On train information and the lack thereof, post your experience - Page 12

Mark Gleeson · 14-08-2006, 08:04

8:05 Greystones Howth
PIS system switched off, no maps, no pa

8:08 Malahide Bray
Not showing a destination on rear coach, destination blind broken

Dubpete1 · 14-08-2006, 23:03

1455 Bray - Malahide. Displaying "Howth" on the front (the 1441 had departed with "Malahide" on the front) and the PIS read "Destination: Malahide Next Stop: Bray" all the way into town. Fantastic.

Pete

Colm Donoghue · 15-08-2006, 09:29

yesterday 14Aug on the 17:50 Pearse Dundalk

got on car 29104, there was no aircon working and it was hot, only 7 lights in the entire car worked/were lit; no pis display working,
robodude announced between Kilbarrack and HJ&D that "the next station is Malahide."
coming into Malahide - "The next station is Donabate"
coming into Donabate - "The next station is Rush & Lusk"
coming into R&L - fixed "The next station is Rush & Lusk."

Mark Gleeson · 15-08-2006, 09:49

7:57 Maynooth Bray
PIS not working on rear 4 coaches, no destination shown on rear

7:59 Howth Bray
PIS not working on rear 4 coaches, Howth shown as destination on rear

17:25 Howth Bray (8622)
PA volume so low as to be inaudible

Mark Gleeson · 17-08-2006, 09:43

17:25 Howth Bray (8622)
Map showed train starting from Connolly
PA volume so low as to be inaudible during automated announcements, manual pa volume good

19:07 Bray Malahide
PA worked but the displays didn't one was blank other was displaying a block of red

22:55 Howth Bray
No PA, No PIS, No maps

KennyG · 17-08-2006, 10:49

1750 Pearse -- Dundalk

PIS got confused near Drogheda and started claiming that it was approaching Dundalk. Strangely, the Irish version stayed right and Robodude didn't announce the wrong station.

Mark Gleeson · 18-08-2006, 08:25

17:25 Howth Bray (8601)
PIS working but no displays in front coach working
PA volume exteremly low
Announced CCTV where no CCTV is provided

Mark Gleeson · 18-08-2006, 16:25

16:50 Howth Bray
Showing Howth as destination on rear coach

Oisin88 · 18-08-2006, 17:08

Diesel Commuter passing through Tara Street at 6:50pm in a Southbound direction with passengers on board and "Connolly Station" on the from and back.

MV_001 · 20-08-2006, 10:03

Friday August 18th:

15:11 southbound DART from Tara Street had no announcements & the LED display said "Destination Malahide" & "Next Stop: Malahide" all the way from Tara Street to Glenageary.

Mark Gleeson · 20-08-2006, 21:14

19:35 Howth Bray
Showing Howth as destination on rear coach

19:50 Greystones Malahide
Showing Greystones as destination on rear coach

20:04 Howth Bray
Showing Howth as destination on rear coach

21:05 Howth Bray
No PIS, No PA, No Maps

21:30 Pearse Dundalk
External PIS displays played the usual switch on they stay off

MrX · 21-08-2006, 07:23

The announcments on this MK3 operated service were unusually good. They were made by a lady with an English accent who spoke slowly, clearly and understandably. She provided even provided information about bus connections, car park locations, taxi rank locations etc when we arrived at Heuston.

The announcements from the dining car on the other hand were not great. The guy kept blowing into the microphone and the there was a terrible buzzing noise over the speech like something was short circuiting / grounding in the mic itself.

Certain IE staff seem to feel that they need to blow into or tap the mic everytime they use it. It sound absolutely aweful.

Mark Gleeson · 21-08-2006, 08:03

7:59 Howth Bray
Showing Howth as destination on rear coach

7:57 Maynooth Bray
Side destination panels not working

Oisin88 · 21-08-2006, 17:09

Today's train stopped at Geashill (about half way between Tullamore and Portarlington) to let the forrestry train by.

Over the PA there was an announcement for Portarlington. He then must have realised his mistake, and announced "We are now approaching Portarlington, in about 10 minutes." Then he said it again a little while later.

Bizarre. Could he have been having a little snooze and did he wake up when the train started stopping? It was a "slam door" drain so I wonder did anyone hop out on the bit of old platform thinking that Portarlington was getting a bit run down.

James Shields · 21-08-2006, 20:54

08:20 Drogheda-Connolly Enterprise

Coming into Connoly, the automatic announcement said, "We will shortly be arriving in Dundalk..."

