Talk:Blue Train (South Africa)

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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)[reply]

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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)[reply]

As mentioned at the teahouse:

I was editing this page Blue Train (South Africa) and came across different data in two different reliable citations. CNN (https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/luxury-train-travel/index.html) states 27 hours travel duration and Business Insider Africa states 31 hours travel duration (https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/the-best-luxury-train-rides-in-2024/gc7lrsp)

CNN is an older citation from 2016 and Business Insider Africa is a newer citation from 2024. Would it be better if I change the duration mentioned on the page from 27 to 31 hours since the newer citation should be updated? My assumption and logic here is that the latest citation will be more accurate.

ANLgrad (talk) 21:36, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Also: "Forty-eight hours"... it seems the travel time is in flux. JackTheSecond (talk) 00:32, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]