DART weekday cancellations

[ThomasJ]

Just seen a note on tara street saying the following:

The following trains will not operate

09:40 bray howth - mon to fri

11:02 howth bray -mon to fri

11:08 bray howth - sat only

12:25 howth bray - sat only

19:15 bray malahide - sat only

20:15 bray howth - mon to fri

20:30 malahide bray - sat only

21:33 howth bray - mon to fri

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

[Mark Hennessy]

Originally Posted by ThomasJ

Just seen a note on tara street saying the following:

wow cutbacks already!

And the budget still hasn't been given

[ThomasJ]

If thats darts it doesn't bode well for commuter services

[Mark Gleeson]

Only appeared yesterday, very well hidden in Pearse

Fairly horrible cuts since they open up big gaps in the timetable.

The DART timetable is so bad now that is they bothered to look at it, it is probably possible to run a train every 15 minutes off peak and end up with fewer actual services due to the way you get the weird two trains 5 minutes apart then 20 minute gap rubbish

[ciaram]

Originally Posted by ThomasJ

Just seen a note on tara street saying the following:

The 9.40 Bray Howth has been missing in action on random days in the past few weeks already

[ThomasJ]

The list of cancellations on the dart line has been updated to include saturday cancellations. See top post.

[Mark Gleeson]

Saw that today was well, the now almost permanently unstaffed at weekends Seapoint had this


Note the omission of 'cancellation' no reason given

[Colm Moore]

Oddly enough, they are back up to the full DART fleet after the refurbishment project.

[Mark Gleeson]

They are on a desperate hunt to save money

[MOH]

Not sure if this is related, but the online timetable shows a northbound train from Blackrock at 16:50:

Blackrock Tara Street 30/10 16:50 17:04 0 DART

While the realtime one currently shows:

Real Time Train Information Results - 16:47

Northbound trains serving Blackrock in the next 30 minutes
Journey ETA Scheduled Platform Due In Current Location
Bray to Malahide 17:03 17:03 1 16 Mins Killiney

Bray to Drogheda 17:13 17:13 1 26 Mins Bray

Is this the realtime system acting up or is there a train missing?

[Mark Gleeson]

DART with Howth on the front is just arriving Tara Street now, seems to be running. Looks like a IT issue, not a cancellation

[MOH]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

DART with Howth on the front is just arriving Tara Street now, seems to be running. Looks like a IT issue, not a cancellation

Bah, could have been home 15 minutes earlier. That's what I get for trusting the 'real time' system. Thanks.