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Adamstown Station -- why is everything wet?

  • 15-11-2012 5:36pm
    #1
    n97 mini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭


    I used Adamstown Station for the first time yesterday. Twice.

    The whole place inside, upstairs and downstairs, was soaking wet. Water running down the walls everywhere and pools of water on the floor, again both upstairs and down.

    Also, why does it have 5 platforms? I understood the KRP was to allow intercity trains to pass through suburban stations. As Adamstown is a suburban station it only needed one up and one down platform.


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  • #2
    LXFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,280 ✭✭✭✭LXFlyer


    Built with flexibility in mind - what if a train fails on the slow line? Would you be happy if your train sailed past then as a result of there not being a platform on the fast line?

    Fifth platform was for turnback purposes. Built with DART Underground in mind.


  • #3
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    Did you report the water to anyone? Not much point in posting it here if you didn't.


  • #4
    Sponge Bob
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    Best report it to NAMA, they probably own it now.


  • #5
    n97 mini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    Did you report the water to anyone? Not much point in posting it here if you didn't.

    The station is staffed so I didn't feel the need to report it. There's no point in posting it on here other than to get an answer or a smart comment.


  • #6
    n97 mini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    lxflyer wrote: »
    Built with flexibility in mind - what if a train fails on the slow line? Would you be happy if your train sailed past then as a result of there not being a platform on the fast line?
    I don't think 4 lines is excessive, I think 5 platforms and the station that goes with them is excessive. Especially as the service is sparse even compared to the Maynooth line, and under used -- the 12.05 ex Heuston to Kildare had 9 people on it.


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  • #7
    sligotrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭sligotrain


    n97 mini wrote: »
    The station is staffed so I didn't feel the need to report it. There's no point in posting it on here other than to get an answer or a smart comment.

    IE do take passenger comments seriously so even if the staff were present there's no harm in emailling them and it would take less time than the time you've spent posting about it here.


  • #8
    n97 mini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    sligotrain wrote: »
    IE do take passenger comments seriously so even if the staff were present there's no harm in emailling them and it would take less time than the time you've spent posting about it here.

    I've no doubt they do take comments seriously though my own experience shows the response time is potentially infinite. I only posted here out of my own curiosity. If I had to guess I would say the building is defective.


  • #9
    The Idyl Race
    Closed Accounts Posts: 222 ✭✭The Idyl Race


    n97 mini wrote: »
    The station is staffed so I didn't feel the need to report it. There's no point in posting it on here other than to get an answer or a smart comment.

    Well indeed.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
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    n97 mini wrote: »
    I don't think 4 lines is excessive, I think 5 platforms and the station that goes with them is excessive. Especially as the service is sparse even compared to the Maynooth line, and under used -- the 12.05 ex Heuston to Kildare had 9 people on it.

    To be fair, this is an off-peak service.


  • #11
    SilverScreen
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    Maybe it's just your hands that are wet.


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  • #12
    LXFlyer
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    n97 mini wrote: »
    I don't think 4 lines is excessive, I think 5 platforms and the station that goes with them is excessive. Especially as the service is sparse even compared to the Maynooth line, and under used -- the 12.05 ex Heuston to Kildare had 9 people on it.

    As I said it and the other stations were built with DART underground in mind - they were built with a long term perspective.


  • #13
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    n97 mini wrote: »
    I don't think 4 lines is excessive, I think 5 platforms and the station that goes with them is excessive. Especially as the service is sparse even compared to the Maynooth line, and under used -- the 12.05 ex Heuston to Kildare had 9 people on it.
    Not surprising it is underused considering the high price of tickets to kildare.


  • #14
    Niles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Niles


    foggy_lad wrote: »
    Not surprising it is underused considering the high price of tickets to kildare.

    Could be completely wrong here, but I'm guessing that Dublin Bus services are more popular in areas like Clondalkin and Adamstown simply due to the ability to go right into the city centre without a change (which the rail service does not offer). I'd imagine this could change if DART Underground ever came to fruition (big if).


  • #15
    CIE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭CIE


    The electrification for "DART Underground" was supposed to go only as far as Hazelhatch. How would you be able to deal with the transfers from the Kildare line trains? And just imagine four-car DARTs running during rush hours on such a service now...


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