Unusually, there was no manual announcement to correct it. Usually the train manager will make an announcement telling passengers about connections to Heuston and times ofn return trains to Belfast.

Mark Gleeson · 21-08-2006, 21:01

17:25 Howth Bray (8612)
No PIS, No PA, No Maps
Rear destination showing Howth (plus one dead tail light)

21:48 Bray Malahide (8631/32 + 8122)
Rear destination showing Bray (plus one dead tail light 8322)

Mark Gleeson · 22-08-2006, 08:28

7:59 Howth Bray
Showing Howth as destination on rear coach

Mark Gleeson · 24-08-2006, 08:20

8:05 Greystones Bray
PA working but no displays working in front coach
Unit running the outdated chime software version

12:16 Howth Greystones
Showing Howth as destination on rear coach

12:25 Howth Bray
Showing Howth as destination on rear coach

16:20 Bray Howth
Showing Bray as destination on rear coach (8405)

17:15 Bray Malahide
Showing Bray as destination on rear coach (8632)

22:22 Pearse Dundalk
External side destination displays not working on rear 4 coaches

22:30 Pearse Maynooth
External side destination displays not working

Mark Gleeson · 24-08-2006, 16:47

17:15 Howth Greystones
Showing Howth as destination on rear

17:50 Pearse Dundalk
Side destination displays not working

17:25 Howth Bray
Showing Howth as destination on rear

17:45 Bray Howth
No destination shown on rear

19:09 Bray Malahide
Showing Howth as destination on rear (8314)
PA notice re CCTV on a train without CCTV

22:05 Malahide Bray
Showing Malahide as destination on rear
PA notice re CCTV on a train without CCTV
No PIS displays working in front coach 8405

22:22 Pearse Dundalk
External side destination displays not working
No destination shown on rear

22:30 Pearse Maynooth
External side destination displays not working

Colm Donoghue · 25-08-2006, 09:48

25Aug06

at Grange road, coming into HJ&D on the 6:35 from Dundalk
robodude says "The next station is Connolly"

14-08-2006, 08:04	#221
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	14-8-2006 8:05 Greystones Howth PIS system switched off, no maps, no pa 8:08 Malahide Bray Not showing a destination on rear coach, destination blind broken

15-08-2006, 09:29	#223
Colm Donoghue Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 873	pis brok, no lights or aircon yesterday 14Aug on the 17:50 Pearse Dundalk got on car 29104, there was no aircon working and it was hot, only 7 lights in the entire car worked/were lit; no pis display working, robodude announced between Kilbarrack and HJ&D that "the next station is Malahide." coming into Malahide - "The next station is Donabate" coming into Donabate - "The next station is Rush & Lusk" coming into R&L - fixed "The next station is Rush & Lusk."

15-08-2006, 09:49	#224
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	15-8-2006 7:57 Maynooth Bray PIS not working on rear 4 coaches, no destination shown on rear 7:59 Howth Bray PIS not working on rear 4 coaches, Howth shown as destination on rear 17:25 Howth Bray (8622) PA volume so low as to be inaudible Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 16-08-2006 at 11:46.

17-08-2006, 09:43	#225
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	16-8-2006 17:25 Howth Bray (8622) Map showed train starting from Connolly PA volume so low as to be inaudible during automated announcements, manual pa volume good 19:07 Bray Malahide PA worked but the displays didn't one was blank other was displaying a block of red 22:55 Howth Bray No PA, No PIS, No maps

17-08-2006, 10:49	#226
KennyG New to the board Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5	16-8-2005 1750 Pearse -- Dundalk PIS got confused near Drogheda and started claiming that it was approaching Dundalk. Strangely, the Irish version stayed right and Robodude didn't announce the wrong station.

14-08-2006, 23:03	#222
Dubpete1 New to the board Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 5	1455 Bray - Malahide. Displaying "Howth" on the front (the 1441 had departed with "Malahide" on the front) and the PIS read "Destination: Malahide Next Stop: Bray" all the way into town. Fantastic. Pete

18-08-2006, 08:25	#227
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	17-8-2006 17:25 Howth Bray (8601) PIS working but no displays in front coach working PA volume exteremly low Announced CCTV where no CCTV is provided

18-08-2006, 16:25	#228
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	18-8-2006 16:50 Howth Bray Showing Howth as destination on rear coach

18-08-2006, 17:08	#229
Oisin88 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dublin Posts: 608	16-8-2006 Diesel Commuter passing through Tara Street at 6:50pm in a Southbound direction with passengers on board and "Connolly Station" on the from and back.

