[07/12/2015] - Sligo Service Disruption

Jamie2k9 · 06-12-2015, 22:20

http://www.irishrail.ie/news/weather...-storm-desmond

Quote:

Weather Watch: Storm Desmond

06 December 2015

Bus Transfers in operation between Carrick-on-Shannon & Longford due to Flooding. All other services operating, some minor delays.

Storm Desmond Update: Sunday 6th December @ 18:50hrs

Sligo line:

There are currently bus transfers in place between Carrick-on-Shannon and Longford due to flooding. This is expected to continue until at least the afternoon of Monday 7th December.

All other services are operating on all routes with some minor delays.

Up to 40 minute delays to services so perhaps rethink 05.45 service plans if you are working.

James Howard · 07-12-2015, 09:46

Extremely uncomfortable journey this morning. It would appear that the only option was to split the 8-car Longford commuter and use half of that for the 0545 Sligo train. There were a few people standing from Edgeworthstown and pretty much nobody from Mullingar got a seat.

Any idiot could tell on Saturday night that the line was going to be flooded. This happens every year and yet there doesn't seem to be a sensible plan in place. Really looking forward to the next fortnight.

ThomasJ · 07-12-2015, 12:50

16:00hrs Connolly has been cancelled again tonight (Monday) just got a tweet about it.

James Howard · 07-12-2015, 13:10

They've just announced it will be midweek at the earliest before it's back to normal and there will be "reduced capacity" (in english - massive overcrowding) on all of the evening services because nobody in Irish Rail thought to read the weather forecast so they've got three or four trainsets stuck on the wrong side.

Anybody with any experience of the Sligo line could have seen that it would have been wise to at least make sure that the 7-car ICR unit went no further than Longford on Saturday. This spot floods every year and I knew myself at about lunchtime on Saturday that there would be no trains on Monday morning. I was just hoping (in vain) that somebody at Irish Rail would have the brains to think to avoid getting everything stuck in Sligo.

James Howard · 07-12-2015, 13:51

This evening's plan seems to be to cancel the 16:00 and operate the 17:05 with a fraction of the normal seating capacity.

berneyarms · 07-12-2015, 16:26

Presumably there are several trains stuck on the Sligo side of the flooding - at least one of them is probably a 7-car set, including the set that remains there from Friday.

It's not going to be easy to replace that.

07-12-2015, 13:10	#4
James Howard Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sligo Line Posts: 1,115	They've just announced it will be midweek at the earliest before it's back to normal and there will be "reduced capacity" (in english - massive overcrowding) on all of the evening services because nobody in Irish Rail thought to read the weather forecast so they've got three or four trainsets stuck on the wrong side. Anybody with any experience of the Sligo line could have seen that it would have been wise to at least make sure that the 7-car ICR unit went no further than Longford on Saturday. This spot floods every year and I knew myself at about lunchtime on Saturday that there would be no trains on Monday morning. I was just hoping (in vain) that somebody at Irish Rail would have the brains to think to avoid getting everything stuck in Sligo. Last edited by James Howard : 07-12-2015 at 13:45.

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07-12-2015, 09:46	#2
James Howard Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sligo Line Posts: 1,115	Extremely uncomfortable journey this morning. It would appear that the only option was to split the 8-car Longford commuter and use half of that for the 0545 Sligo train. There were a few people standing from Edgeworthstown and pretty much nobody from Mullingar got a seat. Any idiot could tell on Saturday night that the line was going to be flooded. This happens every year and yet there doesn't seem to be a sensible plan in place. Really looking forward to the next fortnight.

07-12-2015, 12:50	#3
ThomasJ Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Clonsilla Posts: 2,812	16:00hrs Connolly has been cancelled again tonight (Monday) just got a tweet about it.

07-12-2015, 13:51	#5
James Howard Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sligo Line Posts: 1,115	This evening's plan seems to be to cancel the 16:00 and operate the 17:05 with a fraction of the normal seating capacity.

07-12-2015, 16:26	#6
berneyarms Really Regular Poster Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 602	Presumably there are several trains stuck on the Sligo side of the flooding - at least one of them is probably a 7-car set, including the set that remains there from Friday. It's not going to be easy to replace that.