Recent experiences with the premiere class train from Cape Town to Johannesburg ?
Sep 25, 2016, 11:29 pm
#16
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They still have the bar and smokers lounge on the train . The biggest customer in the smokers lounge was the train crew itself, when I had a look.
Nov 6, 2016, 12:21 pm
#17
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They fill you up with alcohol at lunch after departure (your cost!) - then everyone disappears to their cabin to sleep That's great because it leaves the lounge car empty and you get big windows on both sides for views.
Food is quite good and they have reasonable wines. Credit cards are accepted when your bill is settled near the end of the trip.
Expect delays. Ours (last week) was only 2 hours.
It's best to take the train one way and drive the other. Avoid driving the boring N1 and instead take the coastal route.
Food is quite good and they have reasonable wines. Credit cards are accepted when your bill is settled near the end of the trip.
Expect delays. Ours (last week) was only 2 hours.
It's best to take the train one way and drive the other. Avoid driving the boring N1 and instead take the coastal route.
Dec 8, 2016, 6:17 am
#18
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I am on board the Premier Classe train at the moment, heading from JNB to CPT, enjoying the last glass of my lunchtime bottle of Chenin Blanc in the smokers' lounge. This is stress-busting at its best.
Dec 11, 2016, 2:40 pm
#19
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Enjoy. And once you get closer to the Hex River Valley, crack open a bottle of bubbly, because the scenery is just amazing.