Cork to Cobh - a short but watery ride!

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Cobh is a very interesting town downstream from the city of Cork. There is so much water on the route to Cobh, that the line has to run across the lough using not one but two causeways. Cobh is also steeped in the history of Irish mass emigration from poverty and oppression and the forced transportation of thousands of Irish to the British colonies.
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Departure: Cork Kent, Ireland
Destination: Cobh, Ireland
Distance: 12.4 km / 7.7 miles
Duration: 26 mins
Cost: Standard tickets only. Price depends on flexibility of the ticket
Adult return: €3,45 / £2.95
Date of Travel: April 2023
Operator: Irish Rail / Iarnród Éireann
Motive power: Class 2600 2-car diesel multiple unit. Built: Tokyu Car Corporation, Japan (1992)
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@walterfillingham Год назад

Cracking little run, I’m getting more and more fascinated with our neighbours across the water, so many railways to explore

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

I've has two trips and loved them both. Accommodation in Ireland is expensive, but the trains themselves are very reasonably priced, especially if you can book in advance. Thanks for watching 👍

@mfitzy100 8 месяцев назад

Come visit us and see! You’ll be very welcome

@jeffrockett2907 Год назад

Can confirm coffee shop is back open or at least was when I was there last week. Enjoyed the video, as always. 😊

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Thank you. And I'm pleased the coffee shop is open again, because the concourse was a little sad with it all shuttered Thanks for watching another 👍

@mourdavi Год назад

Another great video as always! Your channel is just class. Simple, informative and relaxing

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

High praise indeed! You are very kind. Thank you so much for those encouraging words and for watching another 👍

@SparkySenor Год назад

Thank you for this vlog. I made this trip 11 months ago under rotten weather conditions, I need to return and experience these wonderful places.

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Yes indeed. I really liked Cork and the places around that part of Ireland. Thank you for watching 👍

@neilfromcork Год назад

Great video! My favourite way of doing this trip is to walk from Cork via the Greenway and the Passage West ferry (about 18km) and then get the train home. The scenery from the train impresses me every time.

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

As no doubt you could tell from that early shot, I did walk down the Greenway too. But it sounds like I missed a trick and should have continued on to Passage West. I shall do that next time I'm there! Best wishes and thanks for watching 👍

@transportlegend.shorts 3 месяца назад

I love your videos, straight to the point - excellent quality - great filming - and gives lots of great information ! Love from Glasgow 🏴

@JohnnyHooverTravels 3 месяца назад

Thanks for saying that. It is much appreciated. Best wishes back to you from Devon 👍

@kieronwillans4038 2 месяца назад

Lovely to see this Johnny. Back in 2005 a friend and I flew into Shannon Airport, rented a car and spent a few days travelling around. We stayed in Limerick, Cork, Tralee and finally Galway before flying back home from Shannon. While staying in Cork we did a train trip to Cobh and like you say on here it is a lovely place. It was of course the final departure point of Titanic on it's ill fated voyage in 1912.

@JohnnyHooverTravels 2 месяца назад

Oh thanks for sharing your memories of Ireland too. I had a great trip there and will definitely return. And, of course, thank you too for watching 👍

@mikeburke7028 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing. Have added to my bucket list 😊

@JohnnyHooverTravels 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching and for the superthanks donation too. 👍

@andycooke6231 Год назад

Whilst Ireland was part of the UK Cobh was called Queenstown and was the last stopping place for the Titanic before it set off on its fateful journey across the Atlantic Ocean. There is also a Titanic centre at Cobh.

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Indeed it was. Thanks for watching 👍

@cryzcryz2345 11 месяцев назад

Very interesting! Thank you for this movie 🤗

@JohnnyHooverTravels 11 месяцев назад

And thank you for watching another 👍

@kieronwillans4038 11 месяцев назад

Another excellent video Johnny. A little piece of history for you, Cobh was the final port of call on RMS Titanic's ill fated maiden voyage in 1912. A friend and I were doing a road trip around Ireland in 2005. We flew into Shannon, hired a car and stayed in Limerick, Cork, Tralee and finally Galway. While in Cork we took the train to Cobh and found it to be a lovely little town. We also visited the wonderful Ring of Kerry and Blarney Castle.

@JohnnyHooverTravels 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching another 👍 Yes, I thought about mentioning the Titanic connection but it was only a short video, so I didn't want to make it too long. That sounds like a cool road trip. Must say I do fancy flying in/out of Shannon. That's on a very long list!

