On train information and the lack thereof, post your experience - Page 21

Colm Donoghue · 12-03-2007, 11:34

This morning's 06:31 to Rosslare was 22 mins late getting to Tara. No explanation given.
Front of the train said Dun Dealgan
No pis working inside
car 2805

Colm Donoghue · 06-04-2007, 10:53

This morning 6th April, the 7:58 service to Pearse from Rush and Lusk had "Bré Botanic" as it's destination

packetswitch · 07-04-2007, 10:46

Where the hell is Bré Botanic??? I'd like to visit there some day.

Thomas J Stamp · 08-04-2007, 20:52

'tis Botanic Road in Belfast. Nice to see that the ideals of a 32 county Republic live on in IE.

philip · 17-04-2007, 19:51

Today on the above service the PIS kept announcing "this train is for <silence>" instead of "this train is for Docklands". It managed to call out the next station announcements ok though.

Return journey 14:32 Docklands->Clonsilla kept showing Ashtown as the next station on the led display.

0/2

James Shields · 18-04-2007, 07:29

The new version seems to mostly work well, but is it just me or does the volume seem louder for the Irish language placenames? It comes across like robodude is shouting them out.

It's also still very short on gaps between sentences, with some messages messing a full stop, and all missing a space after the full stop, with the result that you get things like:

"This rain is for Dublin PearseThe next station is Dublin Connolly.Please have your ticket ready for validation..." (that's not exact, just an example of the sort of thing it produces).

James Shields · 24-04-2007, 06:48

Well, the new version of the software still goes bizarrely wrong from time to time. Yesterday I was on a train that was displaying messages like "ds3746237.mp3 Balbriggan............ds3476237.mp3 Balina". I'm assuming the MP3 files are recordings it should be sending to the audio system. The station names seemed to be a random mix of stations on our route and stations that happened to be alphabetically close. There were no audio announcements.

Oh, and as far as I know, the rules state that when the automatic PIS isn't working, the driver is supposed to announce the stations.

ThomasJ · 30-04-2007, 07:37

29000 set 8 car i was on this morning. Destination board at front of train displaying nenagh/st na bpiarsach

MOH · 04-05-2007, 16:12

Good one on Wednesday evening. From Blackrock, there's a Malahide DART at 18.05 which doesn't stop at Killester, follow by an 18.10 to Howth which does, followed by another Malahide one which does.

Arrived at platform a few mins before 18.10.
Display reads: "1 Howth 5 mins."

After a few mins first line goes blank, second line reads: "2 Malahide 11 mins."
No problem there.

Then it changes to "1 Malahide 11 mins".

Just as I'm about to blow a fuse that my train has suddenly been scrapped, it comes around the bend. As it pulls up, the display changes to "1 Howth".

But the front of the train says Malahide.

At this stage I don't know if it's the Howth one, or the Malahide one which won't stop at my station.

As I get on, the platform display changes back to "1 Malahide".
But the on-board displays showed destination as Howth.

At that point I just gave up, sat down and hoped for the best. Luckily it turned out to be the right one, but god help any tourists trying to understand the system.

ThomasJ · 21-05-2007, 18:40

Front destination screen displaying drumcondra/droichead atha

ThomasJ · 04-06-2007, 19:48

29107-29407 out of service at connolly, front destination screen displaying clonsilla/st ui chonghaile (connolly st)

Mark Gleeson · 04-06-2007, 20:10

17:45 Howth Bray

Refurbished set 8323/8123/8339/8139/8324/8124

Got very very confused while in Dun Laoghaire. The side display went through next station Glenageary, next station Killiney all with accompanying pa before finally deciding that Sandycove was the correct next station

Of course this train doesn't even call at Killiney

Colm Donoghue · 05-06-2007, 07:25

Thursday 31st June
Gorey evening train had Connolly as the destination as it went through Tara.

CSL · 24-07-2007, 11:31

Dart Carriage 8507 yesterday : LEd showing next station Bayside [ from Pearse to Dun Laoghaire ] .... Voice announcements correct though.

Edward Ryan · 30-07-2007, 14:34

I saw the 725 Dublin to Rosslare Harbour train pass Gorey this morning. It was running over 25 min late and was desplaying Athlone on its front and rear destination blind

Mark Gleeson · 30-07-2007, 14:40

Classic stuff

Though beaten by this one 9:07 Bray Howth this morning

Information display scrolls

tnuomydnaS noitats txeN htwoH rof si niart sihT

Yes that is meant to be backwards

Edward Ryan · 30-07-2007, 14:55

Does anyone care in Iarnrod Eireann. I mean the fail at the most basic things. How hard is it to have a destination screen working correctly?

Mark Gleeson · 30-07-2007, 15:16

Latest scam in IE is not to wash the trains so you can't even read the destination display

Mark Hennessy · 30-07-2007, 15:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Ryan

I saw the 725 Dublin to Rosslare Harbour train pass Gorey this morning. It was running over 25 min late and was desplaying Athlone on its front and rear destination blind

I boarded that at Pearse this morning, the look of confusion as customers got on, then off and then quickly on again as the doors were closing without knowing what was going on.

Par for the course with IE as usual.

MrX · 30-07-2007, 16:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Classic stuff

Though beaten by this one 9:07 Bray Howth this morning

Information display scrolls

tnuomydnaS noitats txeN htwoH rof si niart sihT

Yes that is meant to be backwards

It's disability access - for people who suffer from a form of dyslexia that causes them to read backwards?

