21.00 - last night, most reserved seats I've ever seen and a queue to the front door.
No yellow t-shirts, (unsurprising), didn't board until about 20.50 with no preference for the reserved ticketholders. Host hid in first class, as always.
There was a few people turfed out of seats by their rightful owners, some people just didn't see or know about the little electronic name displays.
But not that bad, everyone very civilised!
Ridewise: I was in Coach C, it was the 4006 which was very rocky between Heuston and Clondalkin and again between Monasterevin and Portarlington.
5:30 - this morning, +15 mins late in Port (as was I
), no announcements on board, unscheduled stops at Kildare and Newbridge which didn't show on the electronic display which kept saying Heuston. Despite lateness and stops, got into Heuston at 8:38.