Revenue Protection Unit. Ticket checker.
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Revenue Protection Unit. Somewhat more aggressive team of ticket checkers, equipped with books of €100 fines. Generally to be found at Sandymount station on match days, among other places. You can identify them by RPU down the right-hand side of their ID badges and by their orange vests with Revenue Protection Unit written on them.
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Sandymount to Gorey
I travelled from Sandymount to Gorey and back yesterday, with a change at Dun Laoghaire. 22000 class on the Dun Laoghaire-Gorey-Dun Laoghaire part, thankfully; I've had more than my fair share of 2800 journeys on that line.
Observations both ways
Observations southbound
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17:05 Dublin Templemore 4/6/2010
15:48 Thurles Dublin 6/6/2010
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I was on the 7pm Dublin-Cork train last Friday evening, and it took a really nasty lurch somewhere near Buttevant. I know we're all used to questionable ride quality, but this felt a good deal worse. Is it something to be concerned about?
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Incidentally the visa/mastercard/laser selector is redundant as its knows the card type from the first 4 digits, select laser and put in visa number and watch the 3 euro fee appear |
PTSB's Visa debit cards don't arrive until August, so it would likely be Ulster. The first six digits specify what type of card it is and there are several wrangles surrounding that.
What error did you get? |
Ulster Bank
IIRC I entered the details as Laser and it basically told me that it was an invalid card. Then I tried the same as a Visa credit card and got the same. To be honest, I'm not impressed by having been given the card. As I've noted on here before, I do a lot of travel in Holland and the TVMs don't accept them there, while they would accept a Maestro card, which my old Laser Card had. Eventually, I had to get their Smart Card, so that I wouldn't have to carry tonnes of coins around with me. |
17:40 Rosslare - Dun Laoghaire 11/7/2010
Other than that, stations perfectly clean, until Greystones punctuality was spot on. Train comfortable and clean. |
We all know Rosslare Europort Station is a joke - location and all that.
Was this the 22k you were travelling on? Do you know if the 13.30 to Rosslare weekdays is back to 22k operation? |
All Rosslare trains are 22k, I regularly travel on the 17:45 from Rosslare which is the return of the 13:30. Only once have I found a 29k and that was the day of the extra evening train for the volcano
Rosslare station actually suited me better, saved a walk from the terminal as I had business on the land, not sea |
A couple of weeks ago I noticed the 13.30 was a 29k. Apparently this was as a result of a failure to a 22k outside Wexford a few days earlier. Why couldn't they just replace it with another 22k or are they still short in supply???
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Short 2 still
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Yet again we have had to delete a post which stepped over the line.
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Enterprise 24 July 2010
11.00 am Enterprise from Connolly.
-Boarded train with reserved seats. The reserved carriage was signed on the platform at Connolly, and names were printed out and placed at the correct seat. Train was clean and comfortable, and left bang on time. Train was busy, with almost every seat taken. -The train crawled out of Connolly, and seemed to take its time as far as Malahide, took 20 minutes to get there, before starting to speed up. I have definitely gone faster on commuter trains to there before. Reached Drogheda at about 40 minutes into the journey. - Journey was uneventful, with no further delays. Tickets were checked after Drogheda, the trolley came round a few times, and rubbish was collected before we arrived. Before arriving into Belfast, passengers transferring towards Antrim were told to make their way to platform 4, where their train would be waiting when we arrived. -We arrived in Belfast about 2 minutes late. -Returning from Belfast on the 2010 train, was much quieter, with plenty of free seats. No nametags were on the seats, and weren't many staff to be seen. -Journey ran on time. General comments: - The trains themselves are very nice - comfortable and clean, with a smooth ride, and nice and quiet. Definitely a much nicer option than a bus. Staff were helpful and attentive. - Journey time is still a bit slow - 2h15 for 180 km with 4 stops - compare to say London - Bristol, 190km in 1h40 with 6 stops. |
I'm on the 15.30 train to Galway and Westport which splits in Athlone. The seat reservation system is broken - the displays are off and the seats don't match the ones we booked. There are no signs or announcements telling people which end of the train is going where and the announcements are only listing Galway destinations. There are no staff on the train or platform and the guys on the concourse haven't a clue. It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.
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Well you won't be traveling by train to Galway, its a bus from Athlone. Whole train continues to Westport on Fridays.
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Passengers for Galway should. An chead staisun eile Tula mor. Passengers for Galway should. Next station 64km |
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