Smoking on train!

[Mark Gleeson]

Toilets are all fitted with smoke alarms.

The coaches are stuff full of emergency handles, passenger driver communication alarms and so on.

[AD11]

They werent in the toilets. They were between carriages.

[James Howard]

There was somebody smoking on the 1905 to Sligo last night as well. There aren't smoke alarms in all trains or they don't work. Just before Christmas I was beside the able-bodied toilet on a 29K and there was an couple who nipped in every 5 minutes to take a quick puff on a joint.

You daren't do anything about it - particularly if you are trying to get a bit of work done because at the very least you are likely to get your laptop smashed. It is not up to the customer to do anything about this - they need a staff member in the passenger area of the train. I haven't seen an Irish Rail staff member on the 1805 to Longford for at least 5 years.

[AD11]

I agree James, any one challenging scumbags on the train is more likely to end up in hospital or worse. Sad times we live in.

[Jamie2k9]

Mark

Do the alarms on the 22's actually alert the driver, they get set off with a little wind and I don't believe for one minute staff are informed as they say as they never do anything so its pointless.

[Mark Gleeson]

They do set off an alarm in the cab and the driver CCTV display shows the camera above the alarm activated. If the driver fails to acknowledge the alarm within 5 seconds the train stops

[Mark Gleeson]

They do set off an alarm in the cab and the driver CCTV display shows the camera above the alarm activated. If the driver fails to acknowledge the alarm within 5 seconds the train stops

[Jamie2k9]

I see but while the driver acts in the cab, nothing is done about the passengers who are smoking, now I know some of the cases are purely by accident but doing nothing defeats the purpose.