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21-08-2007, 17:48 | #1 |
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Have the 22ks entered service
Have just passed a 22k train at 18.45 at Drumcondra on route to connolly the full dmds were working didnt get a chance to see if passengers were on board. Unusual time to have training are they in service?
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21-08-2007, 17:58 | #2 |
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Thats the normal training run
Not in service yet but very very soon. While we haven't the actual date yet we have some specifics in the members forum |
07-10-2007, 03:08 | #3 |
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Are they in service yet? I've been out of the loop for a few weeks.
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Its now October and no sign of the new 22000's.. The Rosslare line was promised these trains in December but now its April 2008.
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Havent even started in Sligo yet and we think you're not getting them till Easter.
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They will start Sligo this month, one of the hold ups was the new railcar facility in Connolly on platform 1, they just finished the resurfacing late last week.
There are three different types on order, the 3 car regional of which at least 14 of the 41 sets have arrived. We are waiting on the first 6 coach as in the proper intercity railcar to arrive (due November for service Spring 08) and also the long distance suburban 6 car version (late 2008 for 2009 service)
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Intercity Railcars Will Enter Service 19/12/2007
Happy to now confirm IE have officially signed over the first two intercity railcars into service
They now carry numbers on the front which is the typical indication of IE taking ownership Should be platform 3 11:05 today
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http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/...ew&news_id=314
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I am going to say something controversial but for all the criticism for not being suited for long-haul journeys the 29ks did do a good job performance-wise on the Sligo line. It will be good to see them return though to where they belong and are needed.... Commuter services!
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For what it's worth, the new railcars look the business. Lets hope they dont become the Vomit Comet Mk2. That said, there is a fairly large contingent from the far east in Connolly today. Fingers crossed, and all that. |
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New intercity railcars
iv not actually been lucky enough to have traveled on the new trains yet but im just curious regarding 6-car and 3-car sets. If they are Intercity trains should they not all be in 6-car sets? Do you know if there is a buffet/snack car on board like on most other intercity services? Will there be a first class carriage? Are these new trains really Intercity's or just upgraded and better commuter services?
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There will be some 3 car sets and some 6 car sets.
Most lines will get at least one full 6 car set, this will have 1st plus dining car. In some cases, 3 car sets will be paired up to provide 6 coaches, and on the network ex-Heuston some trains will be made of 6+3. |
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do you think that the sligo route will have the 1st plus dining car? Has the sligo train ever have a first class and dining car on the old mk3's?
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Sligo line will have one single 6 car fixed set which will have full kitchen and first class, we assume this will run the Sligo Dublin morning service and the evening return. We where told this over two years ago by a very high up manager in IE and have it in writing from the CEO in committing the use of the IC railcars to Sligo long from the original batch of 120
Sligo probably hasn't seen first class on any service since when 3rd class was abolished and made second
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Your like myself, I seen the new InterCity's yesterday at Connolly working the 17:05 Sligo and I have to say they are very impressive way better than the pictures. The inside is lovely, When you see the train you'll understand. There is no Buffet/Snack car on any of the 3 car sets but Mark G mentioned there will be a trolley service (Example) Connolly-Longford the trolley will be in the first 3 sets then at Longford change to the other 3sets. The internal engines are brillant they can gain speed quickly and they are not as noisy as the 29000/2800's Commuter trains. I can honestly say the new trains do have that InterCity feeling to them. You will like them no doubt....... KSW Last edited by KSW : 03-01-2008 at 10:43. |
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New trains - Do they really exist??
so i needed to travel to dublin from sligo this week and wanted to bring my bike. i checked the irish rail website to see what times the new trains were running at and found a news item saying they ran on the 11.05 from dublin, and the 14.55 from sligo.
so i got the 14.55 and found it was a useless commuter train and i couldn't bring my bike, even though the train was empty and its a relatively small bike. I told the staff about the info i got on the internet, and they said no the new trains have never run on this service at this time. so i had to leave my bike in the station, and continue to use ridiculously overpriced public transport when i got to dublin. Now on the way back this morning, I rang the 1850 help line and asked what services the new trains were running on, and the man said it was on the 11.05 service. So i thought great, ill finally get to see these fancy new trains, only to find, yet again i was stuck on a useless pile of commuter train rubbish. is it too much to ask for accurate information from irish rail?? especially with these new ticket prices. |
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New train currently operate as follows
6:55 and 8:55 Sligo Dublin 17:05 and 19:05 Dublin Sligo Those are the four busiest trains between Sligo and Dublin There is no notice on the Irish Rail website listing any services operated by the new train, the only notice was the press release of the first day which was removed when the train began to run the 8:55/17:05 which is responsible action by Irish Rail Irish Rail don't advertise that they carry bikes on any Sligo service at the moment nor do they advertise the fact the new train is actually in service, doing so prevents trouble when the new train isn't available again can't fault that Bikes have been carried on the 8:55 and 17:05 services since March 07 and that remains the case
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Hi Mark, thanks for your reply.
To be honest, I never imagined that it would be that difficult to bring a bike on a train, I've seen people with bigger suitcases! I found the info about the services here - http://www.iarnrodeireann.ie/news_ce...ew&news_id=314 Ok I know its in the archive, but I knew I saw the information somewhere. I may be going mad but I was sure I checked this website recently and it said bikes were carried on the 14.55 service |
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When the new train entered service we updated our website to reflect the change, we have updated the bikes page 3 times since December 19th with respect to Sligo, the trial run then when the new train replaced the old one and then when the second entered service and it will be updated on Sunday when we know the exact list of bike friendly trains for Monday, Irish Rail have enough certified trains for it but not all are in Connolly
We are running normally 1-2 days behind since the information has to get back to us, Irish Rail don't tell anyone, even there own staff beyond the driver don't know The roster does allow the 6:55 service to run 11:05, 14:55 in addition to the 19:05 it may or may not run. If Irish Rail break there own internal roster it makes life difficult The link to the story is to the iarnrod eireann website, and is to a archived news item, not a current one. It takes some finding
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