The Cork Dublin Express Train has entered service

markpb · 06-12-2006, 15:06

Martin Cullen just stood up in the Dail and said there were (and had been) no problems with the new CDEs (or at least none that he had been told about). He also said that they were state of the art and first class

and that an hourly service would be introduced on 1st January. Maybe someone in IR/CIE should let him in on the secret

Mind you, he also said that the reason DB and IR get the lowest subsidy rate in Euro was because they were more efficient that their European counterparts so they don't need a higher percentage. *bangs head*

Derek Wheeler · 06-12-2006, 20:56

Word is leaking out about these heaps of junk. Cullen is wrong. IE don't want to tell him the truth. Latest word I received today suggests that Cork hourly services will not be introduced in January as planned and are postponed indefinetly, due to ongoing problems with the new trains. The defered timetable may be very different to the one expected.

There's also a rumour that IE are suing CAF of Spain (The builders of the new trains) and that CAF are suing IE for non payment of the bill. If any of this turns out to be fact and its extremely likely, then I foresee a lot of egg on a lot of faces. Mid january is the time to watch closely.

2Funki4Wheelz · 07-12-2006, 09:53

Hmmm, the 5:30 Cork to Dublin arrived in Portarlington as near to on time as it has in months. It's amazing what a webchat can do.....

portarlington_user · 07-12-2006, 14:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2Funki4Wheelz

Hmmm, the 5:30 Cork to Dublin arrived in Portarlington as near to on time as it has in months. It's amazing what a webchat can do.....

....BUT we could nearly have walked to work faster than the speed it crawled at

kilman · 07-12-2006, 15:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2Funki4Wheelz
Hmmm, the 5:30 Cork to Dublin arrived in Portarlington as near to on time as it has in months. It's amazing what a webchat can do.....

....BUT we could nearly have walked to work faster than the speed it crawled at

It wasn't too bad. By my watch it was 8:30 when it stopped on the outskirts of Heuston(ie platform 7)

Mark Gleeson · 07-12-2006, 15:54

Next year it leaves Cork 5:15 (as it did in 2005) and arrives at 8:25

2Funki4Wheelz · 08-12-2006, 12:34

Last night on the 21.00, an old lady went into a carriage at the back as it was the first open door (it had a steel floor/has no seats)
The host spotted this and sprinted down from 1st class to guide her to the real carriages. I love those hosts

06-12-2006, 15:06	#1
markpb Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 541	Martin Cullen just stood up in the Dail and said there were (and had been) no problems with the new CDEs (or at least none that he had been told about). He also said that they were state of the art and first class and that an hourly service would be introduced on 1st January. Maybe someone in IR/CIE should let him in on the secret Mind you, he also said that the reason DB and IR get the lowest subsidy rate in Euro was because they were more efficient that their European counterparts so they don't need a higher percentage. bangs head Last edited by markpb : 06-12-2006 at 15:10.

07-12-2006, 09:53	#3
2Funki4Wheelz Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Portarlington Posts: 397	Hmmm, the 5:30 Cork to Dublin arrived in Portarlington as near to on time as it has in months. It's amazing what a webchat can do..... __________________ Customer Service costs nothing...

08-12-2006, 12:34	#7
2Funki4Wheelz Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Portarlington Posts: 397	Last night on the 21.00, an old lady went into a carriage at the back as it was the first open door (it had a steel floor/has no seats) The host spotted this and sprinted down from 1st class to guide her to the real carriages. I love those hosts __________________ Customer Service costs nothing...

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06-12-2006, 20:56	#2
Derek Wheeler Registered user Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kildare Posts: 1,555	Word is leaking out about these heaps of junk. Cullen is wrong. IE don't want to tell him the truth. Latest word I received today suggests that Cork hourly services will not be introduced in January as planned and are postponed indefinetly, due to ongoing problems with the new trains. The defered timetable may be very different to the one expected. There's also a rumour that IE are suing CAF of Spain (The builders of the new trains) and that CAF are suing IE for non payment of the bill. If any of this turns out to be fact and its extremely likely, then I foresee a lot of egg on a lot of faces. Mid january is the time to watch closely.

07-12-2006, 15:54	#6
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Next year it leaves Cork 5:15 (as it did in 2005) and arrives at 8:25