The 17.35 train is back from today!

fitzyshea

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=410

Sully

How long had it been gone and why?

Milktrolley

Since last December ish from what I can recall - only ran for a few weeks after it was introduced. Had to do with staffing issues and the like.

patrickc

Sully wrote: »

How long had it been gone and why?

yeh there drivers that were to drive it where on overtime and they refuded to do it.

it ran for 2 days in January when the new timetable was introduced and that was it.

about time it's running IR

stick-dan

no harm i'll tell ya that, me and a friend were supposed to get it back to carlow last week and having not known it had been cancelled we had to get the bus transfer in newbridge and it really was off-putting..there was 8 people on the big coach, it just could not have been cost - effective to have two coach transfers..

Sully

A friend eh... o_O Sounds suspicious

stick-dan

Wanna go back on topic mr.lol

fitzyshea

Lets see how long it lasts for now!

patrickc

anyone got the 17.35 yet? just wondering what it's like capacity/crowd wise? is it one of the new trains?

fitzyshea

patrickc wrote: »

anyone got the 17.35 yet? just wondering what it's like capacity/crowd wise? is it one of the new trains?

Hi yeh have gotten it all week. Its a new 3 car train. Its grand. It looks busy but by the time everyone gets off at newbridge its more or less empty. I think once people realise its back it will get busier.

patrickc

fitzyshea wrote: »

Hi yeh have gotten it all week. Its a new 3 car train. Its grand. It looks busy but by the time everyone gets off at newbridge its more or less empty. I think once people realise its back it will get busier.

3 cars seems small enough tbh?

yeh you'd imagine there'd still be a big crowd on it after Newbridge alright

fitzyshea

patrickc wrote: »

3 cars seems small enough tbh?

yeh you'd imagine there'd still be a big crowd on it after Newbridge alright

Sorry I forgot the 3 car set is connected to another 3 car set making it 6 cars. All the new trains are 3 car sets and can be connected to each other to form a 6 car set but you cant walk down the full lenght. IE have also ordered 6 car sets but I think these are only for intercity journeys, they will have full dinning service as well.

I suppose when the service is running every 2 hours each way there will be plenty of room on the new trains.

stick-dan

yeah lets hope so was on the 4.25 train today and it was jammers!

patrickc

fitzyshea wrote: »

Sorry I forgot the 3 car set is connected to another 3 car set making it 6 cars. All the new trains are 3 car sets and can be connected to each other to form a 6 car set but you cant walk down the full lenght. IE have also ordered 6 car sets but I think these are only for intercity journeys, they will have full dinning service as well.

I suppose when the service is running every 2 hours each way there will be plenty of room on the new trains.

2 hrs each way, thats January i believe is it?

fitzyshea

4.25 is always busy as it stops in most of the kildare stations.
January I think yeh.