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[16-4-2008] Maynooth and Sligo disruption
http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/...ew&news_id=237
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- This sounds very weird. I take it the train stopped at the station no? |
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Once again another screw up, despite new track, new signaling and new trains the Sligo line is no better than the bad old days, in fact its probably worse
There is meant to be an emergency generator at each signaling location to deal with power failures, needless to say these frequently don't start due to poor maintenance There are fairly strict procedures to swiftly deal with total signaling failures, there is a gate keeper on duty in Clonsilla who would be more than able to walk down the line to manually operate the level crossing beyond Clonsilla
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This is from AA Roadwatch.ie
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Could be one of those rush hour evenings
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with this fault you need to set up temporary block working which in itself is very time consuming and which will only allow you a very limted service if service at all |
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They had 5+ hours to get some sort of service in place for the evening 5-7 rush. Contingency and plan are not two related terms in Irish Rail by any account. |
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If something had gone wrong with Porterstown level crossing, simple case of use the local control panel to close the gates and the signalman verbally instructs drivers to pass
The backup procedures are not well practiced, the generators don't always start when required, there is general confusion as to the procedure to follow to deal with problems and of course the general reluctance to instigate an emergency timetable There appears to be a lack of knowledge at the operational level of the various abilities and limits of the signaling system, this has led to absolute chaos in the Skerries incident earlier in the year. The disorganisation, lack of information and general incompetence left thousands of passengers lost and confused, many were turned away despite the fact there was a train to take them home. There was almost 6 hours to come up with some class of plan
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the point being with this special working in place trains can only run at a limted speed which slows down an already slow process its frustrating i know but safety is the main concern
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Why so long?
How in this day and age can a signallying fault cause suspension of services for most of a day?
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All the signalling engineers are somewhere between Wicklow and Rosslare working on the Rosslare project
The Sligo line is plagued with signalling faults no one seems to know why I count 5 fairly major ones in the last 5 months or so. Thats more or less equal to the total number of serious signalling faults for the rest of the network in the same period. Admittedly today appears to be a fault on the 1970's Clonsilla panel since its Porterstown, however since that is linked to the new system it could be that at fault, the rest of the setup is all mid to late 1990's with the section beyond Maynooth being 2006
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it's beyond me
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If the fault is Porterstown at the very worse Maynooth - Druncondra so Mullingar - Sligo can be run, backup signaling panel is in Mullingar
Of course the notice doesn't say Docklands is cancelled as well
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Will Bus eireann accept irish rail tickets this evening?
refunds from IE are uselss as they are in the form of vouchers. Not much use if you have an annual ticket |
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There is no agreement with Bus Eireann to take tickets, they might, they might not accept them
Refunds are increasingly being issued on dockets which can be cashed at stations, this appears to be the case when a large sum is involved, however it is practice Really we could set up an exchange program of cash for delay vouchers, or those more generous could donate them to us to pay the bills of keeping the show on the road
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Update- Irish rail website
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And RTE
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You never going to get this
All Maynooth line Docklands services are suspended Full service to Longford Sligo is OPERATING Thats the official line from IE, that said I don't have much faith in it
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