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Originally Posted by Alan French
On the Belfast line, I’m wondering about the Lisburn stops. How did they decide which trains would stop there, do you think? It looks like the ones with the most spare capacity. If it’s to encourage southerners to visit Lisburn for shopping, then I suggest that the 16.10 from Belfast should also stop there.
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I get the impression that it was to fill gaps in the NIR timetable for Lisburn-Belfast.
Ferry connections need to allow for connection time and some disruption. Only three minutes to spare going from ship to train in Holyhead yesterday.
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Draft schedules for Connolly routes (including DART & Commuter) - have your say! (Updated 10th June) by Corporate Communications
Iarnród Éireann welcomes constructive views and feedback from customers as it helps us to improve our services.
A draft copy of our new proposed timetable for services operating through Connolly Station and Dublin City Centre is available here http://www.irishrail.ie/contact_us/connolly_timetable_comments.asp and we would like to hear your thoughts – whether the proposed schedule is something you welcome or would not support, or whether there are changes not included you would like to see.
Iarnród Éireann will endeavour to implement customers' suggestions where possible. Suggested alterations which cannot be implemented at this timetable change will be retained in a database for consideration at future timetable reviews.
All feedback received will be acknowledged by an automated e-mail reply. The implementation date for this proposed new timetable will be announced at a later date on www.irishrail.ie
The draft schedule contains timetables for services operating through Connolly Station and Dublin City Centre, i.e.
Dublin-Rosslare
Dublin-Sligo
Dublin-Belfast
Maynooth/Longford/M3 Parkway Commuter
Drogheda/Dundalk Commuter
DART.
IMPORTANT NOTE (10th June 2011)
The original draft version did not list Clongriffin as a stop on the 18:15 Pearse to Drogheda service. This stop was ommitted erroneously and this error has now been corrected. For clarification, our proposals do include Clongriffin as a stop on this service, now listed in the draft schedules. We apologise for any concern arising from this.
Services operating to & from Heuston Station and Southern & Western regional services were available for customer comment from 07/01/2011 to 04/02/2011 and we thank you for all the suggestions and comments you submitted during that consultation period.
This timetable commenced on Sunday 8th May 2011 and incorporates a range of customer comments received during that period.
Draft Connolly & Dublin City Centre routes are available here. http://www.irishrail.ie/contact_us/connolly_timetable_comments.asp
While we encourage all customers to check their relevant schedules in full, as minor changes may impact on your own journey, the most significant changes in these draft schedules are detailed below:
Maynooth / M3 Parkway / Longford Commuter:
· Monday to Friday off–peak M3 Parkway services will now operate hourly to/from Dublin Connolly Station serving all stations in both directions.
· Weekend M3 Parkway services will now operate hourly to/from Dublin Pearse Station serving all stations in both directions.
· Some existing non-stop weekday M3 Parkway services will now call at all stations to/from Docklands.
· Maynooth service will now be hourly at off–peak on weekdays and all day on weekends.
· New early morning Sunday services at 08.40 hrs Dublin Pearse / Maynooth and 09.40 hrs return.
Sligo InterCity:
· No changes
Northern Commuter (Drogheda / Dundalk):
· Changes to stopping patterns on a number of morning services into Dublin in an attempt to improve journey times.
· Also changes in departure times on a number of services in both directions, please check draft timetable for full details.
· 05.40 hrs Dundalk / Dublin Connolly service is extended to Dublin Pearse and will now depart Dundalk at 05.45 hrs but with existing arrival time in Dublin Connolly resulting in a faster journey time of 5 minutes to Dublin Connolly.
· 07.00 hrs Dundalk / Dublin Connolly will now have an arrival in Dublin Connolly of 08.18 hrs, a 10 minute faster journey time.
· Updated 11.35 Drogheda-Pearse will be cancelled.
· Many services will now operate non-stop between Malahide and Dublin Connolly and vice versa to improve journey times.
· Existing Monday to Friday 20.30 hrs Dublin Connolly / Drogheda service will now operate at 20.44 hrs Dublin Pearse / Drogheda and serve Howth Junction and all stations from Portmarnock to Drogheda.
· New early morning Sunday service at 08.05 hrs Drogheda / Dublin Pearse.
Belfast Enterprise:
· No changes
Rosslare InterCity / South East Commuter Services:
· 05.35 hrs Rosslare Europort / Enniscorthy and 06.23 hrs Enniscorthy / Dundalk services will be combined to form a 05.35 hrs Rosslare Europort / Dundalk service on Mondays to Saturdays.
· 06.25 Enniscorthy / Rosslare Europort is cancelled.
· 07.50 hrs Rosslare Europort / Dublin Connolly will be advanced to 07.20 hrs and operate 30 minutes earlier throughout. Providing a better connection off the morning ferry arrivals into Rosslare Europort and also an earlier arrival time in Dublin.
· 07.32 hrs Dublin Connolly / Rosslare Europort will now depart at 09.40 hrs from Connolly.
· 12.05 hrs Dublin Connolly / Arklow and 14.35 Arklow / Dublin Pearse are cancelled.
· 13.30 hrs Dublin Connolly / Rosslare Europort is deferred to 13.36 hrs with existing times from Dun Laoghaire to give a faster journey time.
· 16.30 hrs Dublin Connolly / Wexford is deferred to 16.37 hrs with existing times from Dun Laoghaire and now extended through to Rosslare Europort. Providing faster journey time to the South East and also a new service to Rosslare Europort with connections into the evening ferry sailings to Wales and France.
· 18.30 hrs Dublin Connolly / Rosslare Europort is deferred to 18.38 hrs with existing times from Dun Laoghaire to give a faster journey time.
· 19.30 hrs Wexford / Dublin Connolly service is cancelled.
DART:
· Changes to a number of services to & from Howth and Malahide throughout the day on Mondays to Saturdays, please check draft timetable for full details. This is intended to balance services to provide a more balanced DART service to and from Howth and Malahide at a half-hourly service frequency to Clongriffin, Portmarnock and Malahide.
· Changes in departure times on a number of services, please check draft timetable for full details.
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