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    #32
    Judgement Day
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    Awful looking IMO but each to his own and I suppose that it generates some revenue - perhaps some of it could be used to provide a waiting facility on Platform 5 at Connolly for Rosslare line passengers? :rolleyes:


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    #33
    DWCommuter
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    Brilliant/old idea, but absolutely wasted on a semi state that drags a couple of hundred million out of the tax payers/IMF pockets every year.

    This is a classic example of a poorly performing Semi-State trying to establish its position in Corporate Ireland. I find it kind of sad that their business is a fecking disaster and yet they continue to act as if they have a right to be alongside the bigger and better performers that are in the private sector.

    Epic Fail. My own small business has more cred than these subsidised, historically dependent tossers. Its easy when you have a bail out!


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    #34
    dowlingm
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    They should wrap a Mk3 set or some Alstom DARTs and park them in a siding which can be seen from the road or a busy commuter platform :D


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    #35
    dublinman1990
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    Why in that DART video, the train is approaching Connolly then in 1 second later it is reversing, seems a little pointless. Don't mind the music though , but they should have it quieter in the background.

    I was on that DART from Seapoint to Dun Laoghaire just by complete surprise. The next company could be LUAS next before all we know it.


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    #36
    Cookie_Monster
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    dublinman1990 wrote: »
    Why in that DART video, the train is approaching Connolly then in 1 second later it is reversing, seems a little pointless. Don't mind the music though , but they should have it quieter in the background.

    I was on that DART from Seapoint to Dun Laoghaire just by complete surprise. The next company could be LUAS next before all we know it.

    becuase the video reverses


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    #37
    Captain Chaos
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    Mr.S wrote: »
    Luas have already done it:)

    Yeah, Luas had at least one tram with an Ikea interior on all the seats.


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    #38
    dfx-
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,665 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    DWCommuter wrote: »
    Brilliant/old idea, but absolutely wasted on a semi state that drags a couple of hundred million out of the tax payers/IMF pockets every year.

    This is a classic example of a poorly performing Semi-State trying to establish its position in Corporate Ireland. I find it kind of sad that their business is a fecking disaster and yet they continue to act as if they have a right to be alongside the bigger and better performers that are in the private sector.

    Epic Fail. My own small business has more cred than these subsidised, historically dependent tossers. Its easy when you have a bail out!

    How does a thread about a train's livery transform into a critique of the owners' company business credibility?:confused:


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    #39
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    dfx- wrote: »
    How does a thread about a train's livery transform into a critique of the owners' company business credibility?:confused:

    Very easily if you have a giant chip on your shoulder!


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    #40
    DWCommuter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,032 ✭✭✭DWCommuter


    dfx- wrote: »
    How does a thread about a train's livery transform into a critique of the owners' company business credibility?:confused:


    Its actually very simple. Would you like me to explain it to you?


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    #41
    DWCommuter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,032 ✭✭✭DWCommuter


    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    Very easily if you have a giant chip on your shoulder!


    I won't take the bait. I'll just report the post.


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    #42
    dfx-
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    DWCommuter wrote: »
    Its actually very simple. Would you like me to explain it to you?

    No thanks. Iarnrod Eireann's business credibility or viability is about 50,000,000,000,000th on my list of interests. Somewhere behind the rate of emulsion paint drying on a rough surface and the growth rate of grass in the Phoenix Park. I clicked on a rare (for me) rail thread hoping, that being about a painted train, it would be a safe haven from it.


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    #43
    Drimnagh Road
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    I have to admit to been naive on this one, for a few seconds I thought that the train reversing was for real.

    I was thinking to myself typical for the driver to overshoot the platform when there's a cameraman about and then to reverse without authorisation thinking nobody noticed.

    But once it didn't stop by the mirror I was like, gosh you got me that on that one!


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    #44
    Drimnagh Road
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    whoops, double post.


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    #45
    -Chris-
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    DWCommuter wrote: »
    Epic Fail. My own small business has more cred than these subsidised, historically dependent tossers. Its easy when you have a bail out!

    Infracted for trolling

    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    Very easily if you have a giant chip on your shoulder!

    Infracted for attacking the post, not the poster.


    You both know better at this stage.


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    #46
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,301 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Third thread merged in.


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