@jmcgrath7658 Год назад

Great vid as always

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Thank you. Very kind of you to say 👍

@Hammer332 11 месяцев назад

Great video. Subscribed!

@JohnnyHooverTravels 11 месяцев назад

Excellent! Thank you 👍 Welcome aboard- do have a look at the back catalogue. There's a few good one in there 😉

@EoghanOMurchu 9 месяцев назад

Lovely video. Well made and great voice over. Well done ❤

@JohnnyHooverTravels 9 месяцев назад

Thank you. That is very kind. And thank you for watching 👍

@nuinmarnuinmar5321 Год назад

Very interesting journey - and some impressive engineering with those causeways and bridges.

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Yes indeed. It really did feel like you were in the water! Not felt so close to water since i rode the Looe branch line... hmm... there's a short video idea right there...

@killianschafer765 Месяц назад

From Midleton. The Canvas Mushroom are relatively new. There were original wooden canopies over the platform (like you see in the rest of the station) but they collapsed in high winds in 2013. Luckily no one was hurt. The Cobh train had just left and no one had gotten on the platform for the Midleton train yet

@JohnnyHooverTravels Месяц назад

Pleased to hear nobody was hurt, although it also sounds like a lucky escape! Thanks for the extra information and also for watching 👍

@enricomonti156 11 месяцев назад

I lived in Cork for two years as a child and did travel every now and then to this service. I redid it last March and I was pleased to see the same trains on this service and seeing again the n. 36 engine. I also did the line to Midleton, which however only reopened in 2009 and I had long left Ireland. From Midleton Station onwards, some tracks continue out of the station on the way to Youghal, where it terminated, whilst the rest of the line is being converted into green spaces

@JohnnyHooverTravels 11 месяцев назад

Yes, I don't think there's any chance of the line extending to Waterford again. As you say, its now a greenway. The bus to Waterford, through Youghal, is pretty good (see one of my other videos) so at least the places along the way have a reasonable public transport offering. Thank you so much for watching

@trainsinireland5063 Год назад

Great Journey and Commentary you Filmed Johnny!😃.

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Thank you. Very kind of you to say so. 👍

@ampersand. Год назад

The "watery" trips are always great, thanks for sharing. And your narrator bloke isn`t bad, is he, certainly done his homework for the engaging commentary. It`s very kind of you to support such a worthwhile charity with your excellent work :) p.s. I like the mushrooms!

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Thank you I will pass on your kind comments to voiceover man. He lives in the cupboard under the stairs and doesn't get out much 😉 Ah... opinions are split over the mushrooms!

@raycasey6264 Год назад

Good shout, Johnny. Thanks for the reminder of the Franciscan Well Brewpub in Cork. It's about time I went back over to Ireland and spent an evening in this place🙂

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Yes you should! I was going to try them all when i was there, but the first pint of a dark one of theirs was so sublime, I just kept coming back for more! Thanks for watching 👍

@christinehodge3608 4 месяца назад

Nice views across the water,

@JohnnyHooverTravels 4 месяца назад

Yes it was a lovely day out from cork.

@andrewlong6438 Год назад

We visited Cobh by car in 2016. The museum is fantastic and the walk along the prom isn’t bad. Lovely part of the world and want to go back there again.

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Yes, it was lovely on my trip. And like you, I'd happily return to County Cork. Thanks for watching 👍

@cronoros Год назад

Great video, I live on the far side (across by the ferry) so rarely have the chance to use the local trains.

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Lovely place to live. Thanks for watching 👍

@TC-qd1zw 10 месяцев назад

Loved the journey from Cobh. Sadly at Clark Kent you needed a bus to get from the train to the main station concourse. Not very easier on the eye. But I will be back as my maternal Grandfather came from Queenstown, as it was called then.

@JohnnyHooverTravels 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching and I wish you safe travels when you return 👍

@amemunsaosoutros 10 месяцев назад

Lovely jubbly

@JohnnyHooverTravels 10 месяцев назад

Yes indeed 👍

@geraldwalsh6489 9 месяцев назад

Excellent research work.....even i,living in Cork, was unaware of some of the facts

@JohnnyHooverTravels 9 месяцев назад

Aw thanks for that! I try to find something to say you know 😉

@Chief_Brody 9 месяцев назад

Wow this brings back memories. As an Englishman once living in Cork City (in one of the houses overlooking the station), I used the train to Little Island virtually every weekday for 6 years. The station itself did have an extension and renovation to the South of it during that time. The main concourse of the station remains "functional" although the original part of the station - the red brick - is more interesting . Those mushroom canopies were a good idea as due to the inclement Irish weather, you'd often have to run from the entrance/exit doors to the train to avoid getting wet. I also often used the train to Fota and Cobh and never tired of the scenery.

