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RTE have some snaps http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0111/rail.html
Its the facing crossover about 400m from Skerries from what I can see, not quite 3km That means its single line from Malahide to Balbriggan |
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Always find it curious that Translink have a much more honest report of the situation
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Advice - Get the normal bus cheaper and faster |
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There is a 12 mile single line section to deal with so it will be fun to see how Dublin bound Enterprise trains get through |
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They are running through according to IE and NIR
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Little bit of media coverage on this from today http://www.railusers.ie/podcasts/aud...FM104_News.mp3
Or subscribe to our podcast feed, details http://www.railusers.ie/podcasts/ for recordings of all radio pieces |
the 19:15 didn't run, nor did the next train the 20:10
my very pissed off wife is stuck somewhere in the dark on the next train. |
The 17:50 Pearse - Dundalk didn't run.
Got the 18:15 Pearse - Drogheda - which was extended to serve Dundalk. We left Pearse at 18:30... Train stopped a few times along the way. We were stuck between Rush and lusk and Skerries for an eternity. It was 20:00 when we reached Skerries.... No announcements of stops along the way, no updates from driver. Think it was 20:30 getting into Drogheda |
Right Hook this evening
Did anyone catch Barry kenny at the Right Hook at 6.05pm? Seemed to be his normal Thursday slot, inserted into today. Just a coincidence.
Post the podcast link up here if you can find it! Thanks ;) |
We passed an enterprise train stalled near skerries. I would've preferred they didnt rush to put trains back on if the tracks were in a bad way. I've been wondering all the day if the driver of the freight train is okay.
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Despite Irish Rail's press release, DARTS were not running properly.
no dart went near Malahide between 21:30 and 23:00 when the "delayed" train that left Pears about 20:30 and had been waiting between Portmarnock and Malahide since before my previous post arrived into Malahide. An Enterprise arrived into Malahide southbound at about 22:50 despite tyhe last northbound train leaving Malahide long before 21:30 there was no train on the single line track section for over one hour according to the ticket guy in Malahide. |
I got to Pearse tonight and noticed that the 22.22 to Dundalk was cancelled according to the board although that was Pearse, it may have left from Connolly. I wonder did anyone risk the 23.20 ex connolly to Drogheda tonight?
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Station staff much improved, on train experience awful, Translink just better
Got the 19:00 Connolly-Belfast Central. For once announcements in Connolly were good, and the guy at the information desk accurately managed to tell me when the train would arrive in the station, and that it would only leave 5 mins late.
That's were the good part ends. To Portadown should take 1hr 40mins. It took 4 hours. We were stalled about 100m south of Malahide for well over an hour with no specifics from the driver. When we eventually got moving we hit Dundalk, and then... "This train terminates here. Please leave the train................There will be another train to take youse to Belfast" This other train took 10 mins to turn up, and was a 3 car CAF set from NI. Was about right for the number of passengers - people maybe dissuaded by media reports? Say what you want about Translink, but they've got customer service covered. We got an estimated journey time to Belfast Central, genuine apologies (despite it not being NIR's fault). I asked for and got a request stop in Lurgan, and the train was also going to stop in Lisburn. As is usual when these things happen, the conductor asked if any passengers were travelling beyond Belfast, and arranged to have the last train ex belfast to Larne and Bangor kept back. Now why can't Iarnrod Eireann be like that? PS My mars bar only cost 50p - I was rather chuffed - that's not bad at all |
I got the 5.06 from Dun Laoghaire to Drogheda yesterday - I got into Drogheda station at about 8.05. Yes 3 hourss!!! I took this train on the basis that IR said northbound trains were running normally during rush hour -I had presumed short delays - but this was stupid!
Everytime we stopped, we were told we would be moving shortly - until the announcements eventually stopped. 'Moving' in my eyes does not constitute moving about 2 inches in about 15 minutes! IR would have been better off not running trains - as people on my train were standing for most of the journey. Also, why couldn't Irish Rail have an agreement in place that Bus Eireann would accept tickets yesterday morning? |
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