Extra carriage needs to be reinstated on 07.30 Cork/Heuston

jacko · 12-12-2012, 13:47

Travelled to Dublin on the 07.30 yesterday. Only 4 regular carriages + dining car & city gold.

Departing Cork there was very sporadic seating availability - 5/6 per carriage.

Train was full by Mallow.

From Limerick Jct there were 30/40 passengers standing/sitting between carriages

Great to see a full service but not so great for those who boarded at LimJct

Fifth carriage should be reinstated especially when the train is advanced to 07.00 in January

comcor · 12-12-2012, 13:54

There seems to be a random allocation of sets to services. In practice, whichever sets are missing a carriage should never be on the 07:30 ex Cork or 17:00 ex Dublin. Those two services are just too busy.

Jamie2k9 · 12-12-2012, 14:09

All sets apart from one are the normal 7.

BTW have either of ye dropped a message to IR?

Jamie2k9 · 19-12-2012, 02:44

The 6 piece set will have the extra carriage put back very soon, IE have it ready with an 071 loco joined to move it when they decided to do it.

Jamie2k9 · 18-01-2013, 21:39

In Heuston there was 2 Mark 4 sets at the sidings of platform 8 and both had 8 coaches and not the normal 7. Do they hope numbers will grow with new journey times?

12-12-2012, 13:47	#1
jacko Regular Poster Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 137	Extra carriage needs to be reinstated on 07.30 Cork/Heuston Travelled to Dublin on the 07.30 yesterday. Only 4 regular carriages + dining car & city gold. Departing Cork there was very sporadic seating availability - 5/6 per carriage. Train was full by Mallow. From Limerick Jct there were 30/40 passengers standing/sitting between carriages Great to see a full service but not so great for those who boarded at LimJct Fifth carriage should be reinstated especially when the train is advanced to 07.00 in January

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12-12-2012, 13:54	#2
comcor Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cork-Dublin, Cork Commuter and occasionally DART and Dublin-Wexford Posts: 855	There seems to be a random allocation of sets to services. In practice, whichever sets are missing a carriage should never be on the 07:30 ex Cork or 17:00 ex Dublin. Those two services are just too busy.

12-12-2012, 14:09	#3
Jamie2k9 Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 2,146	All sets apart from one are the normal 7. BTW have either of ye dropped a message to IR?

19-12-2012, 02:44	#4
Jamie2k9 Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 2,146	The 6 piece set will have the extra carriage put back very soon, IE have it ready with an 071 loco joined to move it when they decided to do it.

18-01-2013, 21:39	#5
Jamie2k9 Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 2,146	In Heuston there was 2 Mark 4 sets at the sidings of platform 8 and both had 8 coaches and not the normal 7. Do they hope numbers will grow with new journey times?