@JohnnyHooverTravels 9 месяцев назад

Wow, thank you for those lovely memories ❤️ ...and thank you for watching 👍

@henryhannon9055 Год назад

Think your comments on Cork station were harsh, it’s a lovely red bricked station, the parked cars detract from this, the staff are brilliant and I remember meeting my late father here several times. The coffee shop has changed ownership and has reopened.

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Both are very valid comments 1) you are right, the red brick is not bad, though not made much of 2) I completely failed to highlight how lovely the curved roof is 3) I completely missed that there was a Southern exit ...I need to go back and give it another go sometime Thank you both for watching and pointing out those shortcomings. Genuinely appreciated 👍

@sowitandhopeitgrows Месяц назад

Fota is pronounced like photo... PHOTAH.... but glad you got Cobh PERFECT.... have been asked for cobb before now!

@JohnnyHooverTravels Месяц назад

Thank you for the correction. Always happy to be put right on this channel. Pronunciation is one of the major pitfalls of doing these videos! And thanks to for watching 👍

@_baconality_ Месяц назад

you better tell me right now how many times have you been to fota, i've been around 15 in my life (still a young teen and live in west cork)

@Luce306 Год назад

Nice one been on it before and I do have a stream coming up in coming days for the Galway to cork bus for 4 hours and 20 minutes on the 51 expressway service at 5 past 5 can’t wait going on it on Monday this coming and the train that you were on looks good. Hope you have a good weekend my friend

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

I hope you have a wonderful ride on the 51. Thanks for watching another 👍

@Luce306 Год назад

@@JohnnyHooverTravels your welcome aww thanks I’ll probably be asleep on it knowing me lol 😂

@colinriley123 Год назад

Don't like the mushrooms! Trains over water are always exciting, and the video expresses this well. Reminded me of my trip across the Tay . Good stories do that ; they rekindle memories.

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

Thanks Colin. I will be crossing the Tay from Aberdeen to York in the not too distant future. Probably should have the camera turned on for that one! 👍

@andrewamagbakhen1826 9 месяцев назад

Wow

@JohnnyHooverTravels 9 месяцев назад

Indeed! Thanks for watching 👍

@TravelwithTransport 11 месяцев назад

I went to fota on the same train!

@JohnnyHooverTravels 11 месяцев назад

What was it like? Was it worth a visit? Thanks for watching btw 👍

@Neezabja 4 месяца назад

First time I heard of Cobh was in Roy Keanes's autobiography.

@JohnnyHooverTravels 4 месяца назад

I did not know that he had mentioned Cobh in his autobiography. Thanks for that. And thanks for watching 👍

@damienbalbriggan 11 месяцев назад

Brilliant video Johnny. I always enjoy a trip to Cobh!

@JohnnyHooverTravels 11 месяцев назад

Thank you. Very nice of you to say so. Thank you for watching 👍

@Kulla1berg Год назад

Excellent video I wonder if they will rebuild the railway to Youghal

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

It isn't proposed in the recent All Ireland Strategic Rail Review, so I think it is very unlikely. Thanks for watching 👍

@ArandomdudeArandom-xd4yi 9 месяцев назад

Good old (reliable) IE2600's Hope you enjoyed the trip

@JohnnyHooverTravels 9 месяцев назад

Yes, it was a lovely trip. Thank you for watching 👍

@sklenars 9 месяцев назад

In 2000 my wife and I done a day trip to Cobh from Kent station. Looking at Cobh station now it looks like its been cleaned up. Back then it was filthy, garbage everywhere. On the return leg I went to use the toilet on the train and found it securely locked. Later I asked someone at Cork why this was so and got the reply that it was to prevent vandalism!! How Irish is that. Back then they were talking about closing the line for good and replacing it with a bus service. Thankfully some forward thinkers saw it differently.

@JohnnyHooverTravels 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing your memories and yes, I'm so pleased they retained the line and tidied up the station and the trains. It really is a lovely little branch line to a very interesting destination. Thanks for watching 👍

@ArandomdudeArandom-xd4yi 9 месяцев назад

Not that long ago they demolished the old signal box at cork Kent, don't know why they couldn't have inrerhratd it into the new platform.

