[09/07/2013] Severe delays to/from Heuston (second incident)

[Jamie2k9]

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4867&p=116&n=237

Severe disruption to services in and out of Heuston due to a fatality at Kildare


09 July 2013

11:35hrs

Severe disruption is expected to services in and out of Heuston

The 10:00hrs service from Heuston to Cork struck and fatally injured a person at Kildare

Efforts are now being made to source bus transfers for all services currently enroute to Heuston

There are currently no services departing Heuston

Emergency services are at the scene, but disruption is expected to continue for some time

Updates will be posted on this website and on twitter @irishrail

Iarnród Éireann apologises for any inconvenience caused

[Jamie2k9]

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4867&p=116&n=237

Services back operating into Heuston after earlier incident at Kildare


09 July 2013

12:15hrs

Services are back operating into Heuston after earlier incident.

Services remain suspended out of Heuston at present.

Updates will be posted on this website and on twitter @irishrail

Iarnród Éireann apologises for any inconvenience caused

[Jamie2k9]

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4869&p=116&n=237

Delays to services to and from Heuston


09 July 2013

Delays to services to and from Heuston up to 60mins due to a mechanical fault on a track maintenance machine.

This website will be updated as further information is made available.

Iarnród Éireann apologises for any inconvenience caused.

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4869&p=116&n=237

Delays up to 80 minutes to services to and from Heuston
09 July 2013
Update: 16. 50hrs

Delays to services to and from Heuston up to 80mins remain due to a mechanical fault on a track maintenance machine.

This website will be updated as further information is made available.

Iarnród Éireann apologises for any inconvenience caused.

[Jamie2k9]

Signal fault at Cherryville latest problem added to the list.

[Jamie2k9]

Services back moving, I am currently 2h50m late.

[plant43]

What is the reasoning behind having a track maintenance machine moving around at peak times?

[Jamie2k9]

Originally Posted by plant43

What is the reasoning behind having a track maintenance machine moving around at peak times?

would not call 14.30 peak time and even if it was scheduled to be earlier outbound Heuston services didn't resume until 12.45 this afternoon.

[plant43]

First announcement on twitter that it had failed was at approx 16:30, which is peak time. Even if it was delayed because of the earlier Kildare incident, surely passenger services should take priority.

[Jamie2k9]

It failed before 14.45 departure to Westport as all trains since then have being stopped, single line was used for a little bit, then the signal failure at Cherryville which at the minute is causing more delays.

[Jamie2k9]

Services from Heuston have being stopped since 18.20 as the 14.50 from Waterford is blocking the 15.10 at Cherryville Junction. Driver hops to be moving soon, have heard this one a lot today.

[Jamie2k9]

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4869&p=116&n=237

Delays in and out of Heuston are beginning to ease


09 July 2013

Update: 19:15hrs

Services in and out of Heuston are back moving after earlier disruption hich was caused by a mechanical fault on a train between Newbridge and Sallins.

The signal fault at Cherryville Junction has now been repaired

Iarnród Éireann apologises for any inconvenience caused.

On the move 3 and a half hours late.

I see a rumour started on twitter saying the heat caused a track problem and not a broken machine. Anyone confirm?

18.25 from Waterford-Heuston will be a bus transfer.

[Jamie2k9]

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4870&p=116&n=237

Iarnród Éireann would like to apologise to customers travelling with us today


09 July 2013

Iarnród Éireann would like to apologise to customers travelling with us today, Tuesday 9th July, on services into and out of Heuston station.

At 10:30 the Dublin to Cork train fatally struck a person on the track at Kildare. This resulted in delays of up to 150 minutes to all services into lunchtime whilst emergency services and Gardai were in attendance.



15:00 a track maintenance machine failed between Sallins and Newbridge blocking trains out of Heuston station. During this time a signal fault developed at Cherryville Junction at 15:40 causing further delays to trains into and out of Heuston station. Due to these two faults severe delays were experienced throughout the evening.



Passengers on services affected by the track machine and signal failure this evening are entitled to claim a refund under the Iarnród Éireann Passenger Charter as follows;
•One to two hours 50%
•Two hours or more 100%
•To apply for a refund fill out a refund application form, attach your ticket, post it to the address on the form



Iarnród Éireann apologise for any inconvenience caused.

[grainne whale]

Train failures and signalling faults are all too common now - and this inept company are concentrating all their efforts on fare evasion - enough said

[laoisfan]

Originally Posted by grainne whale

Train failures and signalling faults are all too common now - and this inept company are concentrating all their efforts on fare evasion - enough said

I don't mind failures etc $hit happens! What I do mind is that there was no plan whatsoever yesterday in place to alleviatethe delays e.g. start combining services in Heuston and dropping other services. They wouldn't even do that because they did not have the capacity.

I was on the 5:05 train to Ballybrophy ( got there about 9:30 ). It was half-empty.

My friend was on the 4:25 to Ballybrophy ( got there about 8:50 ). It was also half-empty.

[comcor]

I would hope someone has done an analysis that says that the fare evasion crackdown will pay for itself through issued fines and increased compliance.

[grainne whale]

Originally Posted by comcor

I would hope someone has done an analysis that says that the fare evasion crackdown will pay for itself through issued fines and increased compliance.

' probably just cover the new CEO's salary, allowances etc.

[laoisfan]

I've just posted off my claim form with a photocopy of my annual ticket.

Most likely they will issue vouchers.

Do they print your name on the vouchers? I was hoping to give them to a friend of mine who typically goes up 1-2 days per week from Ballybrophy. Might save them some money perhaps.

EVERYONE CLAIM!!

Don't let this shower away with this.

Sorry for the all-caps above. I've wrecked this morning (poor widdle me )

[grainne whale]

Originally Posted by laoisfan

I've just posted off my claim form with a photocopy of my annual ticket.

Most likely they will issue vouchers.

Do they print your name on the vouchers? I was hoping to give them to a friend of mine who typically goes up 1-2 days per week from Ballybrophy. Might save them some money perhaps.

EVERYONE CLAIM!!

Don't let this shower away with this.

Sorry for the all-caps above. I've wrecked this morning (poor widdle me )

I don't blame you, I was delayed as well (1 Hour - but only going to Hazelhatch), but nothing like other people, a work colleague who commutes from Thurles, he got a train around 4ish and reached Thurles at 9.25pm.

[laoisfan]

Originally Posted by grainne whale

I don't blame you, I was delayed as well (1 Hour - but only going to Hazelhatch), but nothing like other people, a work colleague who commutes from Thurles, he got a train around 4ish and reached Thurles at 9.25pm.

The thing which really irritates me is that there was no leadership shown here. A year or two ago something similar happened and they started to cancel/merge certain services to reduce the amount of possible delay. Why could they not do that yesterday? Is the place in such a shambles? I was talking to the guys at the ticket validating machines in Heuston and they did not have a clue. Not blaming them per say but the whole thing was like something out of Father Ted.

Can Mark & the other shed any light on yesterday's joke of a service and why they did not merge services out of Heuston?