[Article] Wireless broadband being rolled out in January

[finnyus]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

The facebook follows the twitter feed

There is an XML trick which the twitter feed uses to post updates when the irishrail site is updated

So there is an existing framework in place with the irishrail.ie website?

[Colm Moore]

It seems that there is a system. Making sure the system works properly is an issue. When CTC post a notice on the website it goes to Facebook and Twitter also.

This notice is revised, but has last week's date on it.

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

Wi-Fi available on the following trains:

Tuesday 20th April

07:30 Cork Heuston
11:00 Heuston Cork
14:30 Cork Heuston
18:00 Heuston Cork
Availability may be subject to change without notice

Iarnród Éireann has announced that wi-fi trials are now underway on selected Dublin-Cork Intercity services.

The trial follows an assessment of technical aspects of a wi-fi service on the route, with strong coverage levels across the Dublin Cork line.

Initially, free wi-fi is available, and partners in the trial, Fleet Connect, will also offer web access to customers at a variety of price points, allowing Iarnród Éireann to assess the likely customer uptake.

A spokesperson for Iarnród Éireann said “we are looking forward to this exciting initiative, to establish the uptake from customers for the wi-fi services, and to see the impact on the rail travel experience. We are hoping the option to avail of on train internet connectivity for all customers – from those checking social networking sites and e-mail to business customers – will prove popular, and lead to a full introduction of wi-fi on Dublin/Cork, and its expansion to other routes – Intercity, DART and Commuter. We would intend going to tender for a supplier partner to undertake this.”

The initial trial will continue for six months on one train set, which will be rotated through scheduled services. Rail bosses are already receiving enquiries on expansion of the facility. “Many customers are already travelling with us because rail travel offers the scope to use travel time productively. Wi-fi obviously broadens such scope dramatically.”

The train-bound system has been designed and installed by Dublin-based FleetConnect, who has also supplied other Irish transport firms with on-board Wi-Fi. “The system provides up to eight concurrent connections using mobile broadband networks from O2, Vodafone, and 3,” said Patrick Cotter, Managing Director at FleetConnect. “During the journey the Moovbox’s patented SureWAN technology will intelligently choose the best networks to use based on availability, and where possible aggregate those networks to provide a bigger ‘pipe’ to the train.”

From our initial testing Iarnród Éireann passengers will be able to achieve up to 3.5mbs download which will give them the ability to access the Internet to check their email, surf the web, play games and connect to their corporate network. The system is available on the full train set for everyone to use once they have a Wi-Fi enabled device such as a Laptop, I – Phone or smart phone.”

[Colm Moore]

http://www.facebook.com/iarnrodeireann

Wi-Fi Services Today:
12:00 Heuston Cork,
15:30 Cork Heuston &
19:00 Heuston Cork

(subject to change without notice)

[Colm Moore]

http://www.facebook.com/iarnrodeireann

Wi-Fi Trains Today
09:30 Cork Heuston,
13:00 Heuston Cork,
16:30 Cork Heuston &
21:00 Heuston Cork

[TomB]

Originally Posted by Colm Moore

16:30 Cork Heuston

I'm on this service as I type so I got to try it out.

It's very slow. Much slower than accessing the web through my phone (Vodafone network) via bluetooth. WiFi signal strength very good though.

I would say it's just about usable.

Great service if they offered it for free, but I can see a lot of customers being unhappy if anything more than a nominal amount (say €1) was charged.

And snazzy wifi didn't stop my train from being 20 mins late!

[Colm Moore]

http://www.facebook.com/iarnrodeireann

Wi-Fi Trains Friday:
06:30 Cork Heuston,
10:00 Heuston Cork,
13:30 Cork Heuston,
17:00 Heuston Cork &
20:30 Cork Heuston

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

Wi-Fi available on the following trains:

Friday 30th April

06:30 Cork Heuston
10:00 Heuston Cork
13:30 Cork Heuston
17:00 Heuston Cork
20:30 Cork Heuston

