Dalkey - Greystones suspended

Inniskeen · 23-05-2018, 00:43

The surprising thing about this incident is the service arrangements that have between adopted, particularly the decision to introduce single line working between Dalkey and Bray.

Had both lines been maintained in use as far as the facing crossover at the Dargle bridge a 30 minute interval service could have been provided in each direction between Dalkey and Bray with a separate hourly service between platform 3 at Bray and Greystones.

The schedule would be xx.11 and xx.41 from Dalkey arriving in Bray platform 1 at xx.41 and xx.11. Services from Bray would be at xx.22 and xx.52 taking up the xx.52 and xx.22 northbound paths at Dalkey. Arrivals in Dalkey from Howth/Malahide at xx.26 and xx.56 would return north from Dalkey at xx.37 and xx.07 respectively.

Departures from Bray to Greystones would be at xx.15 arriving in Greystones at xx.35 returning to Bray at xx.50 arriving Bray platform 3 at xx.10.

The only explanation that I can see for the current very disruptive arrangement is that it avoids the manual operation of a single set of points at Bray. There are currently staff on the ground at these points in any event and any movements would be very low risk given the reduced speed that applies in the absence of the ATP codes.

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23-05-2018, 00:43	#8
Inniskeen Really Regular Poster Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 951	The surprising thing about this incident is the service arrangements that have between adopted, particularly the decision to introduce single line working between Dalkey and Bray. Had both lines been maintained in use as far as the facing crossover at the Dargle bridge a 30 minute interval service could have been provided in each direction between Dalkey and Bray with a separate hourly service between platform 3 at Bray and Greystones. The schedule would be xx.11 and xx.41 from Dalkey arriving in Bray platform 1 at xx.41 and xx.11. Services from Bray would be at xx.22 and xx.52 taking up the xx.52 and xx.22 northbound paths at Dalkey. Arrivals in Dalkey from Howth/Malahide at xx.26 and xx.56 would return north from Dalkey at xx.37 and xx.07 respectively. Departures from Bray to Greystones would be at xx.15 arriving in Greystones at xx.35 returning to Bray at xx.50 arriving Bray platform 3 at xx.10. The only explanation that I can see for the current very disruptive arrangement is that it avoids the manual operation of a single set of points at Bray. There are currently staff on the ground at these points in any event and any movements would be very low risk given the reduced speed that applies in the absence of the ATP codes.