Phoenix park now open

Mark Gleeson · 22-01-2008, 10:47

All recent stations have been designed to a high standard with fairly generous facilities to meet all current safety and accessibilty standards. There have been quite a lot of disagreements between IE and the developers paying for stations over the specification, IE insisting on a higher specification

Bare in mind the majority of station buildings in use date from the 1850-1860 timeframe, front door, booking office and a side gate was more than enough

There is a question over the platform displays they are probably driven off the Maynooth/Consilla SSI thus will be very accurate inbound though outbound they might be a bit patchy

ThomasJ · 22-01-2008, 11:39

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There is a question over the platform displays they are probably driven off the Maynooth/Consilla SSI thus will be very accurate inbound though outbound they might be a bit patchy

Can this be done with the other Maynooth line stations Mark?

Mark Gleeson · 22-01-2008, 11:42

Every station could be fixed if IE bothered, however it remains to be seen how accurate the displays will be

The inbound one in Drumcondra regularly sits at around 5 minutes until the train actually arrives into Broombridge then it counts down again, it does this since it assumes the train is on time its only when it sees the train does the display show the exact time

ThomasJ · 22-01-2008, 11:57

The one thing that bugs me is those stations that are closed and have only got a destination outside it.

I arrived at Coolmine station late one night last year. There was a thunderstorm and torrential rain. The station was closed. The only timetable info available is outside the ticket office and thats only useful if everything is ontime.

Waited for 20-30 minutes, nothing happened no announcements etc. so just gave up and went to get a bus. Next day found out a tree has fallen on the line and trains were delayed by upto one hour but I didn't know that. Stations like coolmine need this sort of information more than DART stations that are open at this time

[sorry for getting off topic, just trying to point out if it can work for Phoenix park it can work for the others, who need it]

22-01-2008, 10:47	#1
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	All recent stations have been designed to a high standard with fairly generous facilities to meet all current safety and accessibilty standards. There have been quite a lot of disagreements between IE and the developers paying for stations over the specification, IE insisting on a higher specification Bare in mind the majority of station buildings in use date from the 1850-1860 timeframe, front door, booking office and a side gate was more than enough There is a question over the platform displays they are probably driven off the Maynooth/Consilla SSI thus will be very accurate inbound though outbound they might be a bit patchy __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 22-01-2008 at 10:53.

22-01-2008, 11:42	#3
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Every station could be fixed if IE bothered, however it remains to be seen how accurate the displays will be The inbound one in Drumcondra regularly sits at around 5 minutes until the train actually arrives into Broombridge then it counts down again, it does this since it assumes the train is on time its only when it sees the train does the display show the exact time __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

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22-01-2008, 11:57	#4
ThomasJ Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Clonsilla Posts: 2,812	The one thing that bugs me is those stations that are closed and have only got a destination outside it. I arrived at Coolmine station late one night last year. There was a thunderstorm and torrential rain. The station was closed. The only timetable info available is outside the ticket office and thats only useful if everything is ontime. Waited for 20-30 minutes, nothing happened no announcements etc. so just gave up and went to get a bus. Next day found out a tree has fallen on the line and trains were delayed by upto one hour but I didn't know that. Stations like coolmine need this sort of information more than DART stations that are open at this time [sorry for getting off topic, just trying to point out if it can work for Phoenix park it can work for the others, who need it]