Wishlist for upcoming timetable

[ThomasJ]

Just thought it might be an idea for people to put up what they would like to see in the new timetable without any technical aspects or anything that would need a miracle to do!

[ThomasJ]

There are a couple of things I would like to see on the Maynooth/longford line:

-7 day clockface timetable: I want to be able to know the timetable without having to refer to a timetable.

-Later train: would like to see the 23:10hrs pushed back to 23:30hrs

-21:55hrs pearse maynooth, i have missed this train a couple of times if it had let pearse at ten i would have made it!

-later sunday service 2230 from pearse should be the last on a sunday

-should be a 21:00hrs pearse mullingar service

anything else?

[Oisin88]

Simple things:
(1) As much clockface as possible
(2) Cut the padding
(3) Consistency, not 3 trains within an hour and then a 3 hour break.

[KSW]

What I do would like for the Rosslare line is clockface something that I can remember in pattern in both directions.

-A later train home from Connolly leaving at 19.30 to Rosslare serving Tara St,Pearse,Dun Laoghaire even Kilcoole then going as fast as the tracks will glide the train to the following stations until it reaches Rosslare.

-New trains, IE for example putting a 4coach 29k on the new proposed 13.30 find another 22k train

-Faster train times

-Try to give just that much top priority between Bray & Connolly

Do these simple things and you will have at least one passenger happy....

[ThomasJ]

Originally Posted by KSW

What I do would like for the Rosslare line is clockface something that I can remember in pattern in both directions.

-A later train home from Connolly leaving at 19.30 to Rosslare serving Tara St,Pearse,Dun Laoghaire even Kilcoole then going as fast as the tracks will glide the train to the following stations until it reaches Rosslare.

-New trains, IE for example putting a 4coach 29k on the new proposed 13.30 find another 22k train

-Faster train times

-Try to give just that much top priority between Bray & Connolly

Do these simple things and you will have at least one passenger happy....

When you say 13.30 keith do you mean the new service do you mean the train to arklow? I presume that will be a six coach 28k because it will be running back to maynooth.

[ThomasJ]

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Originally Posted by Oisin88

Simple things:
(1) As much clockface as possible
(2) Cut the padding
(3) Consistency, not 3 trains within an hour and then a 3 hour break.

Agreed, example would be longford

With 17:05 and 17:15 then 18:05 and 18:18. Speead them out!
Agreed

[ThomasJ]

Originally Posted by ThomasJ

When you say 13.30 keith do you mean the new service do you mean the train to arklow? I presume that will be a six coach 28k because it will be running back to maynooth.

One other example for gorey would be connection with the other lines especially on a sunday!

[ThomasJ]

Two things that sping to mind:

- a better service than every 2 hours on a sunday during the day

-the 22:30ish should run on a saturday night

[KSW]

Originally Posted by ThomasJ

When you say 13.30 keith do you mean the new service do you mean the train to arklow? I presume that will be a six coach 28k because it will be running back to maynooth.

I mean the proposed 13.30 from Connolly to Rosslare. I think you meant the proposed 12.05 to Arklow that will be a 6car 28k..

[karlr42]

If every train was an 8-car set between 4pm and 7pm(I realise this is entirely impossible), I'd be very happy.
Other than that, just consistency, so there are no more huge gaps and short bursts.

[weehamster]

I just simply wish for new train drivers to be employed.

[roamling]

I wish for a 8 car train for the 6.30 am service from Drogheda (terminating in Connolly or Pearse instead Rosslare). Or at least a 6 car train EVERY day if it still goes all the way to Rosslare.

Then I could sit down, relax and stop whining about it.

[ThomasJ]

Originally Posted by roamling

I wish for a 8 car train for the 6.30 am service from Drogheda (terminating in Connolly or Pearse instead Rosslare). Or at least a 6 car train EVERY day if it still goes all the way to Rosslare.

Then I could sit down, relax and stop whining about it.

If that Rosslare/gorey timetable is correct the 06:30am (or any other morning drogheda train for that matter) will not be going to Rosslare so you might be in luck!

