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MOH · 04-10-2007, 17:28

I believed until recently Stephen Hawking could possibly develop a whole new theory from careful study of Iarnrod Eireann. I regularly travel backwards in time depending on which IE clock I'm looking at.

I'm now disappointed to find it's actually just down to IE inconsistency.

For example:
- The time displayed on the old turnstiles (or the one at Killester anyway) is 2 minutes slow;
- The time on the LED clock on the platform is actually correct;
- The 'current time' displayed on the old 'real time' system is about 30 seconds slow;
- The 'current time' displayed on the new 'real time' system is 2.5 minutes fast

Worryingly, trains generally seem to disappear off the new real time system when the 'current time' reaches the 'ETA'.

Since that 'current time' is over two minutes fast, this means either all of these train are going two minutes early, or the real-time system is in fact a load of rubbish.

04-10-2007, 17:28	#1
MOH Really Regular Poster Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 372	Musings on the nature of time I believed until recently Stephen Hawking could possibly develop a whole new theory from careful study of Iarnrod Eireann. I regularly travel backwards in time depending on which IE clock I'm looking at. I'm now disappointed to find it's actually just down to IE inconsistency. For example: - The time displayed on the old turnstiles (or the one at Killester anyway) is 2 minutes slow; - The time on the LED clock on the platform is actually correct; - The 'current time' displayed on the old 'real time' system is about 30 seconds slow; - The 'current time' displayed on the new 'real time' system is 2.5 minutes fast Worryingly, trains generally seem to disappear off the new real time system when the 'current time' reaches the 'ETA'. Since that 'current time' is over two minutes fast, this means either all of these train are going two minutes early, or the real-time system is in fact a load of rubbish.