Early morning train service from Mullingar

T Corolla

Anyone interested in a train from mullingar to dublin leaving mullingar at 6am to be in Dublin for 7:10-7:30. I think the sevice that are present at the moment are good but i think people of mullingar should have a good a service as Athlone and Tullamore.

orbital83

Would say additional services in the evening are even more important...

Last train home at 7.05pm is a joke. Compare with Dundalk, Portlaoise etc.
I gave up on that train (after years of perseverance!) mainly due to the lack of a late service.

But yeah a train getting to dublin a bit earlier in the morning would be a good idea - maybe leaving Mullingar a little later than 6am - unless the coffee from that machine is made extra strong

Knowing IE, we'll just dream on.

KC61

John J wrote: »

Would say additional services in the evening are even more important...

Last train home at 7.05pm is a joke. Compare with Dundalk, Portlaoise etc.
I gave up on that train (after years of perseverance!) mainly due to the lack of a late service.

But yeah a train getting to dublin a bit earlier in the morning would be a good idea - maybe leaving Mullingar a little later than 6am - unless the coffee from that machine is made extra strong

Knowing IE, we'll just dream on.

There is a driver issue resource issue, that makes the operation of extra trains somewhat difficult at present.

However, as I understand the situation it was planned to have a later train in the current timetable using the set (and driver) that operates the 1734 ex-Bray (1809 ex-Pearse), by curtailing the train at Enfield (ditching the rather lightly used portion from Enfield to Longford) and returning it to Dublin to operate a train to Mullingar after 2100.

However, a well known politician then intervened when she heard that the train was not to operate to Longford and the plan was scrapped.

The early morning service could be a possibility however, but would either require a Mullingar based driver or for an empty service to operate up to Mullingar in the early morning.

suckslikeafox

Public pressure will work on IE, students in Maynooth got a service reinstated that wasnt originally on the new timetable

KC61

suckslikeafox wrote: »

Public pressure will work on IE, students in Maynooth got a service reinstated that wasnt originally on the new timetable

Similarly, in Nenagh locals got together to campaign for a commuter service to/from Limerick, and today it has started.

The main point is to garner support locally and then arrange to meet with IÉ (and I would suggest ASAP, given the timetable is usually finalised by early October).

Get in touch with the Service Planning Manager (Myles McHugh) in Connolly Station and see what his position is.

thomasj

suckslikeafox wrote: »

Public pressure will work on IE, students in Maynooth got a service reinstated that wasnt originally on the new timetable

True but what was scandalous about this was there was always a train running to maynooth at that time. Just not taking any passengers!

T Corolla

Folks,
Please does not take this as gospel. My main aim for posting the thread is to get a rough idea if any were interested in using the service that work with myself and work collegues friends and family that have an intrest in using the service if it goes live. My apologies for misinformation.

KC61

thomasj wrote: »

True but what was scandalous about this was there was always a train running to maynooth at that time. Just not taking any passengers!

I'm not sure that it was that scandalous.

Previously there was a train going to Sligo within 5 minutes of this train, which was positioning empty back to Maynooth from Connolly to get people into town. Why run two trains in service within 5 minutes of each other, when the first will do?

Positioning journeys is a fact of life in the transport world for a whole variety of reasons.

However, I would agree that when the Sligo train was rescheduled, this train should have been scheduled as being in service.

thomasj

True but the original plan wasn't to run the 8:08 empty in service even when the 8:05 to sligo was coming to an end.

This change wasn't in the original timetable it took this been highlighted to ie to get the 8:08 into service and ie even admitted that

T Corolla

That 8:05 train was a gift. Seven days a week. I used it as much as i could when working nights. The 7:05 train is also good but it does not seem to draw the same amount of passangers i notice. What do you think of the new intercity i think they are great and they are real quiet too.