Irish Rail New Proposed Timetable - August 2024

Dublinandy3

This really is a disaster for me. The train I always catch doesn't exist anymore. I now have to change at Connolly and it hasn't arrived on time once.

If I'm lucky my connection is also late. If I'm extra lucky my connection is also late and there is space to get on the train.

The train coming home now leaves 15 minutes earlier, which makes it really difficult to catch.

I know I am just one person, but I wonder if they've had any positive feedback at all over this, even if just from one single person.

Glaceon

Looks like I'll need to alter my start time in work to accommodate these changes. Thankfully I have that option, many others don't.

deezell

The expression 'Clusterf***' comes to mind, and that's not a destination on a red signage board either.

lawred2

Same crap today

Citizen Six

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122623751#Comment_122623751

Absolutely zero positive feedback I'd imagine.

Dublinandy3

There is one earlier train I can catch, but it leaves at 5:20am. I'll see what it's like tomorrow and if no better will just have to start getting up at an even stupider earlier time.

Ah the joys of living outside of Dublin!

lawred2

Fourth stationary period on tracks from Portmarnock into Connolly. For what should be a 22 minute ride. Third world crap.

And yet our pathetic government have no idea what to spend 14bn on..

They'll get no kudos abroad for spending on their own I suppose.

Citizen Six

More massive cock ups and delays this morning. Just go back to the pre 26th August timetable.

antimatterx

Been WFH yesterday and Friday. Not looking forward to my morning commute now tomorrow.

TheSunIsShining

If there was honesty about what has happened, it would imply reverting to the old timetable and admitting they have gotten it very wrong - then take the time to review everything, see what went wrong and redesign the new timetable properly.....

Glaceon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122628908#Comment_122628908

That would mean dropping the hourly Enterprise, although it could be argued that the track capacity may not be there for it in the first place.

antimatterx

They already removed one Dart (7:15) from Malahide. It wouldn't surprise me if more followed.

Jamie2k9

So is there a date for the next revision yet?

Connolly has only slightly improved.

Then the small fact of 3 trains between 05:50-06:20 ex Maynooth and then a 35 min gap. Apparently demand means they needed to put a third departue between 05:55-06:20 and remove the old 06:38 serivce. I am told by people the 06:56 is now very crowded. It's even worse at Drumcondra with a 20 to 30m change to first two PPT services. No service between 07:00-07:27. There was previously 3 trains between 07:00-07:18 at Drumcondra and now there is 3 trains within 7 minutes between 06:53-07:00. Two of those trains arrive 2 minutes apart in Connolly, one schedule to take 7 and other 4 minutes. I think that sums for this timetable's miss managment. Suprised if the signalling system can even handle such timetables even if everything was running to time.

There is also some poor performance on some Heuston services but that won't impact the OTP so that dosn't matter.

Gerlad

I've stopped using the trains now because of this shitshow and every time I see Irish Rail pop up on my Twitter timeline its to advise of trains running 20/30 mins late around 4:30/5. Will bike it in until weather goes bad and then back to car. Thanks Eamon Ryan

end of the road

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122632439#Comment_122632439

how is ryan to blame for an irish rail and NTA issue?

he isn't.

stop blaming him for everything just because ffg are making car drivers actually pay for their usage.

3d4life

@end of the road : Who is the present Minister for Transport ?

Polar101

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122631919#Comment_122631919

There's a 07:18 Docklands train from Clonsilla, and then a 07:20 to Grand Canal Dock. Is it even possible to run those on time?

thomasj

05:15hrs Connolly to Maynooth departs earlier at 05:10hrs

05:27hrs Connolly to Maynooth departs earlier at 05:15hrs

05:45hrs Connolly to Maynooth has revised times en route

05:20hrs Connolly to M3 Parkway departs later at 05:25hrs

Are my eyes playing tricks on me as I can find none of those services (old or new) on the journey planner or the timetable ?

LXFlyer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122635323#Comment_122635323

Looks like someone included some of the empty workings that operate the first inward services.

trellheim

Are there new people working in the planning office - there must be a causal factor here. I can't believe train planning graphs weren't done to stress test it before introduction and show up stress points

deezell

Sounds like the work of a committee. As they say, a Camel is a Horse designed by a committee.

Jamie2k9

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122637327#Comment_122637327

or the powers above them refused to listen or combination of both.

tnegun

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122479838#Comment_122479838

I used this yesterday, caught the 8:06 from Maynooth to Broombridge, and took the Green line to be on O'Connell for 9 am. I'm not sure of the numbers but the platform at Broombridge was full of people transferring to the Luas so definitely a popular option.

Daith

Watching people get off the train at Broombridge queue to tag off the Irish Rail validator and then queue to tag on the Luas validator, just praying the Luas doesn't just go, is crazy though.

Broombridge is really going to get busy with the N2 bus service too.

deezell

If the put a couple of platforms off the north strand, at the greenway on the Royal canal line, that could take a number of Maynooth trains out of Connolly Station, but with rapid access to withing waking distance of onward Dart services. It could be built in a few months.

tnegun

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122637764#Comment_122637764

I'd forgotten that bit I wasn't sure what to do as both validators were quite close to each other and the luas was quite full so due to depart imminently, I tagged off at the Irish rail one and attempted to tag on with the Luas validator but looking at my card history that didn't work as it has me tagging on when I thought I was tagging off the luas!

Citizen Six

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122637768#Comment_122637768

A few months? Nothing in the railway happens that quickly. 😂

Jamie2k9

20:50 Galway - Heuston no longer on Journey Planner…

One night special this evening 20:50 Galway - Heuston departs Newbridge at 23:12 then goes through time travel to between HK176 and Sallins to arrive at in Heuston 1 hour earlier than scheduled at 22:36!

deezell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122637850#Comment_122637850

Could be, not would be!

Phil.x

Irishrail couldn't run a hornby trains set.