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Originally Posted by Brian.Stokes
I was on 'C' coach on the 21.00 Dublin to Cork last night. I think the coach number was 4109. I could be wrong but thats what i think it was.
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Thats set 2 which is considered smoother than some others
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We didn't leave until 21.12 from Heuston due to a 'technical issue'. It sounded like one of the doors wouldn't close properly.
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Most technical faults occur Dublin bound it appears, you get brake problems mainly on departure never had a door problem reported but the doors do look a bit weak
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Train Host made regular announcements apologising for delay and promised to keep us updated. So there i was sitting down thinking that this wasn't too bad and that everyone was getting an unlucky trip on these trains.
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Can't fault the on train service end its a big improvement
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The train feels as if its driving of a track that was not built for the wheels. It's a tough one to explain but there was a real 'hard' feel to the movement. The train just doesn't seem to 'fit' hopefully it will "break in".
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Before it was broken in the ride was actually quite nice
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To be honest in parts it was as comfortable as travelling to Waterford from Limerick Junction 
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PIS and cleanliness were all spot on and make me feel we may be getting "there". As long as those standards are kept up people will enjoy the journey.
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Its a great train once you are not moving
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I hope this gives some more feedback on the trip but i can't help but think that things will get better and we may have turned a corner on rail travel for the average traveller in this country.
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Cheers Brian, feedback is essential the more we have the better bargaining position, we are seeing patterns now, even with limited data we know the Mk4 train is in serious trouble. Like everything in this country its half arsed, train looks great once you don't look at the Cork end, the interior is nice and so on but the ride is utterly dire
I've got 8 significant incidents of delay for the Mk4 train reported this month, thats against it running about 220 services this month so far, 6 of those incidents where directly related to it being a Mk4, 5 related to a incident of technical failure of the coaches. The reliability figure comes in at about one incident per 6000 miles to make sense of that the rather more complex railcars used in Dublin manage 30,000 miles, DART 80,000 miles