[15-18/03/2013] St. Patrick's Bank Holiday Weekend Service Arrangements

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4595&p=116&n=237

St. Patrick's Bank Holiday Weekend Service Arrangements - Sunday 17th to Monday 18th March
22 February 2013

Customers travelling over the St. Patrick's Bank Holiday Weekend are advised to check times before travelling, through the journey planner ABOVE or go to our timetable section.

Make sure to book 7 or more days in advance to catch the best prices online

[Colm Moore]

Please post any notices that you find.

[Colm Moore]

http://www.luas.ie/saint-patricks-festival.html

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Saint Patrick's Festival
06 March 2013

St. Patrick's Festival Luas is delighted to be supporting St. Patrick’s Festival as an official sponsor once again this year! Events for the 2013 festival take place over 5 days from Thursday 14th – Monday 18th March and promise to be the best yet!

Remember that 2 Kids Go FREE with every adult with a valid Luas ticket on Sat 16th, Sun 17th & Mon 19th March! There is also FREE parking in Cheeverstown Park + Ride at Exit 2 off the N7.

Kick start this year’s Festival celebrations on 14th March at the Trad Stage in Meeting House Square where Liam Ó Maonlaí presents the best of contemporary Irish Culture and Music at 7:30pm. The nearest Luas stop on the Red Line is Jervis and St. Stephen’s Green on the Green Line.

The popular Festival Céilí offers a unique and fun-filled way to spend an afternoon dancing on the streets of Dublin on Friday 15th March at St. Stephen’s Green from 4:30pm. Expert callers will lead the crowd through dances such as the Siege of Ennis, the Walls of Limerick and lots more.

The Festival Big Day Out takes place in Merrion Square on Saturday 16th March in the heart of Georgian Dublin and with Irish and international street arts, music, games and more for all the family to enjoy from 12pm-6pm. Nearest Luas stop on the Red Line is Abbey Street and St. Stephen’s Green on the Green Line.

This year’s theme for the parade, ‘Great Things Happen When We Get Together’, is inspired by The Gathering Ireland 2013. On 17th March, for the first time ever, friends and family from abroad are being invited to march in the People’s Parade. The Festival Parade kicks off at 12 noon.

In order to facilitate Festival Parade on 17th March, please note that from 07.00am the Red Line will operate from Tallaght and Saggart Stops to Smithfield Stop only. There will be no service between Smithfield Stop and Connolly / The Point Stops. A full Red Line service will resume when the parade is over – approximately 2:30pm. The Green Line will operate a full service all day.

The Festival Treasure Hunt takes place on Monday 18th March at 10am with registration at City Hall, Dame Street. This free, fun trail through a collection of Dublin city’s landmark buildings and venues will see street-theatre and outdoor performances dotted along the route.

For full details on all the events and activities taking place, see www.stpatricksfestival.ie

[Colm Moore]

St. Patrick's Weekend Timetable

Note that Tara Street station will be closed until 16.00hrs on 17 March.

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4779&p=116&n=237

Gaa fixtures this St. Patrick's Weekend
07 March 2013

GAA supporters have some fantastic fixtures to look forward to over St. Patrick's weekend. Don't miss a moment of the action and book your rail tickets above today.

Iarnród Éireann advise customers to book online 7 or more days in advance to avail of the lowest fares.

Fixtures are as follows;
Saturday 16th March- National Leagues

Football, Cork Vs Donegal, Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork, Throw-In, 17:00hrs
Hurling, Cork Vs Clare, Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork, Throw-In, 19:00hrs
Football, Mayo Vs Kildare, McHale Park, Castlebar, Throw-In, 19:00hrs
Hurling, Dublin Vs Limerick, Croke Park, Dublin, Throw-In, 17:15hrs
Football, Dublin Vs Tyrone, Croke Park, Dublin, Throw-In, 19:00hrs
Football, Kerry Vs Down, Austin Stack Park, Tralee, Throw-In, 19:00hrs

Sunday 17th March - All Ireland Senior Club Finals, Croke Park

Hurling, Kilcormac Killoughey (Offaly) Vs St. Thomas (Galway), Throw-In, 14:00hrshrs
Football, Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) Vs St. Bridgids (Roscommon), Throw-In, 15:45hrs

Monday 18th March - National Hurling League

Hurling, Kilkenny Vs Waterford, Nolan Park, Kilkenny, Throw-In, 14:00hrs
Hurling, Galway Vs Tipperary, Pearse Stadium, Galway, Throw-In, 14:00hrs

Customers travelling over the St. Patrick's Bank Holiday weekend are advised to check times before travelling, through the journey planner above or go to our timetable section.

