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Unread 09-07-2009, 06:59   #1
lambo77
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Question 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 !!!
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Unread 09-07-2009, 08:34   #2
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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.
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Unread 16-07-2009, 13:02   #3
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Noticed the official stats in Connolly last Sunday, even with the padding and the ten minutes grace punctuality on Sligo line < 90%
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Unread 02-09-2009, 08:19   #4
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Default No 5:45 Sligo to Connolly this Morning

Passegers bussed from Mullingar. Any idea why?
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Unread 02-09-2009, 15:15   #5
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Default 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
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Unread 03-09-2009, 09:05   #6
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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.
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Unread 03-09-2009, 15:26   #7
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It's probably got something to do with the Commuter railcar maintenance facility in Drogheda being cut off from the network.
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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
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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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