A damning indictment of Irish Rail's Intercity service.

Oisin88 · 08-12-2007, 10:00

Did this guy manage to miss the huge (1m x 1m) sign beside platform 5 saying "Cork Queue Here"

No excuse for going in the normal platform 5 gate, really.

packetswitch · 08-12-2007, 12:04

I dunno. I got the train to Cork on Thursday evening and at least 20 people ended up on the wrong side (i.e. through what looks like it should be the platform gate but is no longer used, cause of the Cork Queue Here sign (which is to the side of the platform). A number of them (from what I could see) opened the gate (some just tailgated!). The train staff chased them all off at the various stages of entry. So this problem is far from a once-off. In particular, the fact that the dot matrix sign above the expected entrance to platform 5 indicates that the Cork train goes from there is a problem. I understand the desire to have a separate queue (although I can't yet understand why we have to queue in the first place, I can get a train at most London terminals without this ridiculous thing of standing for 15 minutes in a queue to enter a platform), but the signs are at least confusing (in particular to non-everyday users) and that should be addressed.

zag · 09-12-2007, 15:31

Aha, one of my pet hates - signs that don't quite say what they mean.

Cork Queue Here - don't they mean "Queue here for trains to Cork" ? If it is a statement then the sign is only correct when a queue has actually formed there.

You might say I'm being finicky and that someone should know what the sign means . . . is this the same person that is supposed to know that even though the departure board says the train is departing from platform 5 you don't actually go through the gate that has the platform display sign above it and that gives access to platform 5 ?

z

08-12-2007, 10:00	#1
Oisin88 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dublin Posts: 608	Did this guy manage to miss the huge (1m x 1m) sign beside platform 5 saying "Cork Queue Here" No excuse for going in the normal platform 5 gate, really. __________________ !

09-12-2007, 15:31	#3
zag Regular Poster Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 199	Cork Queue Here Aha, one of my pet hates - signs that don't quite say what they mean. Cork Queue Here - don't they mean "Queue here for trains to Cork" ? If it is a statement then the sign is only correct when a queue has actually formed there. You might say I'm being finicky and that someone should know what the sign means . . . is this the same person that is supposed to know that even though the departure board says the train is departing from platform 5 you don't actually go through the gate that has the platform display sign above it and that gives access to platform 5 ? z

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08-12-2007, 12:04	#2
packetswitch Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 216	I dunno. I got the train to Cork on Thursday evening and at least 20 people ended up on the wrong side (i.e. through what looks like it should be the platform gate but is no longer used, cause of the Cork Queue Here sign (which is to the side of the platform). A number of them (from what I could see) opened the gate (some just tailgated!). The train staff chased them all off at the various stages of entry. So this problem is far from a once-off. In particular, the fact that the dot matrix sign above the expected entrance to platform 5 indicates that the Cork train goes from there is a problem. I understand the desire to have a separate queue (although I can't yet understand why we have to queue in the first place, I can get a train at most London terminals without this ridiculous thing of standing for 15 minutes in a queue to enter a platform), but the signs are at least confusing (in particular to non-everyday users) and that should be addressed.