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Have our train stations come under British rule?

Atlantic Dawn

I notice there's an announcement to stay behind the yellow line over the PA systems in Pearse and Connolly Stations by a woman with an English accent and the announcement is only in English. Have our train stations come under British rule the last couple of weeks?

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Del.Monte

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

Staisiun na bPiarsach?

Or Pearse Street Station to give it its lazy (and incorrect) media name.

dxhound2005

According to the graphs here, train station only came into the language in the last 60 years or so. Usually Boards people are very anti any neologisms.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/293064/train-station-vs-railway-station

Berserker

Connor Square Bunny wrote: »

I heard an announcement at an English station last year by someone with an Irish accent, so maybe we swapped.

Irish man, Dub, does the announcements at Clapham junction (Britain's busiest railway) from time to time.

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Presume they were the ones to first build the railways in Ireland?

True and trams in Dublin also. The government of the day decided to dig up the later. Obviously didn't see any need for a tram system in a capital city.

Stephen15

One I do not like with our station names is the somewhat confusing 1916 leader names for stations that serve smaller town with only one station such as:

Bray Daly
Dun Laoghaire Mallin
Dundalk Clarke
Galway Ceannt

Having an additional name after a station infers that the town has more than one station in that town as is the case in other towns/cities in other countries. Also Connolly Station should be Dublin Connolly and Hueston Station should be Dublin Hueston.

dxhound2005

From memory, they were renamed in 1966, so people should be used to them by now.

Victor

somefeen wrote: »

Charles Haughey would be turning in his grave!!

Who can object to that?

dd972

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I notice there's an announcement to stay behind the yellow line over the PA systems in Pearse and Connolly Stations by a woman with an English accent and the announcement is only in English. Have our train stations come under British rule the last couple of weeks?

Hope you understood her accent, and getting over the culture shock of hearing the accent of a place one hour away, that watches the same football teams, drinks pints in pubs, dresses the same, eats the same food, reads the same tabloids....

[Deleted User]

Del.Monte wrote: »

At least the last CEO of Irish Rail - a Brit - left a legacy of greatly improved signage. The clear, clean British Rail style signs are a vast improvement on the multitude of poor CIE/IE offerings down the decades. CIE/IE don't do clear or made to last.

PS I like trains/railways in AH much more fun than the over moderated C+T Forum.

Ever since privitisation, practically every line has its own unique signs. At least with the BR signs, they was clear and consistent.

Stephen15

Are Am Eye wrote: »

If a Train Station is a Railway Station should a Bus Station be a
Road Station?

Or an airport should be a Sky Station

Berserker

Surprised that the drivers didn't use the change of signs as leverage for a pay rise.

[Deleted User]

Berserker wrote: »

Surprised that the drivers didn't use the change of signs as leverage for a pay rise.

Well, at least they don't bring the fireman with them anymore...

Stephen15

Del.Monte wrote: »

At least the last CEO of Irish Rail - a Brit - left a legacy of greatly improved signage. The clear, clean British Rail style signs are a vast improvement on the multitude of poor CIE/IE offerings down the decades. CIE/IE don't do clear or made to last.

PS I like trains/railways in AH much more fun than the over moderated C+T Forum.

Italy seems to have quite good sinage even their bilingual signs are very clear which is good. Far better than here or our neighbours.

[Deleted User]

Stephen15 wrote: »

Italy seems to have quite good sinage even their bilingual signs are very clear which is good. Far better than here or our neighbours.

Those new style signs are as good as the Italian ones, just smaller.

Stephen15

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Those new style signs are as good as the Italian ones, just smaller.

Not quite bigger signs are clearer and easier for those who's sight may not be great to read. Also the Italian ones illuminate at night.

Atlantic Dawn

I see they now have an Irish voice doing the announcements now and even in Irish too, must be Brexit, lol.

[Deleted User]

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I see they now have an Irish voice doing the announcements now and even in Irish too, must be Brexit, lol.

Perhaps they have finally found someone who actually speaks decent Irish.

whisky_galore

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Perhaps they have finally found someone who actually speaks decent Irish.

A Russian perhaps?

Poor Uncle Tom

whisky_galore wrote: »

A Russian perhaps?

Well, they're certainly in a hurry....

Capt'n Midnight

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I would welcome the Brits with open arms to rule our train services instead of Iarnrod Eireann

So you've never heard of South West Trains then ?

Atoms for Peace

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

So you've never heard of South West Trains then ?

That's the result of the privatisation of British Rail.