Jokers leave car on line

Terrontress

I'm not sure if it has been posted elsewhere on here, I can't see it. I also can't see it on several Irish news sources but some idiots left a car on the train line in between Newry and Dundalk and an IR railcar has crashed in to it.

Why do IR travel along that stretch of bandit country? It is bad enough that the Enterprise does but they have no choice!

The railway lines in the black North are a magnet for every joker, bomber and idiot, and there are plenty up there!

[url]Http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13837283[/url]

jesus_thats_gre

That's an amazing post.

n97 mini

Saw the thread title and thought it was about Broombridge...

Terrontress

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

That's an amazing post.

Thanks a lot. I do try.

bmaxi

Jokers is hardly an apt description.

foggy_lad

Terrontress wrote: »

I'm not sure if it has been posted elsewhere on here, I can't see it. I also can't see it on several Irish news sources but some idiots left a car on the train line in between Newry and Dundalk and an IR railcar has crashed in to it.

Why do IR travel along that stretch of bandit country? It is bad enough that the Enterprise does but they have no choice!

The railway lines in the black North are a magnet for every joker, bomber and idiot, and there are plenty up there!

[url]Http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13837283[/url]

There is one commuter train a day that starts from Newry instead of Dundalk. This train was most likely traveling to Dundalk to provide the morning service to Dublin.

dowlingm

RUI boards note that the crossing was likely not full-barrier CCTV monitored as most Irish mainline ones are now. Of course the government of Ireland are giving the govt of NI tens of millions to build a road rather than improve railtracks their State agency's very expensive vehicles travel over.

Victor

black North

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Terrontress wrote: »

Why do IR travel along that stretch of bandit country? It is bad enough that the Enterprise does but they have no choice!

Its the same piece of track.

There is demand for a service, they've added some. I'm not sure how busy it is from Newry-Dundalk though.

bmaxi

Victor wrote: »

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A derogatory term from way back, when the North was deemed to be full of "black" Protestants.

Terrontress

bmaxi wrote: »

A derogatory term from way back, when the North was deemed to be full of "black" Protestants.

Is that what it means? I thought it was to do with scorched earth. If I were ever to want to use a colour as a pejorative for Northern Protestants (i.e. Never) 'black' is not the colour which would spring to mind. What does the black signify?

Anyway, the railway line between the border and Lisburn has been plagued by wanton destruction for decades. It seems to be a magnet for every joker, knacker, scumbag; call them what you will.

On top of this, Newry station is not in the town so most people need to travel to the railway station by car and there is a motorway between Newry and Dundalk.

Obviously the nature of the Enterprise means it has to do this route but I can't see the logic for commuter trains to do the same.

L1011

black souls, was the implication.