Dart Length

[Inniskeen]

It is very welcome that peak period DART sets have been strengthened although as I tap this I see that there will be at least one peak northbound departure formed by a four car set - the 1637 Dun Laoghaire/Howth.

I appreciate some thought and effort are required to split sets but it was routine when DART was first introduced and once the knack was mastered there was no particular issue.

Whatever about the cost of operating near empty trains, it is bordering on the criminally negligent to have 8 car trains rattling around with 15 or 20 passengers. There is a real risk of vandalism, intimidation of passengers and a Health and Safety risk for both passengers and staff given the attraction to undesireables of unstaffed stations and virtually empty trains.

[vegas82]

has anybody noticed that they have cut the dart lengths again for a lot of the peak time trains - I know its summertime but i wish they had some way of communicating that it would be a short train so we didnt have to pelt it along the platform to the last carriage which is inevitably jammed because the same thing has happened in every station!

Was so nice to be back having long trains...

[James Shields]

Originally Posted by vegas82

has anybody noticed that they have cut the dart lengths again for a lot of the peak time trains - I know its summertime but i wish they had some way of communicating that it would be a short train so we didnt have to pelt it along the platform to the last carriage which is inevitably jammed because the same thing has happened in every station!

I do like the way in the UK (depending on the company running the station), train announcements generally include "This train is formed of X coaches." Also, they will generally designate which end of the platform to wait at for short trains.

James