A small, but useful, change

comcor · 19-04-2011, 08:53

Is there any chance that Irish Rail might consider putting the best entrance for given seat numbers on the doors for CDE sets.

It would make boarding a lot smoother if people knew which door to get on at for their seat and didn't have to battle 80% of the way down the carriage to get to their allocated seat.

Colm Moore · 19-04-2011, 11:19

I suspect that a seat number is always at a certain end, certainly on Cork-Dublin, but it may vary occassionally on other trains.

While I suppose that helps you, it might not help everyone else, so yes numbers and arrows might be useful.

<-- 1-36 and 37-72 -->

Another thing might be to point out "This carriage mostly reserved" and "This carriage mostly NOT reserved" or similar wording.

comcor · 19-04-2011, 11:27

If you do it regularly enough, you get to know lower numbers at the Cork end, higher numbers at the Dublin end.

But a lot of people aren't regulars.

I think it helped delay the train yesterday.

The 15:30 from Cork was in half an hour late and boarding for the 19:00 only started at 18:55. Eventually, we left 7 or 8 minutes late, but if people had been able to get into the carriages faster, that may have come back a bit.

Still, thanks to the miracle of timetable padding, we were on time into Cork.

Mark Gleeson · 19-04-2011, 13:36

Quickest help would be a clearer coach letter on the coach would speed things up

Given we can't get Irish Rail to slap a bike sticker on the bike coach what hope of something simple like this?

19-04-2011, 08:53	#1
comcor Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cork-Dublin, Cork Commuter and occasionally DART and Dublin-Wexford Posts: 855	A small, but useful, change Is there any chance that Irish Rail might consider putting the best entrance for given seat numbers on the doors for CDE sets. It would make boarding a lot smoother if people knew which door to get on at for their seat and didn't have to battle 80% of the way down the carriage to get to their allocated seat. Last edited by comcor : 19-04-2011 at 08:54. Reason: Missing comma

19-04-2011, 11:19	#2
Colm Moore Local Liaison Officer Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,442	I suspect that a seat number is always at a certain end, certainly on Cork-Dublin, but it may vary occassionally on other trains. While I suppose that helps you, it might not help everyone else, so yes numbers and arrows might be useful. <-- 1-36 and 37-72 --> Another thing might be to point out "This carriage mostly reserved" and "This carriage mostly NOT reserved" or similar wording. __________________

19-04-2011, 13:36	#4
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Quickest help would be a clearer coach letter on the coach would speed things up Given we can't get Irish Rail to slap a bike sticker on the bike coach what hope of something simple like this? __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

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19-04-2011, 11:27	#3
comcor Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cork-Dublin, Cork Commuter and occasionally DART and Dublin-Wexford Posts: 855	If you do it regularly enough, you get to know lower numbers at the Cork end, higher numbers at the Dublin end. But a lot of people aren't regulars. I think it helped delay the train yesterday. The 15:30 from Cork was in half an hour late and boarding for the 19:00 only started at 18:55. Eventually, we left 7 or 8 minutes late, but if people had been able to get into the carriages faster, that may have come back a bit. Still, thanks to the miracle of timetable padding, we were on time into Cork.