17-01-2007, 14:17 | #1 |
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Trains are earlier but still arriving late
The trains on the Galway to Dublin line are departing earlier but they're still arriving late I know its only two days since the new timetable took effect, but start as we mean to continue and its not a good start, for many it mean getting up earlier.
Take today for example it was 8:20 when the train arrived in Heuston there were times last year under the old timetable when the trains arrived nearly 1/2 early!! The driver crawls into the station and the train is parked in the furtherst platform available!! |
17-01-2007, 14:32 | #2 |
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I have noticed this too - and it's holding up the ones behind as well!
Not a great start.
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17-01-2007, 15:02 | #3 |
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I agree, I'm still getting to work on time (just about) but I'm getting up half an hour earlier than I used to - only to wait on a freezing platform for a late train.
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17-01-2007, 16:10 | #4 |
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The Portarlington Railway Action Group have today contacted Irish Rail to raise the issues we received from commuters over the current timetable.
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17-01-2007, 16:28 | #5 |
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Monday evening was classic example
14:30 Dublin Cork rolls through Kildare at 16:30 and arrives Inchicore just after 17:00 it sits until 17:12 ish and rolls into P5 Heuston, 17:17. The reason for the delay there was a train in P5 Cork trains must use P5-8 at all costs and even if P2-4 are empty you will sit waiting with preference for P5, IE will deny it but the new Cork train is effectively banned from P2-4 resulting in some werid experiences this results in knock on effects to all services I'm betting the 5:35 out of Limerick (7:00 am ex Portarlington) is the problem, can someone confirm what type of train ran the service this week, that alone could explain it |
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*Newsflash* The 5:15 Cork-Dub arrived in Portarlington on time - and into Heuston 5 minutes early.
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Well at least they got one right, the 5:15 was 10 minutes late this morning
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