[24-27/07/2009] Special Trains in connection with the U2 Concert at Croke Park

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=411

Special Trains in connection with the U2 Concert at Croke Park by Corporate Communications

In connection with the U2 concert at Croke Park the following special trains will operate:

Please note Intercity services can now be booked on www.irishrail.ie


Friday 24th July

Intercity

08.20 Cork to Dublin (Heuston)

10.10 Cork to Dublin (Heuston)

01.00 Dublin (Heuston) to Cork and Limerick (After Friday nights concert)

01.15 Dublin (Heuston) to Galway (After Friday nights concert)


Commuter

23.45 Dublin (Connolly) to Maynooth

00.05 Dublin (Connolly) to Maynooth (After Friday nights concert)

00.15 Dublin (Connolly) to Dundalk (After Friday nights concert)


DART (After Friday nights concert)

00.15 Connolly to Bray

00.20 Connolly to Malahide

00.30 Connolly to Howth

00.30 Connolly to Bray


Saturday 25th July

Intercity

08.20 Cork to Dublin (Heuston)

10.10 Cork to Dublin (Heuston)

10.15 Waterford to Dublin (Heuston) - **CHECK**

10.30 Westport to Dublin (Heuston)

01.00 Dublin (Heuston) to Cork and Limerick - (After Saturday nights concert)

01.15 Dublin (Heuston) to Galway and Westport - (After Saturday nights concert)

Commuter

23.45 Dublin (Connolly) to Maynooth

00.05 Dublin (Connolly) to Maynooth (After Saturday nights concert)

00.20 Dublin (Connolly) to Dundalk (After Saturday nights concert)


DART - (After Saturday nights concert)

00.15 Connolly to Bray

00.25 Connolly to Malahide

00.30 Connolly to Bray

00.35 Connolly to Howth


Sunday 26th July

Intercity

11.00 Dublin (Heuston) to Cork

[ThomasJ]

Originally Posted by Victor

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=411

have seen this allright and came to the conclusion to this is an incomplete news item awaiting update

monday night services are not listed.

there was a complete list for sunday night where there is no concert on this has been updated and the sunday night list is gone now apart from one cork to dublin service. I reckon these were for the monday night.

The maynooth line services seem to be a bit earlier than normal. I reckon and hope this is because drumcondra will be open. If it is it will be very handy for maynooth line passengers.

[on the move]

Good to see that Irish trains can run overnight after all.

I hope they will just as accommodating to Dublin passengers looking to make their way home from Limerick after the football internationals in the coming months.

[Thomas Ralph]

Waterford passengers would have a decent claim to feeling hard done by, with no late train back there.

I'm sure we've already suggested the possibility of sending out a 2x3 22000 train and splitting it at Athlone, sending half to Galway and half to Westport. That should be a priority.

[ThomasJ]

The online irish rail timetable is telling us that on those dates of the u2 concerts on top of those extra maynooth line services the 23:10hrs pearse maynooth has been deferred as follows :

departs pearse 23:29hrs
departs tara street 23:31hrs
departs connolly 23:36hrs
departs drumcondra 23:45hrs
arrives maynooth 00:17hrs

[ThomasJ]

Online timetable telling us that on these dates of the u2 concerts the 23:20hrs connolly drogheda will be deferred to 23:55hrs with the dundalk connection also deferred to meet this train.

[on the move]

Originally Posted by on the move

Good to see that Irish trains can run overnight after all.

I hope they will just as accommodating to Dublin passengers looking to make their way home from Limerick after the football internationals in the coming months.

A service will run to Dublin at 11pm next week. 1 service.

Nothing south of Limerick. Looks like you can't book separate trains either. You have to book a return service out of Heuston in order to use it. There is also no indication of the number of stops on the service returning from Limerick.

€44 for the return trip.

[Mark Gleeson]

The 21:00 hours from Dublin to Cork waits at Limerick junction on the 12th to make a connection from Limerick to Cork

[Colm Moore]

Originally Posted by ThomasJ

apart from one cork to dublin service.

Thats a "crawl out of the hotel / bar / chipper / bush" early morning train.

