really enjoyed this video Mark. Hope you get the chance to explore more of our country.

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

@@janer2709 hi Jane, glad you enjoyed it - I wasn’t sure what to expect when I got to Portrush tbh I didn’t think there was much about. But as soon as I got to the coast that just changed my mind completely. Yes it rained and I got wet, but I’ll never forget the trip and that’s the point of travel isn’t it😊 Hope that came across in the film and thanks for taking the time to comment 👍

@PS-ru2ov 5 месяцев назад

i am from Coleraine

@LetsMakeaTrip 5 месяцев назад

It’s lovely round there I thought 😊

@simonwhitlock9189 2 года назад

But for the weather a lovely journey, I do like your destination very picturesque, just a thought why not get a pair of light weight hiking boots for your journeys? they are usually water proof and comfortable to wear for long periods of time, I speak from the experience of having wet feet for a day while out on Bodmin Moor not something I will ever do again, the wet feet that is. Take care and stay safe, cheers.

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Hi Simon cheers mate, yes I’d definitely recommend Portrush and if the rest of that coastline is just as nice I reckon it’s worth a longer trip. I don’t know why I didn’t wear my walking shoes on this one, I’ve got several pairs at home as I used to do quite a bit of walking. Old age probably 😂 All the best 😊

@ewanduffy 2 года назад

12:42 the building in the background with the clock tower is the original station building.

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Yes I thought it might be. I went inside but I think some of it was a discount store or something like that?

@ewanduffy 2 года назад

@@LetsMakeaTrip yes, which I was pleasantly surprised to see as the last time I had been in Portrush before 2 weeks ago, it had been a gaming arcade so I didn't go in. I wandered around the store as my first time in the building.

@nirailwaystrainspooterbelf3134 Год назад

Do you know if catering is on the derry train still heading up to derry on 4march last time I went on was halloween and no catering at all but there was work going on from gvs to yorkgate so that probably explains why

@LetsMakeaTrip Год назад

Hi mate, I was only over there a few days tbh and that was a while back. Not sure what the current situation is like 😊

@kayculbertson9893 Год назад

Great footage, thanks. PS Coleraine is pronounced "Coalraine" 🙂

@LetsMakeaTrip Год назад

Thanks Kay - never knew that about the pronounciation. Will try and remember for next time 😊👍

@binflynn1 Год назад

Did you say they are capable of a top speed of 19 miles per hour or 90 miles per hour

@LetsMakeaTrip Год назад

Gotta be 90 I would say 👍

@NedNew Год назад

Portrush's claim to fame is that it is ranked 19th in Ireland based on the number of red cars per person.

@LetsMakeaTrip Год назад

😂 great factoid!

@colincampbell4261 Год назад

Pronounced Cole raine not Coler aine

@g_donnell9323 2 года назад

Barry’s/curry’s you can see the Big Dipper when you are coming out of the train

@LetsMakeaTrip 2 года назад

Yes I think I caught a glimpse. I loved Portrush - fantastic coastline. I will go back one day, some people have suggested the bus that takes the coastal route to the giants causeway etc.