[27/12/2010] Travel News

[Colm Moore]

Christmas & New Year Timetables 2010 http://railusers.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=13121

Luas is operating - "Bank Holiday – Sunday Frequency".

Irish Rail start services this morning, but no services Dun Laoghaire-Bray due to DART engineering work - "27th December: Public holiday - Saturday service on Cork commuter, Sunday service on DART / Dublin commuter with some revisions"

[Colm Moore]

0935 Dublin Connolly-Belfast Central is 45 minutes late at Mosney.

Slight delays on other services nationwide.

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=969

Monday 27th December: services operating by Corporate Communications

Rail services have resumed today Monday 27th December, and all services are operating on all routes EXCEPT between Dun Laoghaire and Bray, due to scheduled track works (full details here )

Customers should note that there will be revisions to daily schedules throughout the Christmas holiday period, and should check schedules on all routes prior to travel (full details here )

This page on our website will be updated with any new travel information or service disruption, primarily through the twitter feed below. Also, please follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/irishrail for up to date info.

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IrishRail

Check times on all routes before travel through Christmas/NY period. Today DART & Dub Commuter Sunday service, Cork Commuter Sat service

8 minutes ago via ÜberTwitter

http://twitter.com/IrishRail

IrishRail

All trains operating on all routes EXCEPT Dun Laoghaire-Bray, planned track works from today to 3rd Jan, details here: http://bit.ly/i4rSZE

12 minutes ago via ÜberTwitter

[Colm Moore]

No trains Dun Loaghaire-Bray.

0900 Dublin Heuston- Cork is 22 minutes late at Mallow. Likely to make up most of that time.

0935 Dublin Connolly-Belfast Central is 45 minutes late somewhere near Lisburn.

1130 Mallow-Tralee is 23 minutes late somewhere near Millstreet.

[Colm Moore]

1330 Cork-Dublin Heuston 20 mins late.

1400 Dublin Heuston-Cork 21 mins late at Charleville.

1548 Drogheda-Dublin Pearse 18 mins late at Malahide.

[Rashers]

This operated as a 3 piece NR suburban service. Looked fairly packed on arrival into Connolly, about 15 mins late.
The 16.10 Belfast Central -Connolly was a normal Enterprise set.

[Colm Moore]

18:30-Dublin Heuston to Westport(32 mins late)
17:45-Westport to Dublin Heuston(33 mins late)

17:45-Dublin Heuston to Galway(31 mins late)

17:25-Dublin Heuston to Limerick(55 mins late)
18:45-Limerick Junction to Limerick(113 mins late)

17:05-Dublin Heuston to Tralee(91 mins late)

17:00-Dublin Heuston to Cork(89 mins late)
18:00-Dublin Heuston to Cork(53 mins late)
19:00-Dublin Heuston to Cork(25 mins late)
17:30-Cork to Dublin Heuston(33 mins late)
18:30-Cork to Dublin Heuston(15 mins late)

18:35-Dublin Heuston to Waterford(21 mins late)

[Rashers]

Could all those delays have been for real, or was there a problem with their real time info? Seems like a lot for 1 period...

[Colm Moore]

Originally Posted by Rashers

Could all those delays have been for real, or was there a problem with their real time info? Seems like a lot for 1 period...

Signal fault at Portarlington.