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12-03-2012, 11:27 | #61 | |
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anyway as I say, horse has bolted now with the motorway so perhaps this is a reasoning behind a service that, as far as I am aware anyway, wasnt being demanded and isnt really being used anyway. and it was late again today. |
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your own work may I ask?
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12-03-2012, 12:49 | #63 |
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Was the service on time today and how did things work out as it was not behind the Waterford train as all Waterford services were delayed 30-45 mins.
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12-03-2012, 13:15 | #64 |
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It wasn't on time anyway.
The 06:15 from Cork and 06:35 from Galway were pretty heavily delayed. I'm not sure whether that was related to the Nenagh service or the Waterford problems. Both overtook a train in Kildare station. |
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I will pull the trace but Im fairly sure the Nenagh train was already late before it got anywhere near cherryville
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Train was 24 minutes late leaving Portlaoise so the delay was not as a result of the Cherryville issue
Train was 17 minutes late into Heuston
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Is it possible to see what the situation timewise was at Ballyb? From Ballyb on a 22K should be a known quantity.
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Was it the cause of the delays to Cork and Galway trains or was that the Cherryville problems? Seems to be enough of a gap between it and the affected trains that it might not have been to blame.
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late again today.... this is goign to be some kind of record, untill IE just moves the arrival time so it cant be late....
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If I'm reading this right, this morning's problems were Branch related:
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I wouldnt trust the trace at Ballybrophy as it seems to be manually entered as platform 4 isnt on the mainline signalling
Train was 10 late into Heuston
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late again today. alan kelly was on newstalk at around 9.35 saying that the costs of the service are only €600 extra.
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14-03-2012, 11:06 | #74 |
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Excluding infrastructure costs:
251 intercity carriages cost €186,993,000 per year or €2,052 per carriage per day. 332 DART / commuter carriages cost €72,988,000 per year or €606 per carriage per day. I take it then that he is only quoting the incremental cost - the difference between running the 2700 Limerick-Ballybrohy and the 22000 Limerick-Portlaoise.
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TBH I find the lateness more infuriating than the cost. Someone should have to answer for how this service was slapped together. Funny that AK is talking to the papers but if asked a Dail question I suspect the "operational matter for IE" line would make an appearance.
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all evening trains late this week -(shocked) .......
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14-03-2012, 22:38 | #78 |
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The costs are considerably more
The train needs a guard, all the signalmen and gate keepers need to be paid for an hour more and someone once a week has to lug the signaling staffs from Ballybrophy to Roscrea. Someone extra in Ballybrophy to work the branch release If you took 600 and multiplied by the number of trains a day on the Nenagh line you only get 1.4 or so million, but the line is losing over 2 million pa
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The fun and games have begun. Major timetable change this morning without any notice or warning
05:15 Limerick Nenagh Dublin will leave Limerick 5 minutes earlier at 05:10 and will then become the 07:25 Portlaoise Heuston arriving Heuston 08:33 07:16 Portlaoise Heuston arrives 08:25
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Most time is lost between Limerick and Birdhill due to the condition of the yard in Limerick (walking pace to Ennis Junction) and the litany of speed restrictions between Killonan Junction and Birdhill. This episode does not reflect well on Irish Rail operational competence - a bit like the mess made of the morning express from Cork a few years ago. This was initially scheduled to take 2½ hours and then changed to operate to a significantly slower schedule after two weeks. |
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