[plant43]

I know there's no hope of this but a train from Newbridge into Dublin between 1947 and 2200 would be nice.

[Mark Gleeson]

Originally Posted by plant43

I know there's no hope of this but a train from Newbridge into Dublin between 1947 and 2200 would be nice.

That might be happening, there is a shift around on evening services after 7pm. There is an extra late evening Portlaois Dublin service but its after 10pm

[ThomasJ]

Originally Posted by plant43

I know there's no hope of this but a train from Newbridge into Dublin between 1947 and 2200 would be nice.

Thats an extraordinary gap in the evening especially considering its a major commuter and intercity station on the heuston side. Is hazelhatch and sallins the same?

[finnyus]

I often wondered about this and especially now that IE have a lot of MK3 in "storage", could they not run 1 or 2 (if not 3) full 8 car MK3 (without dining car) morning/evening peak trains from Dundalk/Drogheda, say 05:30*, 06:00*, serving only Dundalk, Drogheda & Connolly Platform 4. Are there many services terminating in platform 4 during the morning? A quick shunt of the carriages after the trailing commuter service could free up platform 4 for the next MK3 peak service.

Use the 29000's to serve the intermediate stations to Malahide.

Obviously path issues arise here, but with a little timetable imagination one of these services could be slotted in before the departure of a commuter train from Dundalk/Drogheda.

It would get commuters with longer distances into/out of the city fast. Next Commuter service could handle intermediate stations.

Just took a look @ a journey planner for Drogheda - Dublin today... it would badly need to be tidied up! I work in IT (software development) and I use from time to time, a random number generator... the journey planner looks like it uses that too! ...for its timings & departure times.

For me, what I would like to see:

• A 06:15 departure from Midleton
• A 23:30 service to Midleton
• 14:30 Cork - Dublin calling additionally at Limerick Junction to avail of the connection to Rosslare (removing the 1hr wait that there currently is out of the 13:30 from Cork)
• Have some trains from Cork call at Portarlington giving us connections to the West of Ireland
• IE to advertise their timetables and promote lines
• Get rid of the stupid padding that exists in the timetables (40mins from Connolly - Bray is madness!!!)
• Reduce the transfer time @ Mallow for connections to/from Tralee for both Cork passengers and passengers that arrive on trains originating in Dublin

* only example times as I do not know what the commuter flows are like around Dub during peak times. However, with reference to the current timetable, the Dundalk departures of 05:30, 06:00 to not interfere with current Commuter departures from Drogheda: 06:04, 06:34. Problems might arise @ Howth Junction.

PS: I'm not that mad

[roamling]

Originally Posted by ThomasJ

If that Rosslare/gorey timetable is correct the 06:30am (or any other morning drogheda train for that matter) will not be going to Rosslare so you might be in luck!

open the champaign bottles

[sublimity]

Originally Posted by KSW

What I do would like for the Rosslare line is clockface something that I can remember in pattern in both directions.

-A later train home from Connolly leaving at 19.30 to Rosslare serving Tara St,Pearse,Dun Laoghaire even Kilcoole then going as fast as the tracks will glide the train to the following stations until it reaches Rosslare.

-New trains, IE for example putting a 4coach 29k on the new proposed 13.30 find another 22k train

-Faster train times

-Try to give just that much top priority between Bray & Connolly

Do these simple things and you will have at least one passenger happy....

Agreed. New trains to take over completely from September 27th.

We will also need 6 coach 22k very soon. 2800/29000 trains to be a thing of the past on the rosslare line, with only the odd one for Gorey services being acceptable.

[KSW]

Originally Posted by sublimity

Agreed. New trains to take over completely from September 27th. We will also need 6 coach 22k very soon. 2800/29000 trains to be a thing of the past on the rosslare line, with only the odd one for Gorey services being acceptable.

We will also need 6 coach 22k very soon
Agreed , The 13.05 service seems to be full every Tuesday - Hopefully people will more and more use the new trains making IE use 3x2, 22k car sets ... Take the smartness out of the company....

How many bets are on the 27th that the news trains may not operate on all services and not just the odd one