Let's not forget that the Luas was promised as being operational at 3 minute headways but, despite being at capacity most of the day, it's still operating with gaps of up to 10 minutes for a large chunk of the day/week.
It was never suggested that it would operate at 3 minute headways outside of peak times.
And, unlike Luas, Metrolink won't be sharing space with motor traffic and pedestrians.
I don't think it achieves that during peak. Fact is, the luas is often packed, it has the ability to add additional capacity yet that capacity is not forthcoming.
It does during the morning peak between Sandyford and Parnell on the Green Line.
None of this has anything to do with Irish Rail infrastructure in any case.
Luas has nothing to do with Metrolink, Metro will be fully automated, fully grade separated and large sections of underground. High frequency is very achievable and very much a feature of these type of systems.
First new ICR carriages entered service this morning.
Small dusting of snow and whole operation falls apart.
Some disruption is expected but this is really poor from them.
I see the new ticketing system is working swimmingly…not. Both at entry and exit to Heuston the E ticket wouldn’t scan. Show it to staff- slowing everything down in the process. Asked second guy on gates are any of the readers working for E tickets answered wryly “one or two of them work”.
Yeah, I tried using them last week, weren’t working and the staff were just waving people through without looking at them.
Also if you are travelling as a family with multiple tickets, the ordering of the tickets in the PDF is terrible. Say you have three persons return tickets, it is ordered as first passengers ticket in both directions, out and return, second passengers tickets out and return, etc.
But that doesn’t really make any sense if you are trying to scan your kids through the gates, you have to scroll all around the pdf looking for the relevant ticket to scan, a big pain.
It is also a pain to show the relevant ticket to the ticket checkers on the train, when he saw I had one of these tickets, he just asked if we were all together and said it was fine without looking.
The tickets should really be grouped together by legs of the journey. As in the first 3 pages should be outbound tickets, followed by 3 pages of the return tickets, etc.
Also I’d much prefer if hey supported tickets in Apple/Google Wallet, much easier to use, they work well at Dublin Airport.
They have mentioned support for mobile wallets will be coming, but there's been no mention as to when that will happen
Yes I did wonder- could not save the ticket to the wallet at all
In 2030.
Probably use a third party app to add to wallet
The line around the back of Kent station that goes passed where the signal cabin used to be has been taken. Theres temporary buffers where it’s been cut. I assume this was done so they can change the track layout there as they’ve done further towards the bridge.
There’s an additional through platform being added on that track.
oh yeah they are extending the platform.
As LXFlyer says, it is a completely new platform being built there. There was a very good Timelapse video on Irish Rail’s Facebook showing some of the works ongoing there.
Why did I get it into my head that they were extending platform 5 from then ?
Maybe you read the Examiner Article on the subject.
Can I have a link?
This might be it .
I just passed by Inchicore and couldn’t see any 2700s or 8200s, have they been scrapped?
No, they are still there. They just bunched them up a bit tighter last year, to make room for the new ICR carriages.
The study into quad-tracking the Northern Line which recently got awarded EU funding, I am now hearing it will go to tender April 2024, with the tender award being August/September 2024.
Is four tracking only to Malahide sufficient when services as far as Drogheda will consist of ten-minute(?) frequencies for all-stopping trains?
We really need also the new long-distance line from clongriffin-Drogheda as mentioned in the AIRR.
The frequant singnal/points failures at Glassnavin Junction need to be addressed as a priorty.
Will be like the old Howth Junction issue if it continues.
Did they fix the Howth Junction issue?
My assumption is they possibly renewed the points a few years ago or improved overall maintenance in the area. In fact service levels have improced around Connolly as well. It was very bad for disruption maybe 2017/18.
I am fairly sure Drumcondra was also re-signillged not long ago. Glassnavin Junction should have full renewal of points if it hasn't because its now a very important junction.
