Rail Users Ireland Forum - View Single Post - Utter farce on Maynooth line this morning

James Howard · 14-12-2015, 09:02

Talk about errors piling on top of each other this morning. With an already restricted capacity due to the stranding of most of the Sligo Intercity fleet, we were treated to a level crossing failure this morning.

So once things were moving again, because there was so much room on the shortened 0545, they decided to add the Leixlip stops to make the delays worse and try to squeeze a few more people in. What a surprise then that somebody fainted at Clonsilla leading to yet more delays.

Can anybody be held accountable for this type of messing? I am kind of on the verge of being beyond angry and heading towards just laughing at this.

In the end, because of the ludicrous timetable padding, we'll probably only ned up being about 25 minutes late but there are a lot of people talking about missing meetings. I wonder how many people will get sacked for being persistently late for work over the last couple of weeks. Probably not anybody at Irish Rail.

14-12-2015, 09:02	#1
James Howard Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sligo Line Posts: 1,115	Utter farce on Maynooth line this morning Talk about errors piling on top of each other this morning. With an already restricted capacity due to the stranding of most of the Sligo Intercity fleet, we were treated to a level crossing failure this morning. So once things were moving again, because there was so much room on the shortened 0545, they decided to add the Leixlip stops to make the delays worse and try to squeeze a few more people in. What a surprise then that somebody fainted at Clonsilla leading to yet more delays. Can anybody be held accountable for this type of messing? I am kind of on the verge of being beyond angry and heading towards just laughing at this. In the end, because of the ludicrous timetable padding, we'll probably only ned up being about 25 minutes late but there are a lot of people talking about missing meetings. I wonder how many people will get sacked for being persistently late for work over the last couple of weeks. Probably not anybody at Irish Rail.