Forum: Dublin Sligo
06-08-2020, 11:43
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Replies: 18
Views: 14,263
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Forum: Galway - Limerick - Waterford - Rosslare
02-02-2020, 17:32
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,712
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 away...
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Forum: Galway - Limerick - Waterford - Rosslare
02-02-2020, 17:30
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,712
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.
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Forum: Galway - Limerick - Waterford - Rosslare
31-01-2020, 15:50
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,712
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...
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Forum: Events, Happenings and Media
31-10-2019, 17:50
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Replies: 14
Views: 12,229
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...
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Forum: Events, Happenings and Media
23-09-2019, 06:46
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Replies: 103
Views: 71,686
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 funding...
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Forum: Longford-Maynooth-Dunboyne-Clonsilla-Dublin line
19-09-2019, 17:40
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,902
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...
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Forum: Longford-Maynooth-Dunboyne-Clonsilla-Dublin line
19-09-2019, 17:36
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Replies: 11
Views: 11,902
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Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion
29-03-2019, 07:33
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,709
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Forum: Gorey-Arklow-Wicklow Line
05-03-2019, 08:40
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Replies: 28
Views: 52,552
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 delays...
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Forum: Gorey-Arklow-Wicklow Line
03-03-2019, 17:45
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Replies: 28
Views: 52,552
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Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion
17-02-2019, 11:26
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Replies: 64
Views: 31,220
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Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion
15-02-2019, 12:40
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Replies: 64
Views: 31,220
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Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion
15-02-2019, 11:20
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Replies: 64
Views: 31,220
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 actually...
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Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion
15-02-2019, 10:44
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Replies: 64
Views: 31,220
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Forum: All stops to Thurles
29-01-2019, 14:25
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Replies: 9
Views: 15,433
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Forum: All stops to Thurles
29-01-2019, 14:25
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Replies: 9
Views: 15,433
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Forum: All stops to Thurles
28-01-2019, 21:46
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Replies: 9
Views: 15,433
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...
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Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion
18-11-2018, 14:58
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Replies: 13
Views: 8,889
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...
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Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion
17-11-2018, 19:52
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Replies: 13
Views: 8,889
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 covers...
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Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion
16-11-2018, 18:46
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Replies: 13
Views: 8,889
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Forum: General Irish Rail Discussion
10-11-2018, 21:00
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Replies: 64
Views: 31,220
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Forum: Commuter Services
06-11-2018, 14:16
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,355
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Forum: Commuter Services
06-11-2018, 12:42
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,355
Oranmore-Galway is classed as an Intercity...
Oranmore-Galway is classed as an Intercity journey and is priced accordingly.
All the other journeys you list are within the suburban fares matrices which receive a higher level of subsidy.
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Forum: Commuter Services
17-10-2018, 13:50
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Replies: 22
Views: 8,784
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