Celebrate 150 years of Cobh rail services: family fun day on Saturday 10th March 05
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€5 to get to Fota and go into the park is a bargain compared to the normal admission price. |
great turnout and really well done
Minister Kelly was there as well as the irish Rail bosses great to see a service where the passenger numbers are going up year on year |
imagine how good numbers might be on the line if NRA and IE hadn't ballsed up the Dunkettle P&R and if east Cork buses were feeding it and not competing with it.
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what people like about Cork-Cobh/midleton is the frequency and relability Cobh - on the hour down and on the half hour back up - so easy to remember - and every half hour at morning and evenng peaks Also - the line benefits greatly from tourism in the summer Cruise line passengers from Cobh to Cork as well as general attractions in Fota, Cobh and Midleton |
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...313154450.html
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Hat off to IR Cork staff - they market the line very well at incoming visitors (cruise liners, sail training vessels etc) There was an american training ship in last year (more than 500 on board) - all were given a timetable, list of prices and list of bars shops etc offering discounts on production of ticket |
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The service on the Cobh line has improved significantly in recent years. It is good to see numbers growing again after a significant dip from the 2007 peak. |
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Likewise the late evening services while busy to Cobh have only a handful of passengers returning back |
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You see a bigger initial drop than other lines around the country, but then it picks up faster. How Irish Rail assign passengers to lines is a bit of a mystery, but it seems clear that some, if not all, Little Island and Glounethaune passengers were counted in the Midleton figures after it opened. In the absence of other evidence, it's probably reasonable to assume that they are 50-50 between Cobh and Midleton trains. My experience of the line is that they are the second and third busiest stations, after Cobh itself. Perhaps no wonder considering they actually get quarter-hourly service during peak hours. |
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