[2-10-2008] Maynooth line services suspended

thomasj

From Irish rail

Maynooth and Sligo Services are currently disrupted due to an earlier failure by Corporate Communications

Due to the failure of the 11:05hrs Connolly - Sligo service at Ashtown, Maynooth and Docklands services are currently suspended until further notice. Dublin Bus are currently honouring all rail tickets 11:00hrs service Sligo - Connolly will terminate in Maynooth with a bus transfer to Connolly 13:05hrs Connolly - Sligo service will begin from Maynooth with a bus transfer from Connolly to Maynooth Iarnród Éireann apologises for any inconvenience this may cause

karlr42

Is it really necessary to close the whole line because one track at Ashtown is blocked? Send a loco to haul it away, only necessary to close for ~1 hour.

Also, punctuation, Irish Rail?

thomasj

karlr42 wrote: »

Is it really necessary to close the whole line because one track at Ashtown is blocked? Send a loco to haul it away, only necessary to close for ~1 hour.

I was wondering that myself. Services have been suspended since not long after 11!

karlr42 wrote: »

Also, punctuation, Irish Rail?

Could be worse, AA Roadwatch was saying earlier that the train had broken down in Ashbourne!

karlr42

Well, in fairness, the more I think about it, the more I understand- the only crossovers on the line that could be used to get around this blockage are at Glasnevin and Clonsilla, that's a 25min journey time ona a single track, during which a train coming in the opposite direction would be waiting, so not really feasible to run the commuter services.
But that's no excuse to terminate Sligo-Connolly at Maynooth - it's not being blocked!

thomasj

Well we're back to normal now!

Maynooth and Sligo Services are currently disrupted due to an earlier failure by Corporate Communications

Maynooth services will resume with the 13.35 Connolly to Maynooth.

Iarnród Éireann apologises for any inconvenience caused due tyo an earlier train failure at Ashtown.

ardmacha

Maynooth and Sligo Services are currently disrupted due to an earlier failure by Corporate Communications

pesky Corporate Communications, something should be done about their failures!

Cookie_Monster

How is a train breaking down "Corporate Communication"

T Corolla

What was the story with the 19:05 train to Sligo yesterday. I think it did'nt arrive until 7:40 in Maynooth. The last few weeks this train has been arriving at least ten minutes late and not getting into Mullingar until 20:20 or later.

T Corolla

It maybe be necessary to close the line if the maintenance technicians have to work on the train.