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/general_news.asp?action=view&news_id=411

Special Trains in connection with the U2 Concert at Croke Park by Corporate Communications

In connection with the U2 concert at Croke Park the following special trains will operate:

Please note Intercity services can now be booked on www.irishrail.ie


Friday 24th July
Intercity

08.20 Cork to Dublin (Heuston)
10.10 Cork to Dublin (Heuston)
01.00 Dublin (Heuston) to Cork and Limerick (After Friday nights concert)
01.15 Dublin (Heuston) to Galway (After Friday nights concert)

Commuter

23.45 Dublin (Connolly) to Maynooth
00.05 Dublin (Connolly) to Maynooth (After Friday nights concert)
00.15 Dublin (Connolly) to Dundalk (After Friday nights concert)

DART (After Friday nights concert)

00.15 Connolly to Bray
00.20 Connolly to Malahide
00.30 Connolly to Howth
00.30 Connolly to Bray


Saturday 25th July
Intercity

08.20 Cork to Dublin (Heuston)
10.10 Cork to Dublin (Heuston)
10.30 Westport to Dublin (Heuston)
01.00 Dublin (Heuston) to Cork and Limerick - (After Saturday nights concert)
01.15 Dublin (Heuston) to Galway and Westport - (After Saturday nights concert)

Commuter

10.15 Waterford to Dublin (Heuston)
23.45 Dublin (Connolly) to Maynooth
00.05 Dublin (Connolly) to Maynooth (After Saturday nights concert)
00.20 Dublin (Connolly) to Dundalk (After Saturday nights concert)

DART - (After Saturday nights concert)

00.15 Connolly to Bray
00.25 Connolly to Malahide
00.30 Connolly to Bray
00.35 Connolly to Howth


Sunday 26th July
Intercity

11.00 Dublin (Heuston) to Cork


Monday 27th July

Intercity
01.00 Dublin (Heuston) to Cork and Limerick (After Monday nights concert)
01.15 Dublin (Heuston) to Galway (After Monday nights concert)

[on the move]

Those late night trains should be from Connolly only.

Try finding your way from Croke Park to Heuston at that time, and you'll be waiting a while.

[Colm Moore]

Luas runs until 00:30. Otherwise, I imagine there will be "millions" of taxis available.

[ThomasJ]

So we know so far that there are extra late night services for DART, Maynooth line, northern line, cork intercity (limerick junction, charleville, mallow cork), galway intercity (tullamore first stop), limerick connection, belfast (translink, non-stop across border) with westport operating on saturday night (no ballina connection, unless you want a 3 hour wait in castlebar)

So nothing west of Maynooth, nothing south of Bray, no south-west commuter services, no waterford and no tralee, did i miss anything? any thoughts?

Would have said the lack of late night Kildare commuter services on the nights are disappointing but hardly suprising.

[Mark Gleeson]

There is a special from Bangor to Dublin via Belfast Central, tickets have been on sale for ages.

The only reason the extra trains run is down to Irish Rail exploiting the empty trains they would be running anyway. There is a empty Ballina - Heuston service every weekend in the summer. There are spare trains in Cork to cover for the Mk4 reliability. A rostering trick can get an extra to Galway and Waterford normally has a idle train over the weekend.

The Sligo, Rosslare and Waterford lines are not staffed for 24 hour operation

The lack of service to Kildare or Portlaois is strange given the number of empty trains moving around

I know Irish Rail have been trying to get concert promoters to give them a geographical breakdown on ticket sales to allow them to match the extra trains to the people traveling

[on the move]

Originally Posted by Victor

Luas runs until 00:30. Otherwise, I imagine there will be "millions" of taxis available.

There might be millions of taxis, but that creates it's own problems. The sheer amount of them will clog up the streets. Plus the Luas runs at long gaps after 11.00 from the centre. The trains should leave from Connolly and use the tunnel.

Originally Posted by ThomasJ

So nothing west of Maynooth, nothing south of Bray, no south-west commuter services, no waterford and no tralee, did i miss anything? any thoughts?

Bus Eireann have regular services during the night from Dublin Airport and Busaras all the way down to Rosslare.

[Colm Moore]

http://www.luas.ie/travel-updates.php

* Are you going to see U2 this weekend? Please click here for information 2009-07-21

http://www.luas.ie/page.php?name=Are...2_this_weekend

Are you going to see U2 this weekend

Please give yourself enough time to get there and back. The Last tram on each of the concerts nights is 00.30am. We will have extra trams operating throughout the system this Friday,Saturday and Monday.

Click here to download the LUAS Croke park Travel Guide

Click here to download the map of the walking route from Connolly LUAS stop to Croke Park

If you are driving find out more about Luas Red Cow P&R and LUAS Tallaght Cross P&R; click here for details

[ThomasJ]

Didn't get to see poster yet wasn't when heading home last night, will keep an eye out later.

Just to mention that there is still no mention of services after monday nights concert but according to the online timetable, (this wasn't like that yesterday) the 23:10hrs Pearse Maynooth is scheduled to depart Pearse at 23:29hrs (Connolly 23:36hrs, Drumcondra 23:45hrs) and the 23:20hrs Connolly Drogheda is scheduled to depart connolly at 23:55hrs

[Colm Moore]

http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=4069

U2 Concerts at Croke Park - July 2009
The above Concerts take place at Croke Park on Friday, Saturday and Sunday the 24, 25 and 27 July 2009.

Stiles opening at - 18.00 hrs. Event Finishs at 23.00 hrs. Expected Attendance - 82,300.

