[5:45] Longford to Pearse

Trampas · 13-09-2010, 08:00

4 carriage this morning so standing room only leaving Maynooth.

So lets say it was nice and cosey and we made are way out of castleknock.

The dart 7.41 into Connolly skipped in a head of us into connolly and it must have been a minute early as we watched from the sidelines the dart fly in.

So we all had a nice 15min wait to get next dart southbound

ThomasJ · 13-09-2010, 09:45

Sadly trampas, I think you'll find that it's likely to do with the (in most cases) long wait for a northbound train to pass. Some of the time you are waiting on the train to pass by the time it does pass the maynooth train would be on the platform in Connolly! It does raise questions about the signalling giving priority to a dart over maynooth train not always being the correct one!

I would nearly suggest it's time to look at the possibility of sending all inbound and outbound maynooth and Longford trains even pearse bound ones in via platform 7

Trampas · 13-09-2010, 11:58

Today the belfast train had to wait for the dart to pass and the maynooth train passed the belfast train around the bridge.

It is terrible the lack of priority the maynooth line gets.

It is not strange to be waiting 10mins on the bend watching trains go either way.

Something I think IR couldn't careless about the westbound line.

Rashers · 13-09-2010, 18:27

While tryinng not to take over your thread, as a Northern line passenger, I can equally see where you are coming from. Each morning and evening (since the last timetable), we travel at walking pace between Connolly and Howth Junction, as the DARTs are always running late. When we get into Connolly, I often see the Maynooth trains sitting on the bend you describe. And equally I think to myself, all those passengers probably think we have been flying along. Well think again. We are all in the same bucket!
Make sure you voice your concerns at the Meet the Manager session in Connolly on Wednesday!

Trampas · 14-09-2010, 07:26

Today we had the normal 8 carriage.

We arrive on the bend at 7.37 a few mins late. The Dart arrived at the same time (7.41 from Connolly).

We wait till the Enterprise heads out but we wait as the dart heads into Connolly. By the time we reach Connolly we are overtaken into Connolly by a train from Drogheda I presume. We arrived into Connolly at 7.45 (9) mins late.

We arrive into Pearse finally at 7.58 only 17 minutes late and other platform.

I really think IR don't care what time they get their passengers to their destination. Sure some people were late for work today as a result of this but do IR care not a chance if you ask me.

2/2 this week for been late

Ballymore · 14-09-2010, 12:15

I needed to be in work early today and took the 6.18 Mullingar service for the first time this morning. As it's been previously stated it arrived late in Dublin. Disappointing but hardly a surprise. We were left stationary at least 3 times for more than a few minutes apart from station stops obviously but even a few of them were longer than required. Good old Irish Rail - keep up the crap work

13-09-2010, 08:00	#1
Trampas Really Regular Poster Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 242	[5:45] Longford to Pearse 4 carriage this morning so standing room only leaving Maynooth. So lets say it was nice and cosey and we made are way out of castleknock. The dart 7.41 into Connolly skipped in a head of us into connolly and it must have been a minute early as we watched from the sidelines the dart fly in. So we all had a nice 15min wait to get next dart southbound

13-09-2010, 18:27	#4
Rashers Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 431	While tryinng not to take over your thread, as a Northern line passenger, I can equally see where you are coming from. Each morning and evening (since the last timetable), we travel at walking pace between Connolly and Howth Junction, as the DARTs are always running late. When we get into Connolly, I often see the Maynooth trains sitting on the bend you describe. And equally I think to myself, all those passengers probably think we have been flying along. Well think again. We are all in the same bucket! Make sure you voice your concerns at the Meet the Manager session in Connolly on Wednesday! __________________

14-09-2010, 12:15	#6
Ballymore Regular Poster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ballymore Posts: 124	I needed to be in work early today and took the 6.18 Mullingar service for the first time this morning. As it's been previously stated it arrived late in Dublin. Disappointing but hardly a surprise. We were left stationary at least 3 times for more than a few minutes apart from station stops obviously but even a few of them were longer than required. Good old Irish Rail - keep up the crap work __________________ Train don't run out of Wichita...

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13-09-2010, 09:45	#2
ThomasJ Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Clonsilla Posts: 2,812	Sadly trampas, I think you'll find that it's likely to do with the (in most cases) long wait for a northbound train to pass. Some of the time you are waiting on the train to pass by the time it does pass the maynooth train would be on the platform in Connolly! It does raise questions about the signalling giving priority to a dart over maynooth train not always being the correct one! I would nearly suggest it's time to look at the possibility of sending all inbound and outbound maynooth and Longford trains even pearse bound ones in via platform 7

13-09-2010, 11:58	#3
Trampas Really Regular Poster Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 242	Today the belfast train had to wait for the dart to pass and the maynooth train passed the belfast train around the bridge. It is terrible the lack of priority the maynooth line gets. It is not strange to be waiting 10mins on the bend watching trains go either way. Something I think IR couldn't careless about the westbound line.

14-09-2010, 07:26	#5
Trampas Really Regular Poster Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 242	Today we had the normal 8 carriage. We arrive on the bend at 7.37 a few mins late. The Dart arrived at the same time (7.41 from Connolly). We wait till the Enterprise heads out but we wait as the dart heads into Connolly. By the time we reach Connolly we are overtaken into Connolly by a train from Drogheda I presume. We arrived into Connolly at 7.45 (9) mins late. We arrive into Pearse finally at 7.58 only 17 minutes late and other platform. I really think IR don't care what time they get their passengers to their destination. Sure some people were late for work today as a result of this but do IR care not a chance if you ask me. 2/2 this week for been late