[2-4/5/2015] Disruption to Northside DART/northern line/enterprise bank holiday w.e.

[ThomasJ]

citing engineering works. Heres hoping the planned strike for bus services on 1st may doesnt spill over to rail!

http://www.irishrail.ie/news/service-alterations

Due to necessary engineering works the following service arrangements will take place on 2nd May to 4th May

All routes into and out of Dublin Connolly;

The following service alterations will be in place Saturday 2nd to Monday 4th May inclusive;
•All Dublin Connolly - Belfast services will operate between Drogheda and Belfast only with bus transfers operating between Dublin Connolly and Drogheda.
•All Rosslare services will operate between Pearse Station and Rosslare Europort only.
•Sligo services will operate as normal between Connolly and Sligo.
•DART services will operate between Pearse and Bray/Greystones only. DART services will not operate between Pearse and Malahide/Howth.
•Northern commuter services will operate between Dundalk/Drogheda and Malahide only. A bus transfer will operate between Pearse/Connolly and Malahide.
•Maynooth commuter services will operate as normal.
•Gorey commuter services will operate between Gorey and Pearse only.

There may be delays of up to 30mins due to these alterations.

Iarnród Éireann apologise for any inconvenience caused by these necessary works

[Inniskeen]

Translink had this on their website last week !

[berneyarms]

Originally Posted by ThomasJ

citing engineering works. Heres hoping the planned strike for bus services on 1st may doesnt spill over to rail!


http://www.irishrail.ie/news/service-alterations

It was made clear last night that rail services will operate on May 1st, and that what is planned is a march in the middle of the day rather than a full blown strike.

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

Translink had this on their website last week !

I would imagine that almost three weeks notice is reasonably adequate though?

[Inniskeen]

Well it is the weekend after next, notice of this type of disruption tends to be very short on IR compared to other systems. It shouldn't really be possible to book tickets without being made aware of planned disruption. If this is the first installment in a series then this should be stated also so that passengers have the option of avoiding the disruption if they wish to do so.

On the positive side it looks as if at least some of the less than perfect track on one of the busiest section of the railway is finally about to be replaced !

[berneyarms]

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

Well it is the weekend after next, notice of this type of disruption tends to be very short on IR compared to other systems. It shouldn't really be possible to book tickets without being made aware of planned disruption. If this is the first installment in a series then this should be stated also so that passengers have the option of avoiding the disruption if they wish to do so.

On the positive side it looks as if at least some of the less than perfect track on one of the busiest section of the railway is finally about to be replaced !

Last time I checked the next bank holiday is in three weekends time - not two! ;-)

[Mark Gleeson]

The timetable had blocked bookings on cross border dating back several weeks.

But really we should have 60-90 days prior notice like the rest of the EU