The above Concerts take place at Croke Park on Friday, Saturday and Sunday the 24, 25 and 27 July 2009.


Patrons Travelling to Croke Park

All patrons travelling to Croke park stadium for the event are advised to utilise public transport. Croke Park stadium is serviced bus, train and Luas transport facilities.

Patrons who travel by car are advised to travel early to avail of the limited parking facilities.

There are two supervised car parks available in the vicinity of Croke Park.
1. Clonliffe College, Drumcondra Road (Access from Lower Drumcondra Road) ... 3,100 spaces

2. O’Connell’s School, North Richmond Street (Access from the North Circular Road.) ... 400 Spaces

No Traffic will be permitted to leave the car Parks for a period after the game in order to allow foot patrons leave the area safely.

Patrons should park responsibly and not cause obstruction or inconvenience when parking in residential areas.

Patrons should be aware that illegally parked vehicles may be impounded or clamped and may be liable to a fine of €130.00.

Drivers should be aware that illegally or improperly parked vehicles have the potential to cause traffic disruption, obstruction and difficulty to emergency vehicles that may need to access the narrow residential streets that surround Croke Park Stadium.

Patrons are advised to travel to Croke Park via the M1 motorway to Drumcondra Road or M50 to Navan Road, North Circular Road. These routes lead directly to Croke Park. Supporters arriving via the M50 / M1 motorways are advised to allow time for traffic delays. Dublin Port Tunnel will be open to all vehicles.

After the game patrons will have the option of travelling the Belfast Road (M1) or on the M50 to the (N2) Ashbourne Road, (N3), Navan Road, (N4) Lucan Road and (N7) Naas Road.

Superintendent Ward advises in particular that patrons attending the concert on Monday evening, the 27th of July, that the IKEA Store in Ballymun is open for the first time to the Public, so patrons should be aware of a possible high volume of Traffic in this area.


Special Needs parking

There are no special needs parking facilities on the public streets within the Croke Park cordon area. The parking facility in Clonliffe College does have a large and very good special needs parking facility catering for 50 car parking places very close to the stadium, Access from Lower Drumcondra Road.


Bus/Coach Parking

There is a bus/coach parking facility at Mountjoy Square and a secondary facility at Western Way (off Phibsboro Road).


Pre Event Traffic Restrictions

As with all events at Croke Park, a Garda Cordon will be in effect on the streets that lead to Croke Park. Only accredited vehicles will be permitted to pass by this cordon. All vehicles will be checked for accreditation.

Local residents, their immediate families, local business community are in possession of passes and will be facilitated at the barriers subject to volumes of human traffic existing within the cordon area. It is envisaged that a rigid cordon system will be in place approximately 1 hour prior to stiles opening time.


Patron Search

All patrons entering the Garda cordon will be the subject of a ticket check by Stewards and search by Gardai. Any offensive articles, e.g. glass bottles, air horns, large flagpoles will be seized. Patrons are advised not to bring any unnecessary baggage with them and are advised to travel early to the stadium to avoid any unnecessary delays.

We would appeal to patrons not to queue overnight.


Ticketmaster Outlets Outside Croke Park:

As this event is sold out there will be no ticket sales outlets on the day of the event. Patrons must be in possession of an actual ticket. Patrons are further advised not to purchase tickets from any unaccredited source.

There will be one office operated by Ticketmaster as reference points to facilitate any enquiries in relation to tickets and collection of pre-booked tickets. The office will be located as follows:
1. Gills Corner.


Public Order.

Patrons are advised that the GardaÃ* will not permit the consumption of alcohol outside public houses, while walking along the street or in any other public place.

Patrons are asked to have consideration for local residents and refrain from anti-social behaviour (drinking and urinating).


Crime.

Patrons are advised to be aware of their own personal safety and security while attending the event. They should ensure the security of personal belongings while on route to and from the stadium i.e. purses / wallets / tickets / Mobile Phones.

Patrons who arrive by vehicle should also ensure that property is not left exposed in parked vehicles. They should ensure that car windows, sunroofs are correctly closed.


Croke Park Hotel Car park

All residents of Croke Park Hotel will be permitted entry and are requested to access the hotel via North Circular Road / Russell Street junction where there will be a register of all guest vehicles.

[ThomasJ]

looks like there will be extra DARTs [but dont know when] This is mentioned on the concert notice on the irish rail website

DART

For DART services please click here

The link is not provided though on it.

Why does a seperate pdf always have to be provided for DARTs could an integrated notice not go up for all services?

Have the posters gone up at stations yet? I haven't seen any

[Mark Gleeson]

Link works now, its the usual reprint of the actual timetable nothing extra

The official line from the DART office at 11:36 this morning was

"Any extra trains which run will run as required BEFORE the last scheduled service"

Of course they could provide no details