dwell times

[Colm Donoghue]

What's worse than freezing standing on the platform waiting for the train to arrive?
standing on the train waiting for the platform to depart.

This morning (and most mornings) the dwell times at Malahide and Portmarnock were 3-4 minutes. The dwell time at Donabate could have been the of the same order.
We arrived at Malahide at 7:29
Departed Malahide at 7:33
Arrived Portmarnock at 7:37
Departed Portmarnock at 7:41

The train is timetabled to depart Malahide at 7:29 and depart Port at 7:37. Not arrive at those times, fart around, let the cold wind howl through the carriage, let the passengers ingest some aromatic Diesel fuel smoke and fumes, eventually close the doors and mosey on.

IE want more money for the extra fuel costs they have. How about shutting the godam doors and keeping the heat in and saving fuel?

8 minutes to travel 3.8 km is a joke anyway. I could cycle that fast nearly.

This happens everyday. I just don't get annoyed enough to actually time it every day.