[24/08/2010] 05:45 Sligo-Dublin stuck at Enfield for at least 30 minutes

[James Howard]

They are blaming signal problems at Maynooth. No real idea of when the train is going to be moving.

Apparantly nothing is moving past Maynooth. As usual we'll have to take our chances with Dublin Bus.

[Colm Moore]

Do you mean its already been there 30 minutes or is expected to be another 30 minutes?

[James Howard]

Still here at 8:49 which is about 3 minutes short of an hour late. Looks like I'll be adding to my voucher collection. I presume we aren't going anywhere until they clear a platform at Maynooth which won't happen until the problem is fixed.

[ThomasJ]

There is a notice of suspension of services Clonsilla maynooth on the website. It says it's due to signalling fault.

[James Howard]

We finally started moving an hour and 4 minutes late. If we get a clear run which is not likely, my vouchers may be in danger :(

There have been intermittent signalling problems going back a few months. I presume it is something to do with the integration of the new systems for the Dunboyne line. We had a 2 hour delay about 3 months ago due to this.

[ThomasJ]

From Irish rail via twitter

IrishRail Services suspended Maynooth to Clonsilla due to signalling fault, update to follow. Dublin Bus will accept rail tickets.
36 minutes ago

[Colm Moore]

Let us know how you get on.

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=875 Update: Maynooth to Clonsilla services have returned to normal by Communications

24-8-10 9.05hrs Maynooth to Clonsilla services have returned to normal following earlier signalling fault.

Iarnród Éireann apologises for any inconvenience caused.

[Mark Gleeson]

Its appeared at Drumcondra 58 minutes down

[James Howard]

Just pulling into Connolly at 09:42 so we managed a 53 minute run instead of about 56 as per the timetable.

Platform 1 unfortunately.

[James Howard]

By that I meant the run from Enfield. Overall we were 54 minutes late