@cbgamingstudios4570 9 месяцев назад

I’ve been on this route before from Cobh I only took it because my car was being fixed in cork so I had to take the train

@JohnnyHooverTravels 9 месяцев назад

Did you enjoy the one-off trip? Btw hope the car got fixed and it didn't cripple your bank balance! Thanks for watching 👍

@cbgamingstudios4570 9 месяцев назад

@@JohnnyHooverTravels it’s fine don’t worry😀

@binflynn1 11 месяцев назад

Doing this today

@JohnnyHooverTravels 11 месяцев назад

Have a great ride and enjoy Cobh. Thanks for watching 👍

@sherk012 8 месяцев назад

How does the have almost 300k likes but only 8000ish views?

@justplanecrazy5575 Месяц назад

Coffee shop is only open in the mornings I find

@JohnnyHooverTravels Месяц назад

Ah. Thanks for that extra info. And thanks too for watching 👍

@justplanecrazy5575 Месяц назад

@@JohnnyHooverTravels great video 👍

@geraldwalsh6489 9 месяцев назад

Excellent video. Have to agree that Cork station aint pretty. For a nice handsome one, try Heuston station,Dublin. The facade,limestone,is quite striking, and is Victorian. Travelling from Cork,you will end up at Heuston

@JohnnyHooverTravels 9 месяцев назад

Yep, done trips from Heuston, including this one Irish Rail InterCity from Dublin to Galway - from East to West Ireland by train ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xLKxdCD8FFE.html Have to agree, Heuston is lovely. Thanks for watching 👍

@droneworldbrasil Год назад

Im from Brazil and my question is : There is no trash cans on the train? LOL because of the coke cans everywere

@JohnnyHooverTravels Год назад

I guess people think those holders are as good as a bin! Thanks for watching. Greetings from Devon, UK 👍

@sahilanchal7679 3 месяца назад

Can this train be taken as a daily commute between Cobh and Cork to reach Tyndall National Institute?

@JohnnyHooverTravels 3 месяца назад

It is the commuter train between cork and Cobh, so that's what its main purpose is. Thanks for watching 👍

@killianschafer765 Месяц назад

Yes it can. From the train station to Tyndall it's either a 25-30 minute walk through the city centre or you can take a bus and then walk which will take circa 15 minutes

@MickRussell-jr5rf Месяц назад

What happened to Rushbrooke......

@JohnnyHooverTravels Месяц назад

I was probably fiddling with my camera and missed it! 😁

@MickRussell-jr5rf Месяц назад

Glad you enjoyed Cobh,,My family all born and bred scattered around the world but Cobh remains the spirital home of all of us. There was a lot of sadness about Cobh back in the day but it is now a shining jewel that at last is being recognised.,,Best town in Ireland, by a country mile, and thank you for kind comments

@JohnnyHooverTravels Месяц назад

@@MickRussell-jr5rf I loved it. I was very pleased to be informed (and a little saddened) about the history of the transportation from Ireland.

@andrewamagbakhen1826 9 месяцев назад

which train did you use

@JohnnyHooverTravels 9 месяцев назад

Not sure what the question is here. I used the train to Cobh 🤷‍♂️

@ArandomdudeArandom-xd4yi 9 месяцев назад

Its the ie 2600 made by a japanise manufacture, primarily uses on cork commuter,

@trainsme7919 6 месяцев назад

I dont know if i should be happy? or sad? that the 2600s are having there F gangways removed

@JohnnyHooverTravels 6 месяцев назад

My guess is that the drivers will be happy with a bit more space and visibility. 🤷‍♂️ Thanks for watching 👍

@trainsme7919 2 месяца назад

@@JohnnyHooverTravelsCheers 🍀👌👍👊🚅

@user-io4mu5cg7q 11 месяцев назад

Kent station is not a pretty site.

@JohnnyHooverTravels 10 месяцев назад

It could be better for sure. Thanks for watching 👍

@michaelmcmullan2300 24 дня назад

Keep politics out of your videos

@timotheatae 22 дня назад

Politics is inherent to travel and rail. That's just not practical.

@Baile_an_Locha 15 дней назад

It wasn’t a political opinion. It was a statement of fact.

@gaelicd8328 10 месяцев назад

Great little journey with a lot of key stop offs and locations. Kent station exterior is one of the oldest in the country. I believe it to be original with a retention order on the structure. It was used as a set for a movie of the original great train robbery. Many high-profile actors starred in this movie. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Great_Train_Robbery

@JohnnyHooverTravels 10 месяцев назад

Ah yes. Other commenters have mentioned the movie. I'm pleased that old frontage and building is retained, but i wish more use could be made of it. Thanks for watching 👍