[16-10-07] 07:58 Maynooth - Bray

[Mark Gleeson]

Underexception circumstances yap yap a train may operate early

Getting the 7:57 out early didn't benefit the delayed Longford train so there was no point in doing it. Little point running early since the train will have to sit to wait for its slot through Connolly

[Mark Hennessy]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Getting the 7:57 out early didn't benefit the delayed Longford train so there was no point in doing it. Little point running early since the train will have to sit to wait for its slot through Connolly

This train typically has to wait for 6-7 mins every day in Connolly for the southbound train from drogheda to depart (they always arrive in at the same time) so I cannot understand why this one had to leave early.

[ThomasJ]

It might have had something to do with the delay to the 7.36 longford train. which is always very overcrowded. This train was dangerously overcrowded yesterday. with the delay to the longford train, the four car train that usually follows it would not have been able to cope and would have left large backlog of passengers. The early departure was probably done to minimse the large passenger numbers that would have build up on the platforms as a result of the delay. IE have have implemented alternative arrangements for when the 7.36 was delayed before, including trains starting from clonsilla. The delayed longford train would have then covered any passengers that were inconvinienced by the early departure of the 7.57 train