Rail Users Ireland Forum - View Single Post - [4-4-2006] Delays on DART and Northern Suburban

Rashers · 05-04-2006, 08:17

This caused delays from approx. 11.45am...
I think one of the radio stations said there was a signal failure mid morning
When I rang my local train station they advised the 12.47 ex Drogheda would be running on time. However, when we got to Raheny station the driver opened the doors. Every 5-10 minutes he announced we would be another 5 minutes. The announcements were made at a very low volume, and as the doors were open, the noise of the engines drowned out his voice.
We were there for about 30 mins, with everything backed up behind us.
When we arrived into Connolly @ 14.15 the platforms were pretty full.
There was a lot of confusion between the DARTs and suburban services being held, and the displays were out of sinc versuses what was on the platform.
I actually got a DART to Pearse, got off to collect something, but when I came back to Pearse @ 15.15, the displays on the platform (next southbound DART 25 mins) and those beside the ticket collectors (next southbound DART 5 mins), showed different information. As always the staff could not confirm when the next service would actually be running.
I gave up and went and got a taxi the rest of the way.
While delays occur, I am not sure if this was a treble wammy - i.e. mid morning failure, and then a later DART failure, plus problems with the overhead lines.....

05-04-2006, 08:17	#2
Rashers Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 431	Complications This caused delays from approx. 11.45am... I think one of the radio stations said there was a signal failure mid morning When I rang my local train station they advised the 12.47 ex Drogheda would be running on time. However, when we got to Raheny station the driver opened the doors. Every 5-10 minutes he announced we would be another 5 minutes. The announcements were made at a very low volume, and as the doors were open, the noise of the engines drowned out his voice. We were there for about 30 mins, with everything backed up behind us. When we arrived into Connolly @ 14.15 the platforms were pretty full. There was a lot of confusion between the DARTs and suburban services being held, and the displays were out of sinc versuses what was on the platform. I actually got a DART to Pearse, got off to collect something, but when I came back to Pearse @ 15.15, the displays on the platform (next southbound DART 25 mins) and those beside the ticket collectors (next southbound DART 5 mins), showed different information. As always the staff could not confirm when the next service would actually be running. I gave up and went and got a taxi the rest of the way. While delays occur, I am not sure if this was a treble wammy - i.e. mid morning failure, and then a later DART failure, plus problems with the overhead lines.....