Rail Users Ireland Forum

Go Back   Rail Users Ireland Forum > Irish Rail Customer Service Issues > General Irish Rail Discussion
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Unread 17-11-2017, 12:57   #1
Jamie2k9
Really Really Regluar Poster
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,146
Default Timetable Changes

Now online, almost no changes but:

Waterford - 1-2 minutes less on some services
Galway - 1-2 minutes less, some have extra time added
Cork - 4-5 minutes less, ex Cork now xx.25
Limerick - 2-3 minutes less, up to 8 Sundays
Westport - 3-5 minutes less

It does look like certain parties have disrupted the Connolly changes.....but Sligo gets extra 3 minutes for Broombridge but not showing as stopping yet.

Last edited by Jamie2k9 : 17-11-2017 at 13:03.
Jamie2k9 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 17-11-2017, 22:58   #2
Traincustomer
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: ar an traein
Posts: 600
Default

Difficult to understand how Waterford - Limerick Junction services will be anything up to 10 minutes slower considering all the work carried out on the line.

A case of make it look bad to support a case for closure? As usual there is no accountability apparent.
Traincustomer is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 18-11-2017, 17:07   #3
Inniskeen
Really Regular Poster
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 951
Default

Connolly side changes repeat the well established depressing pattern of journey time downgrades on Sligo, Rosslare, Belfast and DART.

The main changes affect Sligo and Rosslare trains which are up to 16 minutes slower with several others being 8 or more minutes slower.

There are a few inconsequential changes to other services including many DART trains having an extra two minutes dropped into the schedule.

An oddity is the extension of the 1730 from Drogheda which now runs to Pearse. It is not clear what set now forms the 1840 to Drogheda although the 1718 from Maynooth now terminates in Connolly rather than Pearse.

The evening train from Rosslare no longer arrives in Connolly before the departure of either the 2050 to Belfast or 2052 to Drogheda.
Inniskeen is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 18-11-2017, 18:37   #4
Jamie2k9
Really Really Regluar Poster
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,146
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Traincustomer View Post
Difficult to understand how Waterford - Limerick Junction services will be anything up to 10 minutes slower considering all the work carried out on the line.

A case of make it look bad to support a case for closure? As usual there is no accountability apparent.
Maybe the "bus" needs more time

Carrick to Clonmel and Tipp to Limerick sections appear to get a few extra minutes each.

Looking at Real Time Data over Sep/Oct all services are completing the services to schedule and some have 2-3 minutes to spare. It sounds like typical Irish Rail attitude to schedule planning.
Jamie2k9 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 20-11-2017, 14:39   #5
comcor
Really Regular Poster
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cork-Dublin, Cork Commuter and occasionally DART and Dublin-Wexford
Posts: 855
Default

Irish Rail must really want to close the lone to Wexford. The speed south of Gorey has got so poor that a racing cyclist would beat the train. I understand that there are capacity problems from Bray into Dublin, but there's no excuse for the speeds at the southern end of the line.
comcor is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 20-11-2017, 17:09   #6
ACustomer
Really Regular Poster
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 767
Default

Many Rosslare trains are almost unchanged in terms of overall times. Some are slower: is this an attempt to iron out some punctuality problems?

What is truly disgraceful is that despite the online bookings being available post December 9th, the Irish Rail website says you can't book beyond Dec 9th (you get this if you click on Timetables on the home page). In fact the journey planner does allow such bookings. This is the situation at 5pm on today November 20.

Does the right hand know what the left hand is doing in the crazy world of the Irish Rail website?
ACustomer is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 22-11-2017, 13:31   #7
ACustomer
Really Regular Poster
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 767
Default

Update on IE Website. On the home page it says:
Quote:
Customers can now book services post 9th December from today 17th November.
However if you click on timetables it says:
Quote:
Bookings beyond 9th December - Customers are advised that bookings beyond the 9th December are currently unavailable online.
This is still the case (Nov 22) 5 days after post-Dec 9th bookings were made available.
ACustomer is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 11-12-2017, 12:32   #8
Dublin13
Regular Poster
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 130
Default

Irish Rail have said to use the journey planner going forward as there is no PDF timetable.

Is there not to be a printed DART and Commuter timetable anymore?
Dublin13 is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 12-12-2017, 00:04   #9
berneyarms
Really Regular Poster
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 602
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dublin13 View Post
Irish Rail have said to use the journey planner going forward as there is no PDF timetable.

Is there not to be a printed DART and Commuter timetable anymore?
It was uploaded today (Monday).

Last edited by berneyarms : 12-12-2017 at 00:16.
berneyarms is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 13:54.


Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.