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![]() This came in on the grapevine this morning. Nothing new to RUI members as the 4 coach ICR fleet has been known about for several months
That said from a passenger point of view shorter trains are not exactly always a good thing Quote:
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![]() 2-car DARTs will badly slow down the service unless they install stop boards.
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![]() They have, and from what I saw today(the two car DARTs are already in use from today) the boards seem to be being used properly. Will take a while for passengers to adapt though.
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![]() nothing wrong with cutting capacity off peak but IR should be able to respond when demand is high.
Yesterday 4 carriage DARTs were not sufficient for the crowds pre and post the All Ireland Final. they need to up their game for football in a fortnight and hurling replay which is on a saturday which is obviously a busier day than a sunday |
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![]() As you say, no big surprise as this has been in the offing for at least two years. Would expect many Heuston sets to reduce to 4 car and for 4 car sets to replace most of the remaining mark 4 services. Would also expect some shrinkage on the Sligo line, 1600 to Sligo or 1805 to Longford hardly need to be 6 cars. Same probably applies to the 1905 Sligo.
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The 2 car DART's are a welcome for off peak services. |
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![]() Can anybody confirm if 4 car trains are in service, almost certain The 15.05 from Galway was a 4 car and there was a 7 car set arriving in Heuston as I passed.
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![]() 4 car has been certified for operation
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![]() A 9 carriage 22k set, how is this configured, 3x3 carraige sets together?
and the 7 carriage set? Any danger of the 0800 ex Dublin weekday service being upped to a 4 carriage set, given previously a 3 carriage set was operating the 0700 and a 6 carriage set operating the 0900 - which were amalgamated to form the now 0800 service The now 0800 is a reasonably busy service and, this is the first westbound after Maynooth in the mornings. |
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