[5/6/7-5-2012] Connolly-Howth/Malahide - works CANCELLED - bank holiday timetable

[ThomasJ]

From Upcoming disruption page
http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4428&p=116&n=237

City Centre and North Dublin Resignalling Project Works
Due to these works on 5th and 6th May between Clontarf Road and Malahide, Northside DART, Northern Commuter and Belfast Enterprise services will be affected. Full service details will be confirmed in advance.

[ThomasJ]

So confirmation that NO services between Howth/Malahide and Connolly next Bank Holiday weekend

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4574&p=116&n=237

CUSTOMER INFORMATION

SERVICE DISRUPTIONS BETWEEN CLONTARF ROAD & PORTMARNOCK STATIONS

Due to Engineering works between Clontarf Road and Portmarnock stations there will be NO TRAIN SERVICE between Connolly and Malahide/Howth stations on Saturday 5th, Sunday 6th and Monday 7th May, 2012.

The following stations will be CLOSED for train services:

Malahide */Portmarnock/Clongriffin/Howth/Sutton/Bayside/Howth Junction & Donaghmede/Kilbarrack/Raheny/Harmonstown/Killester and Clontarf Road.

*Drogheda/Dundalk commuter service will operate to/from Malahide station.

Customers are asked to please note the following;

Customers travelling to or from affected DART stations: Dublin Bus will accept all valid rail tickets on their scheduled services.
DART services with minor alterations will operate between Connolly and Bray/Greystones.
Belfast Enterprise services will operate to/from Drogheda with a direct bus transfer to/from Connolly station.
Drogheda/Dundalk Commuter services will operate to/from Malahide station only. Dublin Bus will accept all valid rail tickets on their scheduled services to City Centre.
Maynooth/M3Parkway Commuter services will operate as normal. For further information please go to irishrail.ie Iarnród Éireann would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused as a result of these essential engineering works.

[Inniskeen]

IR had peviously advised disruption on May 5th and 6th only !

[karlr42]

According to IE's twitter this is now cancelled. What a farce. Especially considering on their blog post yesterday they ruled out delaying the work "This resignalling work is at completion point – delaying commissioning would mean further costs"

[plant43]

Apparently, traders in Howth were none too pleased about having a second bank holiday weekend disruption and were assured by IR that only the easter weekend would be disrupted.

[karlr42]

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4574&p=116&n=237

20 April 2012
FULL DART, NORTHERN COMMUTER, ENTERPRISE SERVICES TO OPERATE THIS WEEKEND

Iarnród Éireann is pleased to inform customers and businesses that this weekend’s planned resignalling commissioning is being deferred, and that full DART, Northern Commuter and Belfast Enterprise services will operate across the weekend (5th to 7th May).

Recognising the concerns of businesses and tourism, the works are being postponed, and the schedule for commissioning of the new signalling is being reexamined. Priorities will be to minimise disruption, minimise costs and meet commissioning process requirements. A new schedule for these works will be confirmed in due course.

A normal public holiday weekend service will now operate, which will include a Sunday service on DART and Northern Commuter on Bank Holiday Monday.

Full schedules will be updated at shortly.

[Colm Moore]

Works cancelled, Bank Holiday Timetable instead.

Timetable information http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4574&p=116&n=237

Thread http://www.railusers.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=14236