Talk:Blue Train (South Africa)

Page needs Editing
Something as famous and important as this needs expanding. The Blue Train is after all one of the most famous train journeys in the world. I was dissapointed to find the article so short.


 * Well then why don't you add to it? Who are you anyway? Please sign your posts to talk pages. Roger 09:00, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

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Mismatch in the article
The article text says two trainsets are required for the daily service. But with (as per info box) 27 hours travel time, that will not work out. If the service is daily, you need at least 3 trainsets. --Thogo 07:02, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Travel time
As mentioned at the teahouse:

Curiously, the bluetrain website itself gives both times as well: 31 and 27. Also 54 at one point, which makes it unlikely at least that the times are for opposite directions or something. JackTheSecond (talk) 23:44, 8 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Above: "in two different reliable citations". Really? These two don't look reliable to me. True, CNN doesn't have a bad reputation, and I'd tend to trust an article CNN published about something in particular. But this looks like a mere compilation of fluff. The Business Insider piece looks even feebler. Factual statements in this article shouldn't depend on mere churnalism about "luxury". I don't pretend to know anything about trains, but I imagine that there exists a level-headed literature about the matter. Can't something better than CNN and BI be cited? If it can't, or as long as it can't, just say something like "The average time of the complete journey is described as X hours[source A] or Y hours[source B]". -- Hoary (talk) 00:05, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Also: "Forty-eight hours"... it seems the travel time is in flux. JackTheSecond (talk) 00:32, 9 May 2024 (UTC)