[04/06/2012] Cork City Marathon

[Colm Moore]

Race time 9am (Half Marathon is 11am at Ringmahon Road). Expect bus and road disruption.

Irish Rail June Bank Holiday Weekend Timetable

While Facebook http://www.facebook.com/iarnrodeireann says "Irish Rail Hi ... Operations Cork have informed me the 07:35 and 07:45 will operate.", the timetable says the first departures on Monday 4 June 2012 are:

CORK-MALLOW-CORK SERVICES:
Depart Mallow 09:22 Arrive Cork Kent 09:50
Depart Mallow 10:20 Arrive Cork Kent 10:45


CORK/COBH SERVICES:
A Saturday service will operate between Cork and Cobh commencing with 08.00 Cork/Cobh. The following services are cancelled: 06.00 Cork/Cobh,
07.00 Cork/Cobh, 06.30 Cobh/Cork and 07.30 Cobh/Cork.

Depart Cobh 08:30 Arrive Cork Kent 08:54
Depart Cobh 09:30 Arrive Cork Kent 09:54
Depart Cobh 10:30 Arrive Cork Kent 10:54


CORK/MIDLETON SERVICES:
A Saturday service will operate between Cork and Midleton commencing with 08.15 Cork/Midleton. The following services are cancelled: 06.15
Cork/Midleton, 07.15 Cork/Midleton, 06.45 Midleton/Cork and 07.45 Midleton/Cork

Depart Midleton 08:45 Arrive Cork Kent 09:08
Depart Midleton 09:45 Arrive Cork Kent 10:08
Depart Midleton 10:45 Arrive Cork Kent 11:08



The Races

Start Times

The Marathon and Team Relay will start on St Patrick's Street at 9am.

The start time for the Half Marathon is 11am at Ringmahon Road. Buses will run from City Hall to Skehard Road (5-min walk to start line) from 9.45-10.30.

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[finnyus]

Journey planner for Monday, 4 June 2012, now updated to include:

• 0715 Cork - Midleton
• 0745 Midleton - Cork
• 0700 Cork - Cobh
• 0730 Cobh - Cork

[finnyus]

There was a good turn out for the 0745 Midleton - Cork on 4 June. There was about 80+ at Midleton, 6 at Carrigtwohill, 5 at Glounthaune, 1 at Little Island. Not sure what the 0730 Cobh - Cork was like.

However, at Midleton station the guy on the intercom kept informing ppl that the first train would be 0845 Midleton - Cork and that a 'Sunday service' was in operation. This was repeated over and over again when:

• there was no train at the station
• the barriers were closing at Mill Road level crossing
• the train was arriving into Midleton
• the train was at the platform

I don't think anyone actually left the station. The PIS was only displaying 0845 Cork, nothing to suggest the 0745 was operating. I'm about 99.9% sure that both the person working the level-crossing and the guy on the intercom both work from Mallow.

Even with the train not being advertised anywhere, except the journey planner from Wednesday/Thursday onwards there was a reasonable turnout. Just goes to show what might happen if there was a bit of advertising done. I had been told by Kent Station that there was no demand for a 'Marathon' service.

F.