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chris · 05-04-2008, 12:29

16:50 from Connolly left exactly on time but ended up crawling the whole way from Skerries to Drogheda due to a commuter train ahead. This certainly isn't the first time this has happened. Does anyone know whether this is down to bad timetabling/signalling decisions? I know an 8 car commuter will carry more people, but there's a significant cost incentive for keeping the people happy on the packed and overpriced cross-border trains.

Ended up missing my connection in Portadown over the head of it. Since it only arrived in Portadown 6 mins after the scheduled departure of the local train to Belfast, I presume there were further knock-on problems for the Enterprise as it had to sit behind an all stops service from Lisburn into GVS.

05-04-2008, 12:29	#1
chris Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 131	16:50 Connolly - Belfast Central 16:50 from Connolly left exactly on time but ended up crawling the whole way from Skerries to Drogheda due to a commuter train ahead. This certainly isn't the first time this has happened. Does anyone know whether this is down to bad timetabling/signalling decisions? I know an 8 car commuter will carry more people, but there's a significant cost incentive for keeping the people happy on the packed and overpriced cross-border trains. Ended up missing my connection in Portadown over the head of it. Since it only arrived in Portadown 6 mins after the scheduled departure of the local train to Belfast, I presume there were further knock-on problems for the Enterprise as it had to sit behind an all stops service from Lisburn into GVS.