Are Irish Rail going to ever update their fleet and get some new Rolling Stock?

Alan_H_1991 · 24-11-2011 10:58PM #1

Their trains are crap, noisy, unreliable and the infrastructure is ****e, and you can never rely on them to get you there on time.

foggy_lad · 24-11-2011 11:01PM

Alan_H_1991 wrote: »

Their trains are crap, noisy, unreliable and the infrastructure is ****e, and you can never rely on them to get you there on time.

Which trains are you talking about?

Alan_H_1991 · 24-11-2011 11:09PM

foggy_lad wrote: »

Which trains are you talking about?

2750 and 2800 class .. northern commuter

Niles · 24-11-2011 11:16PM

Virtually all passenger rolling stock was replaced at some point in the last 15 years. Traditionally the 2800s have had a great reliability rating, for a period 9 out of 10 sets were required in service to operate the Rosslare line Monday-Saturday, and they managed to keep this up with failures few and far between (whether or not they were suited to Intercity use is another thing but you couldn't fault them on their reliability). The 2700s didn't have as good a reputation but seemed to settle down when they were sent down south.

Are you sure it's the 2750s? There's only two of them and it's been a long, long time since they or the 2700s worked northern line services... Though if rumours on other forums are to be believed they'll be stored out of use before long.

Alan_H_1991 · 24-11-2011 11:20PM

Niles wrote: »

Virtually all passenger rolling stock was replaced at some point in the last 15 years. Traditionally the 2800s have had a great reliability rating, for a period 9 out of 10 sets were required in service to operate the Rosslare line Monday-Saturday, and they managed to keep this up with failures few and far between (whether or not they were suited to Intercity use is another thing but you couldn't fault them on their reliability). The 2700s didn't have as good a reputation but seemed to settle down when they were sent down south.

Are you sure it's the 2750s? There's only two of them and it's been a long, long time since they or the 2700s worked northern line services... Though if rumours on other forums are to be believed they'll be stored out of use before long.

Sorry, you're correct I meant 2750, 2800 and especially the 29000 Class

mlumley · 24-11-2011 11:38PM

Just think yourselves lucky you have a train service, try living in Clonmel and wanting to get anywhere.:eek:

duffmckegean · 25-11-2011 12:16AM

mlumley wrote: »

Just think yourselves lucky you have a train service, try living in Clonmel and wanting to get anywhere.:eek:

+1 to that.

The best fun is on a Sunday,when there are no services at all..

Still though, it's not the worse place in the world, you do get to glimpse the odd 071 on a ballast run getting a fill up in the yard. 088 was on duty yesterday circa 12:00 i think

corktina · 25-11-2011 08:15AM

For all its faults, IEs fleet must be one of the youngest in the world. I find it incredible that people feel its life expired when its 10 to 15 years old. In the Old Days, stock used to last 40 or 50 years

BrianD · 25-11-2011 09:38AM

Yes, there's one thing you can say about public transport in Ireland whether it be bus or train. The fleets are young.

JeffK88 · 25-11-2011 01:12PM

May be a young fleet ..but those in charge are old fashioned backward thinking individuals

Judgement Day · 25-11-2011 01:16PM

duffmckegean wrote: »

+1 to that.

The best fun is on a Sunday,when there are no services at all..

Still though, it's not the worse place in the world, you do get to glimpse the odd 071 on a ballast run getting a fill up in the yard. 088 was on duty yesterday circa 12:00 i think

Not for much longer I suspect.

runway16 · 26-11-2011 02:48PM

Sorry, I don't agree, I use Northern Commuter myself and it aint the trains that the problem. And neither are they dirty, smelly or obsolete in my experience.

shamwari · 26-11-2011 10:45PM

runway16 wrote: »

Sorry, I don't agree, I use Northern Commuter myself and it aint the trains that the problem. And neither are they dirty, smelly or obsolete in my experience.

Agree that the trains aren't the problem. Usually not dirty, certainly not obsolete, but the odd 29000 do stink thanks to the their toilets. Thankfully such issues don't plague the 33X.....:D

Cookie_Monster · 26-11-2011 11:49PM

There has been huge fleet update in the last 10 years, what do you think all those 22ks are (never mind the all the brand new infrastructure fleet bits and bobs)

CIE · 26-11-2011 11:55PM

Alan_H_1991 wrote: »

2750 and 2800 class … northern commuter

Those are 13 and 11 years old respectively. How old did you think they were?

Ah well, back to push-pull...(too late; they got rid of the Mark 3s with the opening windows)

L1011 · 27-11-2011 04:15AM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

There has been huge fleet update in the last 10 years, what do you think all those 22ks are (never mind the all the brand new infrastructure fleet bits and bobs)

The oldest 29ks aren't even ten years old at that.

-Chris- · 27-11-2011 09:44AM

He's a bloody troll. I'm closing this thread before it becomes another Alan H success story.

Are Irish Rail going to ever update their fleet and get some new Rolling Stock?

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