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09-09-2013, 11:03 | #1 | |
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[PR] Irish Rail fuel efficency
This came in on the grapevine this morning. Nothing new to RUI members as the 4 coach ICR fleet has been known about for several months
That said from a passenger point of view shorter trains are not exactly always a good thing Quote:
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09-09-2013, 13:23 | #2 |
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2-car DARTs will badly slow down the service unless they install stop boards.
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09-09-2013, 14:48 | #3 |
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They have, and from what I saw today(the two car DARTs are already in use from today) the boards seem to be being used properly. Will take a while for passengers to adapt though.
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09-09-2013, 16:18 | #4 |
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nothing wrong with cutting capacity off peak but IR should be able to respond when demand is high.
Yesterday 4 carriage DARTs were not sufficient for the crowds pre and post the All Ireland Final. they need to up their game for football in a fortnight and hurling replay which is on a saturday which is obviously a busier day than a sunday |
09-09-2013, 19:02 | #5 |
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As you say, no big surprise as this has been in the offing for at least two years. Would expect many Heuston sets to reduce to 4 car and for 4 car sets to replace most of the remaining mark 4 services. Would also expect some shrinkage on the Sligo line, 1600 to Sligo or 1805 to Longford hardly need to be 6 cars. Same probably applies to the 1905 Sligo.
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09-09-2013, 19:53 | #6 | |
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The 2 car DART's are a welcome for off peak services. |
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13-09-2013, 16:21 | #7 |
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Can anybody confirm if 4 car trains are in service, almost certain The 15.05 from Galway was a 4 car and there was a 7 car set arriving in Heuston as I passed.
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15-09-2013, 08:43 | #8 |
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4 car has been certified for operation
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23-09-2013, 07:31 | #9 |
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A 9 carriage 22k set, how is this configured, 3x3 carraige sets together?
and the 7 carriage set? Any danger of the 0800 ex Dublin weekday service being upped to a 4 carriage set, given previously a 3 carriage set was operating the 0700 and a 6 carriage set operating the 0900 - which were amalgamated to form the now 0800 service The now 0800 is a reasonably busy service and, this is the first westbound after Maynooth in the mornings. |
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