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Originally Posted by richards
Was on the DART this morning going between Raheny and Tara St and vice versa this evening. My god, I can not believe how slow the train goes between Clontarf Rd and Tara St. I would reckon that the train is doing an average speed of less than 10 mpg.
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It is painful alright.
I board every morning at Clontarf when I am on the day shift. I guess it is understandable with the amount of lines converging on Connolly, but it is infuriatingly slow. However the driver swap at Fairview is an absolute joke. On Saturday last I was waiting on the inbound platform when I noticed an outbound Dart stopped at Fairview and the driver made his way into the depot. The train remained there for about 6 minutes until another driver made his way out of the depot and boarded the train and left.
When my Dart arrived, it also swapped drivers and made its slow progress into Connolly. Luckily for me, I was travelling to Bray on Saturday so it was refreshing to travel at much higher speeds than what I am use to when working.
However people tend not to complain. Its just the way it works. On a busy morning, and with a slight downhill gradient to the city, I will always beat the train to work on my bike.