[04/07/2010] Portarlington incident

[Rashers]

From the IE website:
Bus shuttle in operation between Portarlington and by Press Office
This is due to an incident on the line

Nothing else. They could not even finish the sentence. Or mention what services were impacted? When did this happen? (today/yesterday), etc. How can IE consistently get the communication piece wrong? Basic stuff really.

[Mark Gleeson]

Over running engineering works is the most likely

Note Irish Rail are vague when its there fault and detailed when its someone else

[ThomasJ]

according to rte there was a fatality on the line near mountrath and that there was knockon effects to cork, kerry and limerick services.

Services are back running now but with delays of 120+ minutes according to irish rail.

On a side note my heart goes out to family and friends of the person who lost their life alongwith the driver.

[Rashers]

I think the fatality was this evening, whereas the original posting was in relation to this morning.

[ThomasJ]

Originally Posted by Rashers

I think the fatality was this evening, whereas the original posting was in relation to this morning.

sorry! Just saw the timestamp!

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=837

Delays to Cork Limerick and Kerry services this mo by Press Office

This is due to an incident at Portarlington

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=838

Bus shuttle in operation between Portarlington and by Press Office

This is due to an incident on the line

[Mark Gleeson]

I can confirm this was yet another fatality