Maynooth train and its random stopping for no apparent reason

Keyzer

Morning all...

Can someone explain why the Maynooth train to Dublin stops in random places for 5-10 mins at a time most mornings?

Wasn't a fortune spent on new signalling which allowed for more capacity to pass through Connolly?

I've been getting the train on and off for over 20 years, it did it back then and its still doing it now so its not a new phenomen.

Utterly ridiculous in this day and age.

Hilly Bill

Keyzer wrote: »

Morning all...

Can someone explain why the Maynooth train to Dublin stops in random places for 5-10 mins at a time most mornings?

Wasn't a fortune spent on new signalling which allowed for more capacity to pass through Connolly?

I've been getting the train on and off for over 20 years, it did it back then and its still doing it now so its not a new phenomen.

Utterly ridiculous in this day and age.

They tend to stop at signals from time to time.

mr_edge_to_you

I was using the M3 Docklands service for 3 years and would’ve noticed the same issue. Incredibly frustrating when they schedule it as a 36 min service and it routinely took 50+ minutes.

I think the line is just congested to breaking point. When you consider it’s servicing so many services - Sligo, Longford, Mullingar, Maynooth, M3 and everything in between. Throw in a delayed Dart on the platform in Connolly/Pearse and few leaves on the track for good measure the network can’t operate.

cython

Hilly Bill wrote: »

They tend to stop at signals from time to time.

Understatement of the century right there (in bold). Some of the Maynooth line trains regularly (as in the same services each day) stop between Drumcondra and Connolly for up to 5 mins, and seem to have portions of this built into their timetable at this point, seeing as the same journey varies in scheduled duration between 5 mins and 8 mins.

beauf

Has always done it, going into to Connolly.
But since the new trains though the Phoenix Park Tunnel, but perhaps also because of other changes, its got worse.
Now get them on the way home which never happened before. Also it can happen anywhere on the line now.

#Docklands train seems a lot slower now.
Sometimes it taken an extra 15~20 mins for the same journey.
It just stops for 10 mins for no reason between stations.

Jamie2k9

07.05 ex Droghada is causing significent disruption daily. Its now typically 15 minutes from when a PPT/Maynooth service leave Drumcondra and departs Connolly. Scheduled for 5 or 6.

Keyzer

In this day and age, its absolutely ridiculous and demonstrates the shambles public transport in Dublin is - no vision, no strategic planning, no one with the balls to say "this just isn't good enough for a capital city in the 21st century"....

Was in Munich recently and the Germans were moaning about the trains being 2 mins late. I told them never consider relocating to Dublin.

Dravokivich

Waiting on other trains moving. But this time of year, they also tended to stop from time to time due to reduced traction.

bodun

Yea every morning it stops just after coming out of Broombridge and then a few minutes later just before it gets to Drumcondra. It's incredibly annoying.