[Colm Moore]

Of course, many services are likely to be disrupted during parades. Note that some communities may hold their parades on the Monday.

http://www.buseireann.ie/news_timeta...1260&month=Mar

St. Patrick’s Day 2013 - Alterations to Bus Éireann services

Bus Éireann wishes to advise customers of alterations to services over the St. Patrick's Day period.

Sunday, 17 March 2013

Normal Sunday services will operate with the following alterations:

The following services will be cancelled:
2100 Dublin/Donegal/Glenties (Table 30)
1600 Dooagh/Galway (Table 52/440)
1725 Westport/Galway (Table 52/440)
2010 Galway/Dooagh (Table 52/440)
1530 Dundalk/Athlone (Table 70)
1945 Athlone/Dundalk (Table 70)
1635 Tuam/Athlone (Table 433)
1815 Athlone/Tuam (Table 433)


Monday, 18 March 2013

Normal Sunday services will operate with the following alterations:

The following services will be cancelled:
1500 Galway/Longford/Cavan (Table 65)
1915 Cavan/Longford/ Galway (Table 65)
1315 1705 Sligo/Enniskillen/Belfast (Table 66)
1245 1605 Belfast/Enniskillen/Sligo (Table 66)
1250 Galway/Clifden (Table 419)
1615 Clifden/Galway (Table 419)
1130 1525 Galway/Carraroe (Table 424)
1315 Carraroe/Galway (Table 424)
1805 Lettermullen/Galway (Table 424)

The following additional services will operate:
Dublin/Newry/Downpatrick weekday timetable (Table 1)
Dublin/Armagh/Portrush weekday timetable (Table 36)
Sligo/Enniskillen/Belfast 1145 1545 (Table 66)
Belfast/Enniskillen/Sligo 1005 1505 (Table 66)
Ballina/Sligo 1000 (Table 66/458)
Sligo/Ballina 1200 (Table 458)
Belfast/Galway 0910 (Table 65)
Galway/Belfast 1230 (Table 65)
Dingle/Tralee 1015 1220 1600 1730 (Table 275)
Tralee/Dingle 1100 1400 1615 1800 (Table 275)
Depart Waterville 1100, Cahersiveen 1130,
arrive Killarney 1255, arrive Tralee 1335; (Table 279)
Depart Tralee 1500, Killarney 1545,
arrive Caherciveen 1715, arrive Waterville 1740. (Table 279)
Clifden/Galway 1330 (Table 419)
Galway/Clifden 1815 (Table 419)
Lettermullen/Galway 0800 (Table 424)
Galway/Lettermullen 1620 (Table 424)
Carraroe/Galway 0900 1115 1315 1615 (Table 424)
Galway/Carraroe 1130 1430 1620 1805 (Table 424)
Dooagh/Westport 0830 (Table 440)
Westport/Dooagh 1810 (Table 440)
Westport/Ireland West Airport Knock 1215 (Table 440)
Ireland West Airport Knock/Westport 1445 (Table 440)
Galway/Ballinrobe/Westport/Ballina 0805 (Table 456)
Ballina/Westport/Ballinrobe/Galway 1630 (Table 456)

Friday, 8th March, 2013

[Colm Moore]

Additional details at this link.

http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/News-Cent...versions-2013/

St. Patrick's Festival Diversions 2013
Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Dublin Bus wishes to advise customers that due to the St. Patrick's Festival there will be a number of diversions in place from Tuesday 12th March to Wednesday 20th March 2013. For further details of diversions please click on the links below.


Nitelink Service

A full nitelink service will operate on the nights of Friday 15th and Saturday 16th March. There will be a full nitelink service on Sunday 17th March 2013.


Sunday 17th March 2013 - St. Patrick’s Day

A Sunday timetable will operate on all routes including a full nitelink service.


Monday 18th March 2013

A Sunday timetable will operate on all routes on Monday 18th March.


