Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

DART Delays

2»

Comments

  • #32
    Kh1993
    Closed Accounts Posts: 443 ✭✭Kh1993


    They tweeted it was north of east wall road, nearer to Clontarf Rd, so nothing to do with the tunnel allegedly. Possibly another frozen points, like what happened in the *freezing weather last friday at Howth Jct. Single line working for a while tonight.

    (by freezing we mean 6 degrees)


  • #33
    devnull
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 11,827 Mod ✭✭✭✭devnull


    Always a awful service in the winter unfortunately.

    We had the 2014 winter epidemic of signal failures, The 2015 winter where the 6.30am train on the Malahide branch regularly would not run without any advance notice because it was before 7.00am and the station staff cannot get any info until then.

    This year it seems that points failure is the issue of choice. I simply stopped bothering using IR in the winter and used the bus instead or drove, longer journey but was much more reliable and prevented me from getting into serious issues at work.


  • #34
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,835 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    devnull wrote: »
    Always a awful service in the winter unfortunately.

    We had the 2014 winter epidemic of signal failures, The 2015 winter where the 6.30am train on the Malahide branch regularly would not run without any advance notice because it was before 7.00am and the station staff cannot get any info until then.

    This year it seems that points failure is the issue of choice. I simply stopped bothering using IR in the winter and used the bus instead or drove, longer journey but was much more reliable and prevented me from getting into serious issues at work.

    Be fair points faults have not been massively common this winter.

    Leaf fall on the other hard is getting inexcusable given current weather conditions and has been for a number of weeks.
    They tweeted it was north of east wall road, nearer to Clontarf Rd, so nothing to do with the tunnel allegedly. Possibly another frozen points, like what happened in the *freezing weather last friday at Howth Jct. Single line working for a while tonight.

    (by freezing we mean 6 degrees)

    Would be very surprised if freezing points were the cause,


  • #35
    Kh1993
    Closed Accounts Posts: 443 ✭✭Kh1993


    Delays tonight through Connolly purely down to congestion.

    When will they finally admit it's due to the timetable not being able to cope with the new half full tunnel trains?


  • #36
    devnull
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 11,827 Mod ✭✭✭✭devnull


    Kh1993 wrote: »
    Delays tonight through Connolly purely down to congestion.

    When will they finally admit it's due to the timetable not being able to cope with the new half full tunnel trains?

    Services like this will take time to build numbers, it won't happen overnight.

    Don't fall into the trap that Irish Rail want you to fall into....


  • Advertisement
  • #37
    Kh1993
    Closed Accounts Posts: 443 ✭✭Kh1993


    devnull wrote: »
    Services like this will take time to build numbers, it won't happen overnight.

    Don't fall into the trap that Irish Rail want you to fall into....

    Nothing against the service. Just that it's delaying pre-existing services every single evening. And tonight at Pearse the hazelhatch train was given priority over what ended up as a packed and already late Dundalk train which was due to leave before it.


  • #38
    Rashers72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭Rashers72


    Yes, another bad night. I actually think the 16.30 ex Greystones to Malahide started all the problems. They held DARTs and Drogheda trains to let that come through, as it was 10 mins late between Greystones and Bray.
    Believe it or not, I have it in writing from IE that the PPT services would not impact the existing DART, Maynooth or Northern Suburban Services. Glad we invested all that taxpayers money in signalling around Connolly and Pearse to prevent this.


  • #39
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    devnull wrote: »
    Services like this will take time to build numbers, it won't happen overnight.

    Don't fall into the trap that Irish Rail want you to fall into....

    If the existing infrastructure can't cope with increased volume of traffic, what hope is there with increased numbers?


  • #40
    devnull
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 11,827 Mod ✭✭✭✭devnull


    IE spent so much money on re signalling over the past number of years and did not foresee any problems on this scale and the investment was supposed to allow even greater numbers of services and if it's failing with a small increase of services then there has to be an investigation into why that is.

    It's either a failure of management to adequately plan and implement the improved infrastructure to deliver the benefits that it is supposed to have done, or simply that the infrastructure is good enough and that IE are completely incapable of running a proper service.

    Either way if they are unable to manage the signalling, PPT, infrastructure upgrade and a relatively small number of additional services, it raises serious questions of how on earth they would be able to handle a much bigger infrastructure upgrade such as DART underground and similar things.

    Personally if it carries on going like this the NTA should get external experts in to work out what is going on Considering around €100m has been spent on signalling and the PPT opening this is simply not good enough.


  • #41
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,947 ✭✭✭0gac3yjefb5sv7


    Can anyone explain why every dart stops on the way in and out of Connolly towards Clontarf road (don't even get me started on the station at Clontarf road!)!!!


  • Advertisement
  • #42
    Commotion Ocean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Commotion Ocean


    flyingsnail wrote: »
    cable theft

    I've heard this before.

    Who does it?

    What fo they want with (presumably) copper wires.

    Why would anyone be so stupid to interfere with 10000's of volts?

    Why would anyone be so selfish to damage infrastructure that benefits close to 1,000,000 people?


  • #43
    tabbey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭tabbey


    Pheonix10 wrote: »
    Can they not fix this **** or is it public sector at its finest?

    Fix what? - the spelling of the poster's name?


  • #44
    tabbey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭tabbey


    dfeo wrote: »
    I've heard this before.

    Who does it?

    What fo they want with (presumably) copper wires.

    Why would anyone be so stupid to interfere with 10000's of volts?

    Why would anyone be so selfish to damage infrastructure that benefits close to 1,000,000 people?

    Signal cable is not high voltage. It is high value.

    Criminals do not give tuppence for the public or anyone else.


  • #45
    Commotion Ocean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Commotion Ocean


    tabbey wrote: »
    Signal cable is not high voltage. It is high value.

    Criminals do not give tuppence for the public or anyone else.

    Surely it's know then if it is a common occurrence. Is there a specific gang engaging in this? Are they known?

    If so, it can be easily nipped in the bud.


  • #46
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,947 ✭✭✭0gac3yjefb5sv7


    tabbey wrote: »
    Fix what? - the spelling of the poster's name?

    Oh smartass, same reason your username isn't boards1, because someone took it. You have any input or just smart comments?


  • #47
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,835 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    They have a valid reason today!
    Delays to services through Lansdowne Rd. Station due to a cygnet fault #Swansontheline The neck of them! Staff trying to remove.


  • #48
    thomasj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,029 ✭✭✭thomasj


    Jamie2k9 wrote: »
    They have a valid reason today!

    wonder will they get done for trespassing? :D


  • #49
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,763 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    That one was, surprisingly enough :pac:, not encoded in the automatic excuse system and had to be announced from CTC


  • #50
    GM228
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭GM228


    Nice to see IE have a sense of humour.

    https://twitter.com/IrishRail/status/807170711987122176?s=01


Advertisement