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Enterprise Cross-Border Rail Strategic Development Plan

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  • #32
    GM228
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭GM228


    Del.Monte wrote: »
    Where were all the bilingual announcements?

    There are none on the Enterprise.


  • #33
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    GM228 wrote: »
    There are none on the Enterprise.

    I know, I was just stirring things as I loathe the overkill announcements on IE trains.

    ****



  • #34
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    Del.Monte wrote: »
    Very peaceful journey on the Enterprise, but the camera work was dire and the burger looked most unappetising. Where were all the bilingual announcements?

    I'll pass that on to the Vlogger who made the Vid.:D But that guy reviews trains all over Europe and while he was happy enough with the Enterprise service, the average speed issue was raised. The speed of the service is indeed the biggest issue. The same Vlogger has been asked to review the Dub-CRK-DUB service. That would be fun.:D Could be a CAF built job with an okay first class or a Korean rail car, with a really **** premier class. Watch the guys videos from trips on privatized UK railways. We are fooking years behind.


  • #35
    tabbey
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    Grandeeod wrote: »
    Probably posted this before but its an interesting showcase. The average speed is mentioned. This is a non-Irish viewpoint.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLkK255p9VM

    He is grossly over estimating the average speed.

    113 miles in 2 hrs 15 mins is an average (including station stops) of 50 mph, not the 60 mph he credits the operators.


  • #36
    Grandeeod
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    tabbey wrote: »
    He is grossly over estimating the average speed.

    113 miles in 2 hrs 15 mins is an average (including station stops) of 50 mph, not the 60 mph he credits the operators.

    Makes it worse so.:D Its all nice and shiney, but feckin slow.


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  • #37
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,835 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    Del.Monte wrote: »
    I know, I was just stirring things as I loathe the overkill announcements on IE trains.

    You should write a letter!!, I bombarded them with emails a few years ago to get the announcements cut on Waterford trains because with most stations only 10 minutes apart, the PA was rambling for around 5 minutes between each stop.

    They didn't cut them for the other routes....


  • #38
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    Jamie2k9 wrote: »
    You should write a letter!!, I bombarded them with emails a few years ago to get the announcements cut on Waterford trains because with most stations only 10 minutes apart, the PA was rambling for around 5 minutes between each stop.

    They didn't cut them for the other routes....

    I'll give it another try with the new acting (?) CEO and report back here.

    ****



  • #39
    Lord Glentoran
    Closed Accounts Posts: 876 ✭✭✭Lord Glentoran


    Del.Monte wrote: »
    I'll give it another try with the new acting (?) CEO and report back here.

    I don’t mind the next ‘station stop’ announcement in English and Irish, but the rest is just a major pain in the Swiss Roll. Talk about stating the bleedin’ obvious.


  • #40
    Hilly Bill
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    Del.Monte wrote: »
    I'll give it another try with the new acting (?) CEO and report back here.

    He's not acting anymore, he got the job.


  • #41
    Jamie2k9
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    Del.Monte wrote: »
    I'll give it another try with the new acting (?) CEO and report back here.

    I never wrote to the CEO, you need to target the area with the problem and give justifiable reasons. I would be surprised if such a letter would reach a CEO. His PA would probally dump it over something so trivial.


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  • #42
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,050 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    Jamie2k9 wrote: »
    I never wrote to the CEO, you need to target the area with the problem and give justifiable reasons. I would be surprised if such a letter would reach a CEO. His PA would probally dump it over something so trivial.

    Probably wouldn't.


  • #43
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    Jamie2k9 wrote: »
    I never wrote to the CEO, you need to target the area with the problem and give justifiable reasons. I would be surprised if such a letter would reach a CEO. His PA would probally dump it over something so trivial.

    My experience would indicate otherwise as I invariably receive a reply, but I doubt the CIE mindset can be changed no matter how many letters are received.

    ****



  • #44
    tabbey
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    Jamie2k9 wrote: »
    I never wrote to the CEO, you need to target the area with the problem and give justifiable reasons. I would be surprised if such a letter would reach a CEO. His PA would probally dump it over something so trivial.

    I wrote to David Franks some years ago.

    I was pleasantly surprised with his response. Every issue I raised was answered.I may not have been entirely satisfied by the answers, but it was clear that Franks read and understood the points raised, and that he raised the matters with the relevant members of his team.

    In an era when letters to the Taoiseach and ministers receive an acknowledgement at best, from some clerical assistant, it was a tonic to get the reply from Franks.

    He may be a dying breed, but perhaps not.


  • #45
    Hilly Bill
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    Del.Monte wrote: »
    My experience would indicate otherwise as I invariably receive a reply, but I doubt the CIE mindset can be changed no matter how many letters are received.

    What mindset?


  • #46
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,835 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    Del.Monte wrote: »
    My experience would indicate otherwise as I invariably receive a reply, but I doubt the CIE mindset can be changed no matter how many letters are received.

    It takes work but I do struggle with very questionable decisions and when they have the opportunity to address them they don't.


  • #47
    Del.Monte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    Hilly Bill wrote: »
    What mindset?

    That they (CIE) know best and are unaccountable to anybody.

    ****



  • #48
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,050 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    Del.Monte wrote: »
    That they (CIE) know best and are unaccountable to anybody.

    They may know more than you do on CIE matters.


  • #49
    marno21
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,648 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Lord Glentoran wrote: »
    Aren't there still Permanent Way issues south of Portadown?

    Can you explain what these are please for someone that doesn't know?


  • #50
    Lord Glentoran
    Closed Accounts Posts: 876 ✭✭✭Lord Glentoran


    marno21 wrote: »
    Can you explain what these are please for someone that doesn't know?

    Sure. The permanent way is the finished trackbed of the railway together with the track and other permanent equipment. Speed restrictions apply when there are outstanding defects, awaiting remedial work, but which are not so onerous that closure is required.

    I don't have access to the working timetable which would point up what and where speed restrictions are, but others may have. In the recent past I have experienced slow speeds between Poyntzpass and Portadown due to these where the permanent way traverses "wet spots" or boggy ground beneath the track.

    Hope this helps. :)


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