Irish rail, bank holiday weekend.

judas101

Hi. does anyone know what the story is with the train timetables over the bank holiday weekend?

intend to get the train to galway on the sunday before bank holiday monday. i checked their site but it says: "sundays; except those before public holidays"

would i be correct is assuming there are more trains on sundays before bank holidays due to increased numbers of commuters?

anybody know what the story is with this?

many thanks.

the_syco

/me looks at the website, www.irishrail.ie

It looks like the nice way of saying "f**k al trains".

Dublin Heuston to Galway on 06/05 leaves at 08:40, swpas at Athlone at 10:35 gets to Galway at 11:50
Dublin Heuston to Galway on 06/05 leaves at 13:45 gets there at 16:18
Dublin Heuston to Galway on 06/05 leaves at 18:45 gets there at 21:34

DerekP11

Follow this link for a simple version of whats happening on Sunday 6th next.

http://forum.platform11.org/showthread.php?t=2394

Engineering works in Portarlington, so lots of bus transfers.

judas101

thanks a lot for the info folks. i'll be damned if i get stuck on a bus to galway.

feckin irish rail.

KC61

There are still two direct trains operating on Sunday from Heuston to Galway:

One at 1345 (arr 1618) and a second at 1845 (arr 2134).

It's only the first train at 0840 that is being replaced by a bus from Heuston to Athlone.

The works at Portarlington are vital to improving journey times, and as such some disruption is inevitable.

monument

The notice says the 22:45 Heuston to Kildare on Saturday is canceled but IR's online timetable says it is to be served by a "Bus". It also says the 20:00 to Kildare will be served by a bus.

judas101

irish rail is dodgy enough at the best of times so i can only imagine how bad it'll be on sunday.

i've resigned to driving *sigh*