01-06-2010, 09:30 | #1 |
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What are people's suggestions for when you are carrying a baby on a train?
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There are two wheelchair spaces, always in coach C or coach F depending on the train length, seek out the wheelchair logo
The wheelchair accessible toilet has the baby changing facilities
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I'm fairly sure every toilet (an a 22000) has them.
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Every toilet on a Mk 4 has them; might only be every second toilet on a 22K.
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02-06-2010, 18:46 | #6 |
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We used to keep our fella in a car seat on the table when he was really small, now hes older he doesn't want to sit, he just runs around.
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Some trains on the continent have play areas in one carriage. Here we call them Luas trams.
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I should think that making arrangements in case the train actually crashes is a bit unnecessary given the how unlikely that is. (Touch wood).
But it probably isn't a great idea to put a car seat on a table due to the propensity towards sudden lurches that Irish trains have. I would think it possible that a car seat could be thrown off the table. It would seem to me that the best solution for a child in the first stage car seat is to either use a pram/pushchair or put them in the seat on a rearwards facing seat. For a child that is the next stage of seat where isn't really practical to bring the seat, the pushchair or just the rear facing seat (when they are a bit bigger) is probably the best. A forward facing seat isn't a great idea as there is a strong chance the child getting their head whacked against a table. I've travelled on a Finnish train that had a play area. Fantastic arrangement - keeps the noisy children and the people who complain about them seperate so nobody need worry. But then most of Europe appears to be considerably more civilised than Ireland or the UK towards providing family-friendly facilities. The play area didn't even take up much room as it was slotted in over the return of the stairs on a double-decker car and most of the space wasn't usable for seats anyway. |
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Last week I carried my 6 month old daughter on my knee on a TGV train journey the length of France! She only slept for about 30 minutes, the rest was spent entertaining her, walking around, showing her the 3 dogs in the carriage, and bringing her upstairs because she was shouting (and we were booked into seats in the quiet carriage!)
One thing I noticed about people with babies on Irish Rail is the sheer unpredictability of temperatures on board. Babies optimum temperature is 16-20 degrees, but in Summer Irish Rail seem to like to leave the heat on, and heat is one thing that can make a baby really howl! I think if I had to bring the baby on the train I would go for carrying her, and folding up the pram. The car seat thing wouldn't work for most journeys, and they are way too heavy to lug around. Considering how long my daughter would stay in a pram that wasn't being pushed, I would be wasting my time looking for the wheelchair space, but if it was free I would probably take it. If you are going to bring a baby on a train on a regular basis, you probably want the lightest one you could get. We have some sort of McLaren sport (not sure which, pramology is the wifes specialty) which is only 7kg and easy to drag around. Hope this is useful. Oisín
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A car seat for infants is not really a seat, it can also sit on a pram and is more like a bed,
Our family has travelled by rail extensively (in many countries) and I am only trying to offer some advice based on my experiences given the lack of child rooms on Irish trains. Quote:
Everybody´s an expert about what babys want and need, unfortunatly most dont come with instructions. I´ll just say that when a baby is unhappy they will let you know. |
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