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Irish Rail September Timetable Changes

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    #1112
    end of the road
    Registered Users Posts: 28,984 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    marieholmfan wrote: »
    Disgraceful. This is Brexitism. The rejection of experts.

    nope.
    irish rail realise there is a capacity issue and have decided to reinstate a lot of the diesels to stations which have been hugely negatively effected in terms of capacity issues due to the new timetable.
    marieholmfan wrote: »
    Or people could just move down the carriage.

    they did. there was still no room.

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



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    #1113
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,678 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Zebra3 wrote: »
    Bizarre how under utilised the line has been while hundreds of millions have been spent on the Luas and its' high frequency.

    (And no, I'm not asking for that level of frequency on the line!).

    It has the two highest used non-electrified commuter stations in the country - how is that under used?

    The more capacity you put on Maynooth the more it'll be used, simple as that. The NTA have focused for too long on adding buses - welcome as they are, they take twice as long off-peak and more on-peak. A 15 or even 10 min frequency would still result in full trains on the corridor.


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    #1114
    marieholmfan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭marieholmfan


    L1011 wrote: »
    It has the two highest used non-electrified commuter stations in the country - how is that under used?

    The more capacity you put on Maynooth the more it'll be used, simple as that. The NTA have focused for too long on adding buses - welcome as they are, they take twice as long off-peak and more on-peak. A 15 or even 10 min frequency would still result in full trains on the corridor.
    I think one thing to take away from this 'debacle' (not my attitude but almost everyone else's) is that this stuff is hard. Perhaps underserved would be a better term than underutilised.


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    #1115
    Jamie2k9
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    Unannounced cancellations appear to be the latest development for DARTS....I'm sure the NTA are been made aware of the true figues :rolleyes:


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    #1116
    FitzElla
    Registered Users Posts: 126 ✭✭FitzElla


    And even though we are now in April 2019, the most recent quarterly Irish Rail performance report published by the NTA remains Q2 2018...


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    #1117
    Working class heroes
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    FitzElla wrote: »
    And even though we are now in April 2019, the most recent quarterly Irish Rail performance report published by the NTA remains Q2 2018...

    I was all ready to give you what for, then I seen the year:D. That's poor indeed.

    Racism is now hiding behind the cloak of Community activism.



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    #1118
    Ireland trains
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    Is there going to be another timetable change soon (maby May or September) as irish rail have said that they will be increasing weekend dart services and introduce weekend PPT services in mid 2019.
    Also the new limerick junction platform will probably open soon enough resulting in reduced journey times. And i also noticed that in the December timetable change thr only changes to heuston line trains was the PPT services even though there was line improvment works throught 2018. Add that to line improvment works this year and the new platform at limerick junction there could be a substantial reduction in journey times.

    One final thing i noticed is that the 06:15 cork-dub express started in 2015 and took 2h, 15m and yet 4 years later, despite contionous line improvment works the journey time is still the same, why?


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    #1119
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users Posts: 10,667 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    The 06.15 should be 2h10m next timetable, not sure they will manage to squeeze 2h05m.


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