Monasterevin

[stevetee]

Hi ,

Ive got 5 new private messages but the administrator has blocked access to them. Is that just me or does the same apply to everyone ? Can I get the access restored plz ?

Havent logged on in a good while because its been quiet on the progress front and MRUG has been mothballed for the last few years. The new timetable for 2013 however looks very promising for Monasterevin. Its not finalised yet so Ill keep my powder dry but a/c to the draft timetable, there will be additional Dublin bound services stopping at Monasterevin during the day. One of MRUGs goals was to plug the late morning/afternoon/early evening ginormo timetable gap on Dublin-bound services. And not just Dublin bound either. It means residents of the town can travel to Kildare or Newbridge/Whitewater etc without using their cars. Thats fantastic news and will hopefully get people out and about who dont have access to a car/cant afford to run their cars no more.

Hats off to Irish Rail for a bit of good news which is in very short supply there days.

I didnt check the Sunday service side of things but Im assuming the same might apply as we currently have no Sunday service at all ! Ill wait and see what comes out post 20th January.

Sunday services and ticket machine are MRUGs next targets.

Regards,

Steve

[Mark Gleeson]

PM system was shut down 6 months ago due large scale spam and a security risks. Sadly we cannot re-enable it at this time as it would risk the site being shutdown.

[stevetee]

Hi Mark,

As the main contact point for MRUG, Ive had a few emails sent to me over the last few months regarding rumours that Monasterevin train station is (once again) earmarked for closure.

I can find no evidence offline or on line for this claim.

Could you double check with your contacts in IE to see if there is any truth to these runours ?

Regards,

Steve Tee

[laoisfan]

I could be wrong but...I believe there has been or perhaps it is currently still-in-progress a review of all train stations on the network in terms of passenger numbers. This is to justify the manning though not necessarily closure of some train stations.

Has a TVM (Ticket Vending Machine) been installed in Monasterevin ? There was one installed in Ballybrophy a few months back but office hours have not been affected...yet.

[Mark Gleeson]

There are certain reasons Ballybrophy is staffed separate to the ticket office function.

Monastervin has a TVM for quite some time

No proposal for closure of ANY station has been made, Monastervin nowhere near the least used station list

[Jamie2k9]

Don't think we will see any closed, to much of a political football especially coming up to an election.

[stevetee]

Hi,

So IE are planning a timetable revision for 2016 ? Thats good news.

From todays IT

"Iarnród Éireann has said it plans to release a new timetable in early 2016 to keep up with the increased demand, with a public consultation to be held in autumn regarding changes to services."

My enquiry concerns the public consultation bit . How will that be organised and can we make sure MRUG is included in the consultation process ? Who should I contact ? Been a while since I spoke to anyone in IE so Im starting from scratch :-) Any steerage is welcome

We still have no Sunday service in Monasterevin and I want to organise a pitch for it when the time comes.

Ta,

Steve