29000 DMUs - Poor Condition

[luasifer]

Have IE any plans to refurbish the 29000 DMUs? I use these trains daily and most of them appear to have a very poor external appearance where there is evidence of filling and the paintwork is missing or very shabby

IE started repainting them in a new livery over 3 years ago but only a few seem to have been done. Why was the exercise to repaint them in the new commuter livery not completed?

[Mark Gleeson]

Money

Externally doesn't look great but has no impact on reliability

[James Shields]

The floors on these units also look a bit iffy. Plenty of places where it's been patched together, and the odd spot that seems a little bouncy underfoot.

It also bugs me how IE seem to go out of their way to pair an old livery set with a new livery one!

I'm sure it's all only cosmetic, and we all know IE's funding has been squeezed in every direction.

[Mark Gleeson]

Floor is a known issue under investigation, its going to be expensive to address

[James Shields]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Floor is a known issue under investigation, its going to be expensive to address

Translation: it's not going to be addressed until IE find some more money. :-)

Living in hope that when they fix the floors, they will add better sound insulation.

[Jamie2k9]

Originally Posted by James Shields

Translation: it's not going to be addressed until IE find some more money. :-)

Living in hope that when they fix the floors, they will add better sound insulation.

From what I gather the issue is a lot more complex and no easy fix. Money may be a problem as well.

Floor is a known issue under investigation, its going to be expensive to address

Are CAF liable in any way, given some were only built in 2005.