Last Sundays westlife gig and lack of options for fans

[markpb]

Originally Posted by ThomasJ

At Clonsilla Station there was a notice up advising westlife concert goers [...] to purchase single tickets only.

That just says it all really, it's unbelievable that they didn't run any later trains!

DB didn't fare much better, most of their 11.30 buses sailed past Fairview as the first of the crowds arrived out.

[ThomasJ]

Originally Posted by markpb

DB didn't fare much better, most of their 11.30 buses sailed past Fairview as the first of the crowds arrived out.

Yep and given it was like a Saturday night, in terms of the bank holiday weekend, Nitelinks only ran at 00.30 and 02.00 a joke.

It raises a question though when organising gigs like this should venues/promotes be made sure that through communication with transport authorities that transport is factored into the planning?

[markpb]

Originally Posted by ThomasJ

It raises a question though when organising gigs like this should venues/promotes be made sure that through communication with transport authorities that transport is factored into the planning?

That's pretty much what I said to DB this morning (it was a *long* email). DB and IR should be statutory notification bodies, they should charge the cost of providing the extra buses and staff to the concert organisers (just like the DoJ charges the cost of the Gardai) and they should have a proper transport plan in place including having transport staff on the grounds, having ticket sales buses in place and generally being organised about the thing.

Allowing 85,000 people to congregate on a small area with no planning and is lunacy.

[ThomasJ]

One of the most annoying things about this was gardai asking the fans to travel by public transport?

There was clearly no communication or organisation between the gardai and transport parties.

Fair point about pushing the fees onto the promoters, it should happen. Its not much to ask to ensure fans get in and ok of the area ok.

[Colm Moore]

Seems like DART only on next weekend.

[Mark Gleeson]

Extra suburban trains would result in cancellations somewhere else which isn't on

[Mark Hennessy]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Extra suburban trains would result in cancellations somewhere else which isn't on

On a Sunday evening though?
There must be lots of empty commuter trains around surely?