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Irish Rail September Timetable Changes

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    #722
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    Are there no spare drivers for this eventuality?

    I think you have the tip of the problem.


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    #723
    Colonel Claptrap
    Registered Users Posts: 945 ✭✭✭Colonel Claptrap


    Sam Russell wrote: »
    I think you have the tip of the problem.

    How are the trainee drivers getting on? Have they finished their stint with a mentor or are they still being trained?

    How long is this expected to take before they are available to drive solo?


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    #724
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    Are there no spare drivers for this eventuality?

    Doesn't look like it.


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    #725
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    Doesn't look like it.

    Would there not normally be? Obviously there weren't yesterday but is it not normal that there are spare drivers?


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    #726
    end of the road
    Registered Users Posts: 28,984 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    Decuc500 wrote: »
    I think it's quite obvious that the 10 minute Southside service could easily give up a few rush hour carriages to give to the 20 minute Northside service but Irish Rail don't seem to want to do this.

    that's because they can't do it, because there are no carriges to give up. the 10 minute service is between bray and howth junction, and then trains serve malahide and howth on a 20 minute frequency. there are no carriges dedicated to the south side only, all go north and south.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #727
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    Would there not normally be? Obviously there weren't yesterday but is it not normal that there are spare drivers?

    Maybe they were already used.


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    #728
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,651 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    end of the road wrote: »
    that's because they can't do it, because there are no carriges to give up. the 10 minute service is between bray and howth junction, and then trains serve malahide and howth on a 20 minute frequency. there are no carriges dedicated to the south side only, all go north and south.

    I think what they mean is that the trains heading south at the start of peak rush hour are longer than required. These obviously become the later northbound services.

    There is possibly some adjustment that could be done in having the larger trains heading south even earlier so that they are northbound trains by the time of the rush.


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    #729
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    Maybe they were already used.

    Is this something like the Blue Flu?


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    #730
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    Is this something like the Blue Flu?

    I think it is called choo choo flu.


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    #731
    LEIN
    Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    ^^^

    Post of the day contender!


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    #732
    strandroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭strandroad


    Decuc500 wrote: »
    I think it's quite obvious that the 10 minute Southside service could easily give up a few rush hour carriages to give to the 20 minute Northside service but Irish Rail don't seem to want to do this.

    People left behind on southside services, both directions. Trains are already shorter and packed early.


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    #733
    Colonel Claptrap
    Registered Users Posts: 945 ✭✭✭Colonel Claptrap


    Southbound DART left Pearse 1min early.

    I wonder was it done on purpose....


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    #734
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    Colonel Claptrap wrote: »
    Southbound DART left Pearse 1min early.

    I wonder was it done on purpose....

    No.


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    #735
    thomasj
    Registered Users Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭thomasj


    Commuter train operating the 7.10 train to Sligo this evening.


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    #736
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    thomasj wrote: »
    Commuter train operating the 7.10 train to Sligo this evening.

    Problem with an earlier set.


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    #737
    thomasj
    Registered Users Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭thomasj


    Hilly Bill wrote:
    Problem with an earlier set.

    Will that affect either Maynooth or northern passengers in the morning ?


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    #738
    tnegun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭tnegun


    A 29000 all the way to Sligo lovely. Will that set overnight in Sligo and work the first train back tomorrow?


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    #739
    thomasj
    Registered Users Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭thomasj


    tnegun wrote:
    A 29000 all the way to Sligo lovely. Will that set overnight in Sligo and work the first train back tomorrow?

    I'm sure people on the Maynooth or northern line will be saying the same about the little intercity train they'll be getting in the morning in place of the 8 coach 29k they usually get.........


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    #740
    tnegun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭tnegun


    Thats what I was wondering so it will overnight in Sligo and leave a commuter short tomorrow was it a 4 or 8 car set? It really highlights how stretched IE are stockwise. Do NIR have anything that could be loaned or are they as tight?


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    #741
    end of the road
    Registered Users Posts: 28,984 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    thomasj wrote: »
    Commuter train operating the 7.10 train to Sligo this evening.


    that will be a barrel of laughs for the users after a hard day.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #742
    trellheim
    Registered Users Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭trellheim


    Is the whole fleet on the road in the peak , have all the enterprises been brought back or what’s the story


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    #743
    end of the road
    Registered Users Posts: 28,984 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    tnegun wrote: »
    Thats what I was wondering so it will overnight in Sligo and leave a commuter short tomorrow was it a 4 or 8 car set? It really highlights how stretched IE are stockwise. Do NIR have anything that could be loaned or are they as tight?

    they don't have any spair stock either.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #744
    Working class heroes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Working class heroes


    end of the road wrote: »
    they don't have any spair stock either.

    And you know this how?

    Racism is now hiding behind the cloak of Community activism.



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    #745
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users Posts: 10,667 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    tnegun wrote: »
    Thats what I was wondering so it will overnight in Sligo and leave a commuter short tomorrow was it a 4 or 8 car set? It really highlights how stretched IE are stockwise. Do NIR have anything that could be loaned or are they as tight?

    Yes it will overnight and prob a 4 car. I think they are extra tight today after tree and cows getting in the way over the last few days.
    they don't have any spair stock either.

    They do but its irrelevant to the equation. Surely they will have an extra 2900 around.


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    #746
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    thomasj wrote: »
    Will that affect either Maynooth or northern passengers in the morning ?

    No idea.


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    #747
    thomasj
    Registered Users Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭thomasj


    According to Irish rail upcoming disruption page
    Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October

    Northern and Maynooth commuters will operate from Dublin Connolly only.

    http://www.irishrail.ie/service-updates/irishrail-engineering-works


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    #748
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,988 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    strandroad wrote: »
    People left behind on southside services, both directions. Trains are already shorter and packed early.
    How often is that happening and can they generally get on the next train? I've seen no mention of it say on Irish Rail's Twitter account where people are, rightly, tearing into Irish Rail but it's all been Northside.


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    #749
    n97 mini
    Registered Users Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    thomasj wrote: »
    According to Irish rail upcoming disruption page



    http://www.irishrail.ie/service-updates/irishrail-engineering-works

    Same as every other Saturday and Sunday since the new timetable started?


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    #750
    thomasj
    Registered Users Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭thomasj


    n97 mini wrote:
    Same as every other Saturday and Sunday since the new timetable started?

    Exactly!

    And at the end of the page they apologise for the inconvenience it may cause.


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    #751
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users Posts: 10,667 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    L1011 wrote: »
    First Sligo service late at Maynooth as usual yet actually comes in to Connolly on time - on the wrong platform! 1 instead of 4, people having to run for connections particularly if they'd placed themselves for the right door and are now multiple cars down P1

    Happened today as well but arrived 7 minutes early after gettinng a clear run from Drumcondra. There was 3x4 car on platforms 3 and 4.


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