[22-1-2007] Howth Howth Junction suspended

[Mark Gleeson]

Is it just be or has the rail service collapsed in the last 2 weeks ?

The train is actually between Sutton and Howth

22nd January 2007 - 09.45hrs

DART services are currently suspended between Howth and Howth Junction due to a technical fault on a train near Sutton.

Dublin Bus will honour rail tickets for customers travelling to/from Howth, Sutton and Bayside.

Iarnród Éireann apologises for the inconvenience caused.

[Mark Gleeson]

Back running but the IE site says they are still off

[Mark Gleeson]

Its now 11:43 sometime between 11:15 and now this appeared note it appeared almost a hour after services resumed

Travel Alerts

Howth - Howth Junction: service resumed by Corporate Communications

22nd January 2007 - UPDATE 11.00hrs

DART services have resumed between Howth and Howth Junction following an earlier technical fault on a train near Sutton.

Iarnród Éireann apologises for the inconvenience caused.

[hhf8]

was on the 10.28 train from balbriggan to connolly, Saw Dart halfway up howth junction platform.

Connolly was awach with trains,All outside the statio. Even saw one 2800 with an IE employee sleeping in a seat with his high vis jacket on

[Rashers]

I got on the above service @ 18.30 last night. At 18.50 having gone no where, and with the Enterprise soon to depart, I rang Connolly information. They advised there was a brake failure, and this was under investigation. When I advised there was no information to passengers waiting on the train, she advised she would ring an inspector, which to be fair, she would seem to have done. However, at the same moment the driver was updating passengers, an automated destination announcement kicked in, meaning his announcement was unheard (it was the normal low volume/barely audible). We departed just before 7, with the usual stuck behide Northbound DARTs, which led to further delays. And of course the Enterprise was stuck behind us.