Saturday 1st May

07:00 Heuston Cork
10:30 Cork Heuston
14:00 Heuston Cork
17:30 Cork Heuston

Sunday 2nd May

10:00 Heuston Cork
13:30 Cork Heuston
17:00 Heuston Cork

Monday 3rd May

07:30 Cork Heuston
11:00 Heuston Cork
14:30 Cork Heuston
18:00 Heuston Cork

Tuesday 4th May

05:05 Cork Heuston
15:00 Heuston Cork
18:30 Cork Heuston

Availability may be subject to change without notice

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

Wi-Fi available on the following trains:

Tuesday 4th May
05:05 Cork Heuston
15:00 Heuston Cork
18:30 Cork Heuston

Wednesday 5th May
07:30 Cork Heuston
11:00 Heuston Cork
14:30 Cork Heuston
18:00 Heuston Cork

Availability may be subject to change without notice

[Colm Moore]

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

Wi-Fi available on the following trains:

Thursday 6th May

05:05 Cork Heuston
12:00 Heuston Cork
15:30 Cork Heuston
19:00 Heuston Cork

Availability may be subject to change without notice

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

Wi-Fi available on the following trains:


Sunday 9th May

12:30 Cork / Heuston
16:00 Heuston / Cork
19:30 Cork / Heuston


Availability may be subject to change without notice

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

Wi-Fi available on the following trains:

Thursday 20th May

14:00 Heuston/Cork
17:30 Cork/Heuston
21:00 Heuston/Cork

Friday 21st May

06:30 Cork/Heuston
10:00 Heuston/Cork

13:30 Cork/Heuston
17:00 Heuston/Cork
20:30 Cork/Heuston

Availability may be subject to change without notice

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

Wi-Fi available on the following trains:

Sunday 23rd:

10:00 Heuston Cork
13:30 Cork Heuston
17:00 Heuston Cork

Monday 24th:
07:30 Cork Heuston
11:00 Heuston Cork
14:30 Cork Heuston
18:00 Heuston Cork

Availability may be subject to change without notice

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

WiFi Services Today 3rd June
11:00 Heuston Cork
14:30 Cork Heuston
18:00 Heuston Cork

Friday 4th June
05:05 Cork Heuston
09:00 Heuston Cork
12:30 Cork Heuston
16:00 Heuston Cork

Availability may be subject to change without notice

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

Friday 4th June
05:05 Cork Heuston
09:00 Heuston Cork
12:30 Cork Heuston
16:00 Heuston Cork

Saturday 5th June
08:00 Mallow Cork
09:30 Cork Heuston
13:00 Heuston Cork
16:30 Cork Heuston
21:00 Heuston Cork

Sunday 6th June
10:30 Cork Heuston
14:00 Heuston Cork
17:30 Cork Heuston

Monday 7th June
16:00 Heuston Cork

Tuesday 8th June
07:30 Cork Heuston
11:00 Heuston Cork
14:30 Cork Heuston
18:00 Heuston Cork

Availability may be subject to change without notice

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

Tuesday 8th June

07:30 Cork Heuston
11:00 Heuston Cork
14:30 Cork Heuston
18:00 Heuston Cork

Wednesday 9th June
12:00 Heuston Cork
15:30 Cork Heuston
19:00 Heuston Cork

Availability may be subject to change without notice

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Due to regular Train maintenance, WIFI is currently unavailable

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Monday 14th June

05:05 Cork-Heuston
15:00 Heuston-Cork
18:30 Cork-Heuston

Availability may be subject to change without notice

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

Tuesday 15th June
09:30 Cork Heuston 12:25
13:00 Heuston Cork 15:55
16:30 Cork Heuston 19:30
21:00 Heuston Cork 23:55

Wednesday 16th June
07:30 Cork Heuston
11:00 Heuston Cork
14:30 Cork Heuston
18:00 Heuston Cork

Availability may be subject to change without notice

[Colm Moore]

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications
Thursday 17th June

14:00 Heuston Cork
17:30 Cork Heuston

Availability may be subject to change without notice

Due to regular Train maintenance, WIFI is currently unavailable

[Colm Moore]

[http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=700

Wi-Fi trial on selected Cork-Dublin Intercity services by Corporate Communications

Thursday 17th June
14:00 Heuston Cork
17:30 Cork Heuston

Friday 18th June
12:00 Heuston Cork
15:30 Cork Heuston
19:00 Heuston Cork

Availability may be subject to change without notice