[Article] Some train journeys slower than 20 years ago

Mark Gleeson · 10-01-2007, 13:37

Well out of 4 Mk4 trips in 2 months

Trains late leaving Heuston by 1-2 minutes, loss of time en-route for no reason
Halts for non signalling reasons, far too many stops in Inchicore (9:00 15/12/2006)
Lack of catering trolley (13:00 29/12/2006)
Manual announcements which are interrupted by a auto announcement (9:30 15/12/2006)
Feedback when the train manager makes a PA, painful! (9:30 15/12/2006)
Electronic seat reservations offline very frequently (e.g. 9:00 4/11/2006, 13:00 29/12/2006)
Failure of train staff to make PA for short platform (9:30 15/12/2006)
Someone triggered the emergency procedures PA (9:30 15/12/2006)
Refilling of train toilet tanks (13:00 29/12/2006)

The catering service is extremely suspect thats probably the thing which is most noticeable

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10-01-2007, 13:37	#21
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Well out of 4 Mk4 trips in 2 months Trains late leaving Heuston by 1-2 minutes, loss of time en-route for no reason Halts for non signalling reasons, far too many stops in Inchicore (9:00 15/12/2006) Lack of catering trolley (13:00 29/12/2006) Manual announcements which are interrupted by a auto announcement (9:30 15/12/2006) Feedback when the train manager makes a PA, painful! (9:30 15/12/2006) Electronic seat reservations offline very frequently (e.g. 9:00 4/11/2006, 13:00 29/12/2006) Failure of train staff to make PA for short platform (9:30 15/12/2006) Someone triggered the emergency procedures PA (9:30 15/12/2006) Refilling of train toilet tanks (13:00 29/12/2006) The catering service is extremely suspect thats probably the thing which is most noticeable