12-03-2007, 11:34	#401
Colm Donoghue Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 873	12 Mar 2007 This morning's 06:31 to Rosslare was 22 mins late getting to Tara. No explanation given. Front of the train said Dun Dealgan No pis working inside car 2805

08-04-2007, 20:52	#404
Thomas J Stamp Chairman/Publicity Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Home of Hurling Posts: 2,708	'tis Botanic Road in Belfast. Nice to see that the ideals of a 32 county Republic live on in IE. __________________ We are the passengers

17-04-2007, 19:51	#405
philip Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 632	12:00 Clonsilla-Docklands Today on the above service the PIS kept announcing "this train is for <silence>" instead of "this train is for Docklands". It managed to call out the next station announcements ok though. Return journey 14:32 Docklands->Clonsilla kept showing Ashtown as the next station on the led display. 0/2

30-04-2007, 07:37	#408
ThomasJ Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Clonsilla Posts: 2,812	Heres a classic 29000 set 8 car i was on this morning. Destination board at front of train displaying nenagh/st na bpiarsach

21-05-2007, 18:40	#410
ThomasJ Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Clonsilla Posts: 2,812	19.20ish connolly-drogheda Front destination screen displaying drumcondra/droichead atha

06-04-2007, 10:53	#402
Colm Donoghue Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 873	This morning 6th April, the 7:58 service to Pearse from Rush and Lusk had "Bré Botanic" as it's destination

07-04-2007, 10:46	#403
packetswitch Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 216	Where the hell is Bré Botanic??? I'd like to visit there some day.

18-04-2007, 07:29	#406
James Shields Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Drogheda, Ireland Posts: 1,275	The new version seems to mostly work well, but is it just me or does the volume seem louder for the Irish language placenames? It comes across like robodude is shouting them out. It's also still very short on gaps between sentences, with some messages messing a full stop, and all missing a space after the full stop, with the result that you get things like: "This rain is for Dublin PearseThe next station is Dublin Connolly.Please have your ticket ready for validation..." (that's not exact, just an example of the sort of thing it produces).

24-04-2007, 06:48	#407
James Shields Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Drogheda, Ireland Posts: 1,275	Well, the new version of the software still goes bizarrely wrong from time to time. Yesterday I was on a train that was displaying messages like "ds3746237.mp3 Balbriggan............ds3476237.mp3 Balina". I'm assuming the MP3 files are recordings it should be sending to the audio system. The station names seemed to be a random mix of stations on our route and stations that happened to be alphabetically close. There were no audio announcements. Oh, and as far as I know, the rules state that when the automatic PIS isn't working, the driver is supposed to announce the stations.

04-05-2007, 16:12	#409
MOH Really Regular Poster Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 372	Good one on Wednesday evening. From Blackrock, there's a Malahide DART at 18.05 which doesn't stop at Killester, follow by an 18.10 to Howth which does, followed by another Malahide one which does. Arrived at platform a few mins before 18.10. Display reads: "1 Howth 5 mins." After a few mins first line goes blank, second line reads: "2 Malahide 11 mins." No problem there. Then it changes to "1 Malahide 11 mins". Just as I'm about to blow a fuse that my train has suddenly been scrapped, it comes around the bend. As it pulls up, the display changes to "1 Howth". But the front of the train says Malahide. At this stage I don't know if it's the Howth one, or the Malahide one which won't stop at my station. As I get on, the platform display changes back to "1 Malahide". But the on-board displays showed destination as Howth. At that point I just gave up, sat down and hoped for the best. Luckily it turned out to be the right one, but god help any tourists trying to understand the system.

04-06-2007, 19:48	#411
ThomasJ Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Clonsilla Posts: 2,812	29107-29407 out of service at connolly, front destination screen displaying clonsilla/st ui chonghaile (connolly st)

04-06-2007, 20:10	#412
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	4-6-2007 17:45 Howth Bray Refurbished set 8323/8123/8339/8139/8324/8124 Got very very confused while in Dun Laoghaire. The side display went through next station Glenageary, next station Killiney all with accompanying pa before finally deciding that Sandycove was the correct next station Of course this train doesn't even call at Killiney Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 04-06-2007 at 21:07.

05-06-2007, 07:25	#413
Colm Donoghue Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 873	Thursday 31st June Gorey evening train had Connolly as the destination as it went through Tara.

24-07-2007, 11:31	#414
CSL Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 378	Dart Carriage 8507 yesterday : LEd showing next station Bayside [ from Pearse to Dun Laoghaire ] .... Voice announcements correct though.

30-07-2007, 14:34	#415
Edward Ryan Regular Poster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gorey Posts: 74	30 july 07 I saw the 725 Dublin to Rosslare Harbour train pass Gorey this morning. It was running over 25 min late and was desplaying Athlone on its front and rear destination blind

30-07-2007, 14:40	#416
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Classic stuff Though beaten by this one 9:07 Bray Howth this morning Information display scrolls tnuomydnaS noitats txeN htwoH rof si niart sihT Yes that is meant to be backwards

30-07-2007, 14:55	#417
Edward Ryan Regular Poster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Gorey Posts: 74	Does anyone care in Iarnrod Eireann. I mean the fail at the most basic things. How hard is it to have a destination screen working correctly?

30-07-2007, 15:16	#418
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Latest scam in IE is not to wash the trains so you can't even read the destination display

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