Bray level crossing bridge being demolished?

What is the point of the 10+ minute wait while the crossing is down? Absolutely infuriating. I am one of those that squeeze through the middle* because A: I know how long it is to potentially wait and B: You can see if a train is coming. There's the junction near Sydney Parade iirc that pops down for 2-3 minutes max. Is it done manually? And if so, are they taking the p*ss?







*If there's kids there I wouldn't

Sugarlumps

Have to agree it’s flippin disgraceful, the personnel who work at Bray St aren’t clued in. Any other station would have been up and operational. They originally had said it would be given the green light when the festival starts.

As for the bridge forget about it, is it’s taken this long to install a few poxy turnstiles, then imagine how long it would take to construct a bridge?

runrabbit

Deleted User wrote: »

What is the point of the 10+ minute wait while the crossing is down? Absolutely infuriating. I am one of those that squeeze through the middle

I don't know what the story is - if it's a train starting in Bray the barriers will generally be down before the driver has even boarded the train. It's insane.

Sugarlumps wrote: »

They originally had said it would be given the green light when the festival starts.

Yes they really should have had it in place for the festival. There are so many tourists around and when they eventually get out of the station they find themselves stuck at the barriers for another 10+ minutes. A group of spanish students actually applauded after the gates went up one evening last week (I timed it - it was 12 minutes!).

I might try to ask someone else about it on my way home this evening...

MyPerfectCousin

runrabbit wrote: »

A group of spanish students actually applauded after the gates went up one evening last week (I timed it - it was 12 minutes!).

Should have told them to go down the Albert Walk and turn left. Takes about two minutes.

runrabbit

MyPerfectCousin wrote: »

Should have told them to go down the Albert Walk and turn left. Takes about two minutes.

I didn't expect it to take so long! We actually had 3 trains pass through during that time so after each one I was expecting the barriers to come up.

NobodyImportant

Think its open now.

Annasopra

NobodyImportant wrote: »

Think its open now.

What is?

MyPerfectCousin

I think it's a reference to the new exit on the seafront side of the station. It was opened for the air show weekend, but I heard it wasn't completely finished and may be closed again until it gets properly finished.

Meanwhile, pedestrians (and motorists) still wait at that gate for ages with no moving trains in sight.

Alun

I've never understood why cars wait there when there's a perfectly good alternative route.

runrabbit

The platform 2 exit has been open and operational every evening this week so far. It cuts a few minutes off my commute home I hope it's open for good now.

SerialComplaint

Alun wrote: »

I've never understood why cars wait there when there's a perfectly good alternative route.

Probably because they are visitors to Bray who don't know the alternative - would you like to share with the class?

Alun

SerialComplaint wrote: »

Probably because they are visitors to Bray who don't know the alternative - would you like to share with the class?

A few might be, but I don't think they'd all be visitors, a lot would be people heading home from the sea front car parking after a Dart arrives.

http://goo.gl/maps/0uUu8

insomniac86

I guess we're never going to see a replacement bridge....

Alun

http://www.andrewdoyle.ie/2013/09/16/new-footbridge-at-bray-level-crossing-to-be-constructed-in-2014-doyle/

May or may not actually happen, of course.

insomniac86

Fingers crossed it happens this year!

Creamy Goodness

"Starting late summer 2014" Great, just in time for the worst time of the year to have any construction started (schools being back).

eigrod

Tweet from Andrew Doyle sounds promising :

Andrew Doyle TD ‏@ADoyleTD · 2m
Welcomed response from NTA that the pedestrian bridge at Bray Dart station will be reconstructed this year @MickGlynn @cllrsarahwray

insomniac86

I'm glad to hear this but I'll believe it when I see it. It probably won't be built for another 4 years the way construction is in this town.

murpho999

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

"Starting late summer 2014" Great, just in time for the worst time of the year to have any construction started (schools being back).

How will construction of a footbridge at the Dart station have any connection or impact on schools being back?

Creamy Goodness

murpho999 wrote: »

How will construction of a footbridge at the Dart station have any connection or impact on schools being back?

Not at the bridge specifically, but starting any kind of works when traffic levels are higher than what they are during the summer is kind of stupid in my mind.

murpho999

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

Not at the bridge specifically, but starting any kind of works when traffic levels are higher than what they are during the summer is kind of stupid in my mind.

Sorry but I fail to see how installing a pedestrian footbridge in area will have any impact on traffic, just glad this thing is being built.

Ridiculous not to have as is the amount of time they keep the gates down, if only they'd learn to close the gates closer to the trains arrival!

B0jangles

WOOOOOOO!!!

Calibos

Just a reminder to those revisiting the thread due to the latest post and reading the previous reply. The gates are controlled from Pearse St or Connolly afaik. Thats why there is a ridiculous margin for error built into the timing so to speak. There isn't someone at Bray station raising and lowering them. Thats what I heard anyway.

murpho999

Calibos wrote: »

Just a reminder to those revisiting the thread due to the latest post and reading the previous reply. The gates are controlled from Pearse St or Connolly afaik. Thats why there is a ridiculous margin for error built into the timing so to speak. There isn't someone at Bray station raising and lowering them. Thats what I heard anyway.

I'm sure in this day and age that it's an automated process either way they are down for far too long in my opinion.

B0jangles

FYI work started on building the replacement bridge today and should be completed by the 19th of december (this year I hope!)

eigrod

How is this progressing ? It's dark when I'm passing through morning & evening, so very hard to see.

B0jangles

Nothing above ground level so far so I assume they are still putting in the foundations and then the pre-cast bridge should hopefully arrive in a few days.

fortwilliam

Hopefully* they will install a bridge that will complement the promenade, not some horrible galvanized steel frame,,


*No hope really.

LEIN

fortwilliam wrote: »

Hopefully* they will install a bridge that will complement the promenade, not some horrible galvanized steel frame,,


*No hope really.

Wishful thinking!

zoobizoo

Presumably they'll be building one of their monstrosities that they have all along the DART line...