Please note that due to St. Patrick's Festival there will be some disruption to RTPI services.

[Colm Moore]

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All trains connecting to boats are extremely busy for both St Patricks (and end of Cheltenham Festival) and Easter. The usual advice for all customers to book their tickets and make reservations in advance applies, and check for information across all GB train operators on the National Rail Enquiries website.

[Colm Moore]

Dublin www.stpatricksfestival.ie

[Colm Moore]

CityLink - normal schedule. The Sunday-only and Monday-only services are move to Monday and Tuesday respectively - "When there is a bank Holiday the 20:15 service from Galway runs on the Bank Holiday Monday and the 01:15 from Dublin Airport will run on the Monday night/Tuesday morning."

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We are writing to advise that Airport Hopper services will be operating per normal timetables during the forthcoming Bank Holiday weekends!

[Jamie2k9]

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4784&p=116&n=237

Extra 17.10hrs train to Westport this Friday, 15th March

14 March 2013

An extra service will operate this Friday evening for people travelling on the Dublin to Westport line for the St Patrick’s weekend.

Mayo and Roscommon residents going home for the weekend, as well as tourists in Ireland for St Patrick’s Festival and Gathering events, will benefit from the extension of the 17.10 Heuston to Athlone service onwards to Westport, serving all stations between Athlone and Westport.

Customers travelling to Westport now have the choice of five services on Friday 15th March – 07.35, 12.45, 14.45, 17.10 and 18.15. Customers can reserve these services above.

Limited availability on the 18.15 service.

[Colm Moore]

http://www.aircoach.ie/news.article.php?ID=382

St. Patrick's 5k Road Race – Saturday 16th March 2013
11th March 2013

Aircoach would like to advise customers that due to a 5km Road Race on Saturday 16th March 2013 in Dublin City Centre there will be minor disruption to our Dublin City Centre to Dublin Airport Service only.

For customers travelling to Dublin Airport the following changes will apply on Saturday 16th March 2013 between 10.00am and 1.00pm. The following stops will not be used between these times:

Lesson Street Lower
Dawson Street
Suffolk Street

We would ask that during this time customers use alternative stops at either Westmoreland Street or Leeson Street Upper. Passengers boarding at Dublin Airport who wish to travel to stops between Leeson Street and Donnybrook are requested to board the Ballsbridge service at the Airport.

Our services from Dublin Airport to Dublin City Centre will continue to operate as normal as will our Cork, Killiney/Dalkey, Greystones and Belfast services. If you would any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team on +353 (0) 1 844 7118 between 09:00 and 17:30, 7 days a week, or by email to info@aircoach.ie

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and look forward to welcoming you onboard soon. Aircoach Team

http://www.aircoach.ie/news.article.php?ID=383

St. Patrick's Day Service Changes - Sunday 17th March 2013
14th March 2013

Aircoach is pleased to advise all passengers that we will be operating a full service on St. Patrick's Day, Sunday 17th March 2013.

We would, however, like to inform passengers of the following diversions to our service on Sunday 17th March 2013 due to St Patrick's Day parades and celebrations:


Dublin Airport - Dublin City / Ballsbridge / Leopardstown:

Due to the Dublin St. Patrick's Day parade the following stops will not be in use between 05:00 - 16:00 on Sunday 17th March 2013.

Suffolk Street
Westmoreland Street
O'Connell Street
Trinity College


The following temporary stops and routing will apply.

Customers Travelling To Dublin Airport:

All normal stops up to and including Dawson Street and then:

Pearse St. - opposite Trinity Capital Hotel
Gardiner St Lower - Brown's Hostel
Gardiner St Upper - Discount Electrical

From Dublin Airport:

Gardiner St Upper - Discount Electrical
Gardiner St Lower - Brown's Hostel
Pearse Street Station, Westland Row

Passengers boarding at Dublin Airport who wish to travel to stops between Leeson Street and Donnybrook Junction are requested to board the Ballsbridge service at the Airport.


Dublin Airport - Bray - Greystones

We would like to advise passengers travelling on our Greystones service on Sunday 17th March 2013 that, due to parades in Bray and Greystones, there may be some minor delays to our service between the following times:

Greystones: 11.30 - 13.30

During this time our stop opposite the DART Station will not be used and we would advise customers to use either our stop at Charlesland or Lidl. This will affect the 12.00 & 13:00 departures from Greystones.

