[21/12/2010] Travel News

[Colm Moore]

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=969

Tuesday 21st December: Full services operating, Delays to services through Connolly Station. by Corporate Communications
Tuesday 21st December

Full services are continuing to operate throughout the network across Intercity, DART and Commuter routes.

Some delays may occur where snow is being cleared from points.

Current alterations: M3 Parkway services will operate to and from Connolly Station instead of Docklands.

Delays of up to 30 minutes to DART and Commuter Services through Connolly Station due to frozen points.

Significant delays to services from Drogheda due to a train failure at Laytown.

This website will be updated with any new travel information during the renewed cold spell, primarily through the twitter feed below. Also, please follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/irishrail for up to date info.

[Colm Moore]

13:00-Dublin Heuston to Cork(29 mins late)
11:30-Dublin Heuston to Galway(61 mins late)

[ThomasJ]

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Tuesday 21st December: Full services operating with some delays by Corporate Communications


Tuesday 21st December - 14.25hrs

Full services are continuing to operate throughout the network across Intercity, DART and Commuter routes.

Some delays may occur where snow is being cleared from points.

Current alterations: M3 Parkway services will operate to and from Connolly Station instead of Docklands.

Delays of 20-30 minutes to DART and Commuter Services through Connolly Station - clearing snow from points.

Drogheda delays are easing as the earlier train fault at Laytown has now been cleared

Delays of 20-30 mins to/from Heuston - clearing snow from points

This website will be updated with any new travel information during the renewed cold spell, primarily through the twitter feed below. Also, please follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/irishrail for up to date info.

[ThomasJ]

Folks, please take care when getting on or off trains.

When boarding a DART last night the woman in front of me skidded on the platform, fell on to the DART and hit off the yellow pole in the centre of the floor.

She laughed it off but it could have been more serious, there have been other smaller incidents involving passengers getting on or off trains.

Take care!

[Thomas Ralph]

Dublin airport is shut until at least 2000. Cork, Shannon, Kerry, Knock, and Waterford are all fine.

[Jamie2k9]

16:45 - Waterford - Limerick Junction delayed and estimated to depart at 17:30.

18:50 - Limerick Junction - Waterford will be delayed as a result.

I was on the 13:20 today and we departed 17 minutes late. The reason was that the 13:00 to Cork had being delayed due to train failure in Heuston and passengers were transfered onto another train. It departed at 13:34. Why couldn't the 13:20 depart on time. There was no reason to delay it at all.

[pixiebean22]

Originally Posted by Jamie2k9

16:45 - Waterford - Limerick Junction delayed and estimated to depart at 17:30.

18:50 - Limerick Junction - Waterford will be delayed as a result.

I was on the 13:20 today and we departed 17 minutes late. The reason was that the 13:00 to Cork had being delayed due to train failure in Heuston and passengers were transfered onto another train. It departed at 13:34. Why couldn't the 13:20 depart on time. There was no reason to delay it at all.

This is something I don't understand about IE. In general if the 6 o'clock Cork train is significantly delayed in the evening this has a knock on effect to the departure of the Westport, Waterford and Thurles trains. In general I have always seen the Portlaoise and Newbridge trains (which depart at 18.05 and 18.10, respectively) leave on time but for some reason they always delay the 3 trains at 6.30, 6.35 and 6.40.