2013 Draft Connolly Timetable

Jamie2k9

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4685&p=116&n=237

Public Consultation for 2013 Connolly & DART Timetable
19 September 2012
Iarnród Éireann welcomes constructive views and feedback from customers as it helps us to improve our services. A draft copy of our new proposed timetable for services operating through Connolly Station and Dublin City Centre is shown below and we would like to hear your thoughts – whether the proposed schedule is something you welcome or would not support, or whether there are changes not included you would like to see.
Draft 2013 Connolly & DART Timetable (1MB)
http://www.irishrail.ie/media/Draft2013ConnollyTimetable1.pdf
Main Changes proposed for Connolly Route
•DART, Maynooth, Drogheda/Dundalk, Rosslare and Belfast services will remain unchanged, apart from minor departure and arrival time changes.
•One off-peak service in each direction between Dublin and Balbriggan will be cancelled.
•Off-peak M3 Parkway services will operate to/from Clonsilla, changing to/from Maynooth/Dublin trains at Clonsilla, for more efficient, cost effective operation.
•Sligo/Dublin services will be reduced from 8 to 7 each way daily, through the amalgamation of two off-peak services experiencing low demand.
•One evening Dublin to Longford service will terminate at Maynooth, with customers accommodated on an existing service which departs 13 minutes earlier, and one late evening Longford to Dublin train is cancelled.
While these are the more significant changes, Iarnród Éireann advises all customers on all routes to view the draft schedules, as many services will see departure time changes, or changes to stopping patterns of individual changes which may affect their journeys.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback in relation to the following routes;
•Dublin/Belfast (InterCity)
•Dublin/Dunboyne/Maynooth/Longford (Commuter)
•Dublin/Drogheda/Dundalk (Commuter)
•Dublin/Gorey/Rosslare Europort
•Dublin/Sligo (InterCity)
•DART
Please provide your feedback, clearly outlining which route you wish to comment on.

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Please note the following;
•Iarnród Éireann will endeavour to implement customers' suggestions where possible. Suggested alterations which cannot be implemented at this timetable change will be retained in a database for consideration at future timetable reviews.
•It is then intended to implement the new schedule, incorporating customer feedback, early in the new year. This will be announced at a later date.
•Services operating to & from Heuston Station and Southern & Western regional services will be available for comment and review in the coming weeks. Notification of these schedules will be advised on www.irishrail.ie
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The cuts to Sligo are not that bad. Its the 07.05 and 09.05 to Sligo moved to 08.05. Its the 17.00 and 19.00 to Connolly moved to 18.00

thomasj

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4685&p=116&n=237

Public Consultation for 2013 Connolly & DART Timetable
19 September 2012
Iarnród Éireann welcomes constructive views and feedback from customers as it helps us to improve our services. A draft copy of our new proposed timetable for services operating through Connolly Station and Dublin City Centre is shown below and we would like to hear your thoughts – whether the proposed schedule is something you welcome or would not support, or whether there are changes not included you would like to see.
Draft 2013 Connolly & DART Timetable (1MB)
http://www.irishrail.ie/media/Draft2013ConnollyTimetable1.pdf
Main Changes proposed for Connolly Route
•DART, Maynooth, Drogheda/Dundalk, Rosslare and Belfast services will remain unchanged, apart from minor departure and arrival time changes.
•One off-peak service in each direction between Dublin and Balbriggan will be cancelled.
•Off-peak M3 Parkway services will operate to/from Clonsilla, changing to/from Maynooth/Dublin trains at Clonsilla, for more efficient, cost effective operation.
•Sligo/Dublin services will be reduced from 8 to 7 each way daily, through the amalgamation of two off-peak services experiencing low demand.
•One evening Dublin to Longford service will terminate at Maynooth, with customers accommodated on an existing service which departs 13 minutes earlier, and one late evening Longford to Dublin train is cancelled.
While these are the more significant changes, Iarnród Éireann advises all customers on all routes to view the draft schedules, as many services will see departure time changes, or changes to stopping patterns of individual changes which may affect their journeys.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback in relation to the following routes;
•Dublin/Belfast (InterCity)
•Dublin/Dunboyne/Maynooth/Longford (Commuter)
•Dublin/Drogheda/Dundalk (Commuter)
•Dublin/Gorey/Rosslare Europort
•Dublin/Sligo (InterCity)
•DART
Please provide your feedback, clearly outlining which route you wish to comment on.

Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world's leading questionnaire tool.
Please note the following;
•Iarnród Éireann will endeavour to implement customers' suggestions where possible. Suggested alterations which cannot be implemented at this timetable change will be retained in a database for consideration at future timetable reviews.
•It is then intended to implement the new schedule, incorporating customer feedback, early in the new year. This will be announced at a later date.
•Services operating to & from Heuston Station and Southern & Western regional services will be available for comment and review in the coming weeks. Notification of these schedules will be advised on www.irishrail.ie
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The cuts to Sligo are not that bad. Its the 07.05 and 09.05 to Sligo moved to 08.05. Its the 17.00 and 19.00 to Connolly moved to 18.00

I feel like a broken record saying that later Sunday evening services to and from maynooth are badly needed, they don't listen!

A later than 23.10 departure on weekdays would be ideal but not essential.

Despite the loss of direct services, m3 passengers are benefitting from later services

TheChrisD

The M3 Parkway changes are a double-edged sword:

- Good in that the trains now run all day through to the last train (11pm Mon-Sat, 9pm Sun), instead of stopping at 9pm (Mon-Fri)/7pm (Sat)/6pm (Sun)
- Bad in that the weekends are considered "off-peak" and only run a shuttle. This has the knock-on effect of cutting the service frequency from Clonsilla to town down to once an hour instead of twice an hour; and given the loadings I've seen on weekend trains, really isn't viable unless the Maynooth trains become 8-carriage.

Also, with most departures now on the opposite side of the clock, this is going to screw up my timings horribly

Losty Dublin

thomasj wrote: »

I feel like a broken record saying that later Sunday evening services to and from maynooth are badly needed, they don't listen!

A later than 23.10 departure on weekdays would be ideal but not essential.

Despite the loss of direct services, m3 passengers are benefitting from later services

Well, now is your chance to make your case. These are not set in stone and they are open to change, within reason.

n97 mini

thomasj wrote: »

I feel like a broken record saying that later Sunday evening services to and from maynooth are badly needed, they don't listen!

A later than 23.10 departure on weekdays would be ideal but not essential.

I feel the same. We should probably contact local TDs as well as IE.

Jamie2k9

Can you say if routes like Galway, Waterford, Tralee will see a return service dropped daily like Sligo services.

A menber of staff at Cork sort of hinted that Tralee could see some reductions when we got talking.