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lambo77 09-07-2009 06:59

Poor service for Sligo line commuters
 
Commuter services are getting steadily worse on the longford - mullingar - Dublin line. Late trains in the morning and evening to and from Dublin l. Trains not turning up eg 6:05 from Connolly on Tuesday the 6th July. Today the 7:26 arrived about 10 mind late and was a three carriage instead o the usual six. Overcrowding from mullingar. Why are we made pay 2300 for this !!!

cullenswood 09-07-2009 08:34

Yeah I was on both these trains. The 18:05 from Connolly came late, and then terminated in Maynooth, where there was an announcement saying another train would be waiting to pick us up. Of course there was no other train and we just had to wait for the 18:18 from Connolly to arrive in Maynooth.

This morning the three carriages on the early morning Sligo - Dublin meant the whole train was packed and extremely warm.

These services are getting steadily worse and hopefulyl this won't continue.

MOH 16-07-2009 13:02

Noticed the official stats in Connolly last Sunday, even with the padding and the ten minutes grace punctuality on Sligo line < 90%

lambo77 02-09-2009 08:19

No 5:45 Sligo to Connolly this Morning
 
Passegers bussed from Mullingar. Any idea why?

jscales1 02-09-2009 15:15

Poor services on the Sligo line
 
The service is steadly getting worse. I needed to get the train at 1pm to Mullingar today and it didnt arrive in Mullingar until 2:35 disgraceful. I hate to be the passenger on the 1pm ex Sligo they probably did not arrive in Mullingar until 3:15 or later. I have noticed that if one train is delayed at a passing loop all the services for the day are late for the day. Time for some double tracing or more passing loops between Longford and Mullingar so services from the north west are not constantly waiting for ex connolly services

drumcondra commuter 03-09-2009 09:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by jscales1 (Post 49047)
I have noticed that if one train is delayed at a passing loop all the services for the day are late for the day. Time for some double tracing or more passing loops between Longford and Mullingar so services from the north west are not constantly waiting for ex connolly services

and the Maynooth commuter timings get worse as well.

sean 03-09-2009 15:26

It's probably got something to do with the Commuter railcar maintenance facility in Drogheda being cut off from the network.

peterh 24-09-2009 17:42

I commute to Longford everyday by rail and also sometimes go to Dublin and the train seems to be stopping constantly this has gotta stop. Why can't the line have 2 tracks all the way between the stations so a train doesn't have to wait for another train to go through at a station but of course that won't happen for God's knows how long

Colm Moore 26-09-2009 19:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterh (Post 49714)
I commute to Longford everyday by rail and also sometimes go to Dublin and the train seems to be stopping constantly this has gotta stop. Why can't the line have 2 tracks all the way between the stations so a train doesn't have to wait for another train to go through at a station but of course that won't happen for God's knows how long

Ideally all railways would be (at least) double track, but that costs money. There are many busier railways with single track.


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