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New trains to Tralee

  • 03-11-2008 03:08PM
    #1
    JayeL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 374 ✭✭


    This might be the wrong forum for this but when are Iarnród Éireann replacing the old trains to Tralee? I thought I heard somewhere that they're going in before Christmas....


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  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,786 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    It will be dependent on the availaibility of new sets - two 6-cars sets were damaged en-route from the manufacturers - and the training of drivers.


  • #3
    ongarboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    took a train back up to dublin after the hols from Tralee on Sunday and we had a new train from Tralee to Mallow whereby we then connected to the new intercity Cork to Dublin trains. The Tralee train was slightly different to the Cork-Dublin ones internally and all seats had electrical outlets to allow you plug in your laptops/phone chargers/softer lighting etc. Quite impressed actually.....not that they went any faster!

    I meant the carriages had softer lighting unlike the harsh brightness of the 1980s trains which I always found too bright if you were trying to snooze.


  • #4
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,251 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Had the new trains as well when I did a return trip to Tralee. They're a good bit more comfortable than the InterCity versions imo.


  • #5
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,786 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    The Cork-Dublin trains (Mark 4) are completely different to the trains used on Mallow-Tralee (22000).


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