Bray: 13:00 - 18:00

During this time our stop in Bray at Superquinn will not be used. Our service will pick up at the Ramada Hotel stop as normal but the coach will then head along the Bray Southern Cross Road rather than up the Vevay Road. This will affect the 13:23, 14:23, 15:23, 16:23 and 17:23 departures from Bray (which are the 13:00, 14:00, 15:00 16:00 and 17:00 departures from Greystones).

The Greystones DART Station and Bray Superquinn stops will also not be used for setting down passengers from Dublin Airport during the times listed above. We will be happy to set down at the alternative stops during this time.


Dublin Airport - Dun Laoghaire - Dalkey - Killiney:

We would like to advise passengers travelling on our Killiney / Dalkey service on Sunday 17th March 2013 that, all services are scheduled to operate as normal.

There may be minor delays to the service as a result of traffic diversions elsewhere in Dublin City.


Dublin Airport - Cork (via Dublin City Centre) route:

Dublin - Cork

Our departures from Dublin Airport to Cork are all due to operate as per schedule however there will be some changes along the route.

The 07:00, 08:00, 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00 services from Dublin City Centre to Cork will, depart from Wood Quay on the south bank of the River Liffey due to Westmoreland Street being closed.

From 17:00 all service are scheduled to depart from Westmoreland Street as normal.


Cork - Dublin

The services from Cork to Dublin Airport will be unable to access our usual stop on Batchelors Walk due to the St. Patrick's Day parade. We will, however use an alternative coach stop at Arran Quay then proceed straight to Dublin Airport.

Demand for the services to and from Cork may be high and we would strongly recommend booking online, up to 5pm the day before departure, by visiting www.aircoach.ie to guarantee your seat on the coach departure of your choice.


Belfast - Dublin City Centre (via Dublin Airport) route:

The services from Belfast to Dublin City Centre will be unable to access our usual stop on O'Connell Street due to the St. Patrick's Day parade. We will, however use an alternative stop.

Belfast - Dublin City Centre
Gardiner Street Upper - Discount Electrical

Dublin City Centre - Belfast
Gardiner Street Upper - Discount Electrical


Details regarding our services will be updated as we receive further information, so please do check back regularly before your departure.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the diversions due to St. Patrick's Day events.

If you would like any further information, please contact our Customer Service Team on +353 (0) 1 844 7118 between 09:00 and 17:30, 7 days a week, or by email at info@aircoach.ie

We look forward to welcoming you on board and wish all our customers a very Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Aircoach Team

[Colm Moore]

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Luas Red Line service is operating normally.

Luas Green Line service is operating normally.


IMPORTANT PASSENGER INFORMATION FOR ST PATRICK'S DAY FESTIVAL 2013

St. Patrick's Day - A summary of the Luas service:

The Luas Green line will operate a full service ( Brides Glen to St Stephen's Green) on St. Patrick's Day.

The Luas Red line will operate from Tallaght and Saggart to Smithfield Stop only until the parade finishes at 14.30pm

Please allow extra time to travel.

For detailed information on Luas Red and Green Line services on St Patrick's Day and for the weekend March 16th - 18th please click here.

Your Frequently Asked Questions about St Patrick's Day service answered here

Kind regards

Luas Customer Care
Freephone Customer Care: 1800 300 604
Web: www.luas.ie
Email: info@luas.ie
Follow us on Twitter: @Luas

[Mark Gleeson]

New, somewhat hidden feature

http://www.irishrail.ie/Tara%20Street

Will now show station specific issues, like closures, lifts etc

[Jamie2k9]

Took the 17.05 service from Tralee to Dublin tonight and its scheduled to arrive at 20.50. It arrived in Heuston at 20.24. I mean we know Irish Rail like to add time to the timetable but arriving 26 minutes early is pushing it. It operated non stop from Mallow and that section took 1h49m and that's with the TSR's at Monasterevin and Kildare.

In future the odd Cork service could be cut to 2h10m serving Limerick J and Mallow but it would probably need ICR's.

[Traincustomer]

Tralee to Dublin in 199 minutes! Marketing icing?