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17:25, 17:30, 17:35 all run non stop to at least Sallins
What the folks going to Newbridge, Kildare and Sallins don't realise is that they are on the wrong train, they shouldn't be on the 17:20 as it gets overtaken by the following trains |
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Those going beyond Hazelhatch are sitting on an all stops to Portlaoise service
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The Newbridge/Kildare/Sallins/Portarlington/Portlaoise commuters will quickly learn not to get the 17:20 as its faster on other services leaving later.
There is plenty room to go around its just commuters are not following the journey planners fastest journey option |
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i used to get the 7.42am from HHatch (this is now gone) & 6.05 from Heuston home (this is also now gone). Alternatives take longer to do the same journey (seems to be a common complaing on this thread) and are overfull.
Since the timetable change I've noticed that it is now taking roughly the same time to get in to work/home using 67x. The difference is that the 67x runs at more suitable times. I no longer see me using the train because of this (bus is much cheaper!) Theres the old phrase "Build it and they will come"....well IR you also need to provide a Service too. So much for IR going to offer a commuter service as far as HHatch. Also why does it cost more to get to the city centre with IR/bus combo from HHatch than it does from Maynooth/Leixlip (a longer journey). Seems unreasonable |
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BTW 18.10 is scheduled to take the same time as the 18.05 so might be an idea to check the timetable before posting. |
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The times departing the station (Hazlehatch) are 17.49pm, and 18.16pm, that 18.40pm bus does not run, many people were caught out the first day of the new timetable, when they arrived off the 18.10pm train. It's not surprising then that many commuters find Dublin Bus a better option, that service will leave passengers in Celbridge itself. |
I asked in Heuston on the Friday before the change for a timetable covering Park West. I was told they wouldn't have printed timetables until Saturday 19th. Asked again the following week, I was told the ones they had printed were incorrect, but the staff gave me a hand edited copy of what they had. Schedules were finally on the shelf late last week but listing at least one service that doesn't exist (according to the journey planner and my hand edited copy).
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We have started a discussion with Irish Rail concerning the availability of information of the Hazelhatch bus and other bus connections on the Kildare line.
Needless to say the first response was, what bus? |
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Hi Mark The 17.55 is a non runner as i cant make it from work for that. There is a feeder bus for this train. 18.10 service, while i can make this, there is no feeder bus for this service. Added to the fact that getting the 67x that I get (about 5.30) gets to Celbridge at the same time and the bus ticket is cheaper means that its a more sensible choice. Quote:
The feeder bus serves the 17:55 and 18.25 trains (departs station at 18.50). Unless an additional bus is put on, they cant serve the trains in between. I wouldnt mind so much but the 2 trains I used to take still pass through Hazelhatch :mad: so why no longer stop?? I for one wont be renewing my annual ticket for this service. |
IR had planned that HHatch would be the starting point for all DARTS to city centre and then onwards to Balbriggan. Maynooth was to be the same for DARTS to Dun Laoire /Greystones.
I guess that plans gone out the window then |
Not unless you have €2.6 billion + the costs of electrification and a new DART fleet down the back of your couch or something.
"DART Underground around €2.6 billion excluding the electrification works on the Maynooth/Kildare/Northern lines and other ancillary works and rolling stock" http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads...nt-2012-16.pdf |
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