20-08-2006, 10:03	#230
MV_001 New to the board Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9	Friday August 18th: 15:11 southbound DART from Tara Street had no announcements & the LED display said "Destination Malahide" & "Next Stop: Malahide" all the way from Tara Street to Glenageary.

20-08-2006, 21:14	#231
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	20-8-2006 19:35 Howth Bray Showing Howth as destination on rear coach 19:50 Greystones Malahide Showing Greystones as destination on rear coach 20:04 Howth Bray Showing Howth as destination on rear coach 21:05 Howth Bray No PIS, No PA, No Maps 21:30 Pearse Dundalk External PIS displays played the usual switch on they stay off

21-08-2006, 07:23	#232
MrX Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 585	7:30 PM 20/08/06 - From Cork to Heuston The announcments on this MK3 operated service were unusually good. They were made by a lady with an English accent who spoke slowly, clearly and understandably. She provided even provided information about bus connections, car park locations, taxi rank locations etc when we arrived at Heuston. The announcements from the dining car on the other hand were not great. The guy kept blowing into the microphone and the there was a terrible buzzing noise over the speech like something was short circuiting / grounding in the mic itself. Certain IE staff seem to feel that they need to blow into or tap the mic everytime they use it. It sound absolutely aweful.

21-08-2006, 08:03	#233
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	21-8-2006 7:59 Howth Bray Showing Howth as destination on rear coach 7:57 Maynooth Bray Side destination panels not working

21-08-2006, 17:09	#234
Oisin88 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dublin Posts: 608	21-8-2006 Galway-Dublin 1500 Today's train stopped at Geashill (about half way between Tullamore and Portarlington) to let the forrestry train by. Over the PA there was an announcement for Portarlington. He then must have realised his mistake, and announced "We are now approaching Portarlington, in about 10 minutes." Then he said it again a little while later. Bizarre. Could he have been having a little snooze and did he wake up when the train started stopping? It was a "slam door" drain so I wonder did anyone hop out on the bit of old platform thinking that Portarlington was getting a bit run down.

21-08-2006, 20:54	#235
James Shields Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Drogheda, Ireland Posts: 1,275	08:20 Drogheda-Connolly Enterprise Coming into Connoly, the automatic announcement said, "We will shortly be arriving in Dundalk..." Unusually, there was no manual announcement to correct it. Usually the train manager will make an announcement telling passengers about connections to Heuston and times ofn return trains to Belfast.

21-08-2006, 21:01	#236
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	21-8-2006 17:25 Howth Bray (8612) No PIS, No PA, No Maps Rear destination showing Howth (plus one dead tail light) 21:48 Bray Malahide (8631/32 + 8122) Rear destination showing Bray (plus one dead tail light 8322) Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 22-08-2006 at 08:27.

22-08-2006, 08:28	#237
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	22-8-2006 7:59 Howth Bray Showing Howth as destination on rear coach

24-08-2006, 08:20	#238
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	23-8-2006 8:05 Greystones Bray PA working but no displays working in front coach Unit running the outdated chime software version 12:16 Howth Greystones Showing Howth as destination on rear coach 12:25 Howth Bray Showing Howth as destination on rear coach 16:20 Bray Howth Showing Bray as destination on rear coach (8405) 17:15 Bray Malahide Showing Bray as destination on rear coach (8632) 22:22 Pearse Dundalk External side destination displays not working on rear 4 coaches 22:30 Pearse Maynooth External side destination displays not working Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 24-08-2006 at 16:46.

24-08-2006, 16:47	#239
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	24-8-2006 17:15 Howth Greystones Showing Howth as destination on rear 17:50 Pearse Dundalk Side destination displays not working 17:25 Howth Bray Showing Howth as destination on rear 17:45 Bray Howth No destination shown on rear 19:09 Bray Malahide Showing Howth as destination on rear (8314) PA notice re CCTV on a train without CCTV 22:05 Malahide Bray Showing Malahide as destination on rear PA notice re CCTV on a train without CCTV No PIS displays working in front coach 8405 22:22 Pearse Dundalk External side destination displays not working No destination shown on rear 22:30 Pearse Maynooth External side destination displays not working Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 25-08-2006 at 08:08.

25-08-2006, 09:48	#240
Colm Donoghue Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 873	25Aug06 at Grange road, coming into HJ&D on the 6:35 from Dundalk robodude says "The next station is Connolly"

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