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Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion 21-10-2022, 15:18
Replies: 291
Views: 533,620
Posted By berneyarms
The bus stop at Connolly LUAS is already full -...

The bus stop at Connolly LUAS is already full - try watching how cross-city routes 14 and 15 get blocked there.
Forum: Events, Happenings and Media 31-12-2021, 19:22
Replies: 9
Views: 57,333
Posted By berneyarms
The approval process for capital projects by...

The approval process for capital projects by government has changed following the children’s’ hospital costs spiralling.

The government has to formally approve the business case before planning...
Forum: Events, Happenings and Media 30-12-2021, 16:19
Replies: 9
Views: 57,333
Posted By berneyarms
Like it or not the electrification project have...

Like it or not the electrification project have to go through the planning process.

DART+ West will see the railway order application submitted in 2022. After that timings are subject to the...
Forum: Dublin Sligo 06-08-2020, 11:43
Replies: 18
Views: 86,470
Posted By berneyarms
Perfectly possible to turn trains at Enfield as...

Perfectly possible to turn trains at Enfield as it is a block post - just depends on the overall schedule so that there aren’t other trains clashing on the single track.
Forum: Galway - Limerick - Waterford - Rosslare 02-02-2020, 17:32
Replies: 8
Views: 52,417
Posted By berneyarms
That’s more a failing of the hotel let’s be...

That’s more a failing of the hotel let’s be honest. I’d expect a hotel to know local public transport options. Information on the service (limited in nature as the service is) is hardly hidden...
Forum: Galway - Limerick - Waterford - Rosslare 02-02-2020, 17:30
Replies: 8
Views: 52,417
Posted By berneyarms
What it “ought” to be and what it is are two...

What it “ought” to be and what it is are two different things.

Right now it is operated as a branch line off the Dublin/Cork line, which is what the article quite correctly describes it as.
Forum: Galway - Limerick - Waterford - Rosslare 31-01-2020, 15:50
Replies: 8
Views: 52,417
Posted By berneyarms
It’s a two train per day service that feeds...

It’s a two train per day service that feeds into/out of Dublin/Cork.

I think it’s perfectly reasonable to describe it as a branch line given the operating pattern.

Were it a higher frequency...
Forum: Events, Happenings and Media 31-10-2019, 17:50
Replies: 14
Views: 26,101
Posted By berneyarms
The potential GB stock was Class 185 units that...

The potential GB stock was Class 185 units that were coming off lease from Transpennine Express (TPE), not pacers.

These would have been suitable units, but there has been slippage in the rollout of...
Forum: Events, Happenings and Media 23-09-2019, 06:46
Replies: 103
Views: 123,594
Posted By berneyarms
You do realise that IE are constrained in what...

You do realise that IE are constrained in what they can and cannot do by what funding they receive from the government via the NTA.

Almost everything you’re blaming them on requires capital...
Forum: Longford-Maynooth-Dunboyne-Clonsilla-Dublin line 19-09-2019, 17:40
Replies: 11
Views: 53,814
Posted By berneyarms
Problem with that is that you need to get the...

Problem with that is that you need to get the Longford or Mullingar driver who drives the 17:17 back to Longford within his hours. There are always going to be some operational constraints like this...
Forum: Longford-Maynooth-Dunboyne-Clonsilla-Dublin line 19-09-2019, 17:36
Replies: 11
Views: 53,814
Posted By berneyarms
It’s probably dictated by the need to get the...

It’s probably dictated by the need to get the train and driver back to Dublin without requiring additional resources?
Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion 29-03-2019, 07:33
Replies: 6
Views: 13,746
Posted By berneyarms
Unless I am misreading things, DART punctuality...

Unless I am misreading things, DART punctuality dropped in February but rose back up in March so I’m not sure where you’re getting the basis of your “steady deterioration in...
Forum: Gorey-Arklow-Wicklow Line 05-03-2019, 08:40
Replies: 28
Views: 150,225
Posted By berneyarms
Well let’s be honest the current rolling stock...

Well let’s be honest the current rolling stock crisis is down to NTA inaction and dithering.

The late delivery of the footbridge and direct interchange at Broombridge was down to NTA funding...
Forum: Gorey-Arklow-Wicklow Line 03-03-2019, 17:45
Replies: 28
Views: 150,225
Posted By berneyarms
I think you forget that the NTA is responsible...

I think you forget that the NTA is responsible for all capital funding now - perhaps ask them?
Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion 17-02-2019, 11:26
Replies: 64
Views: 68,168
Posted By berneyarms
Again that would depend on staff availablilty. A...

Again that would depend on staff availablilty. A Longford starter into Sligo would require basing more drivers there.

Presumably this service uses existing driver resources at Connolly where...
Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion 15-02-2019, 12:40
Replies: 64
Views: 68,168
Posted By berneyarms
I’m sure they have an idea of how many...

I’m sure they have an idea of how many passengers used it and are using it. More than you or I.

This frankly is a pointless argument without having hard data.

All it is based on is one...
Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion 15-02-2019, 11:20
Replies: 64
Views: 68,168
Posted By berneyarms
You simply don’t know that unless you know the...

You simply don’t know that unless you know the actual numbers arriving into Sligo. And you don’t know what they are (nor do I), but I am no fan of these sorts of sweeping comments without...
Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion 15-02-2019, 10:44
Replies: 64
Views: 68,168
Posted By berneyarms
But how many were on the train as it arrived into...

But how many were on the train as it arrived into Sligo which frankly would be the main market. I’d assume it picks numbers up from Mullingar westward.

It gives a 10:15 arrival into Sligo which...
Forum: All stops to Thurles 29-01-2019, 14:25
Replies: 9
Views: 93,373
Posted By berneyarms
Nothing to do with ticketing is ever...

Nothing to do with ticketing is ever straightforward - we will have to wait and see what happens.
Forum: All stops to Thurles 29-01-2019, 14:25
Replies: 9
Views: 93,373
Posted By berneyarms
Expressway is a commercially operated service -...

Expressway is a commercially operated service - it receives no subsidy, so no need for quotation marks.

I don’t see how that could work in practice - you’d have other operators up in arms over...
Forum: All stops to Thurles 28-01-2019, 21:46
Replies: 9
Views: 93,373
Posted By berneyarms
Sallins is within the short hop zone, the...

Sallins is within the short hop zone, the boundaries of which were re-set so that they would be on an equal distance basis on each line from Dublin (Balbriggan, Kilcock, Sallins and Kilcoole).

Where...
Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion 18-11-2018, 14:58
Replies: 13
Views: 18,087
Posted By berneyarms
It was at a talk at some point that a member of...

It was at a talk at some point that a member of CME staff said that the Mark 4 sets were under too much pressure. As I understand it there are 6 sets in daily use, the sixth coming out later in the...
Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion 17-11-2018, 19:52
Replies: 13
Views: 18,087
Posted By berneyarms
Post There aren’t any Mk 4 sets in storage. They are...

There aren’t any Mk 4 sets in storage. They are all in use on rotation.

As I understand it the maintenance requirements were too tight previously so hence less sets are now in daily use.

ICR...
Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion 16-11-2018, 18:46
Replies: 13
Views: 18,087
Posted By berneyarms
Isn’t this simply recruiting for a replacement...

Isn’t this simply recruiting for a replacement for Jim Meade (now CEO) in the Director, Railway Undertaking role (basically head of railway operations), albeit with a different title?
Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion 10-11-2018, 21:00
Replies: 64
Views: 68,168
Posted By berneyarms
Out of interest, what would you have done? I...

Out of interest, what would you have done?

I don’t think closing removing most of stops at a station would go down well locally.
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