[20/12/2010] Travel News

[Colm Moore]

05:05 Galway-Dublin Heuston is running 21 minutes late.

Slight delays on a small number of DARTs.

[d8boy]

Left Portlaoise at 08:22, 30 minutes late, following several signal stops including a prolonged one outside Portlaoise.

[Mark Gleeson]

Points frozen at Limerick and Portloaise this morning

[ThomasJ]

snow about to hit parts of the capital shortly,

could be fun later!

[ThomasJ]

seems to be snowing alot along the DART line by the coast ATM

[pixiebean22]

Very very heavy snow in Dublin City Centre now, around Baggot Street and Leeson Street. I'm on the 10th floor of a building and it looks pretty much widespread across the city. It's sticking too because it has been so cold today.

Take it handy

[ThomasJ]

Dart services currently suspended howth-howth junction

Dublin bus accepting rail tickets on bus services of affected area

[Colm Moore]

http://twitter.com/irishrail/

Howth to Howth Junction services have now resumed

2 minutes ago via ÜberTwitter

http://twitter.com/irishrail/

Howth-Howth Jn temporarily suspended due to points fault, working to restore. Dublin Bus accepting rail tickets for Howth, Sutton, Bayside

about 1 hour ago via ÜberTwitter

http://irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=969

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Monday 20th December

Full services are continuing to operate throughout the network across Intercity, DART and Commuter routes.


This website will be updated with any new travel information during the forecast renewed cold spell, primarily through the twitter feed below. Also, please follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/irishrail for up to date info.

[Colm Moore]

1030 Cork-Heuston (29 mins late)
1100 Connolly-Belfast Central (16 mins late)
1147 Limerick Junction-Limerick (23 mins late)
1200 Limerick-Limerick Junction (7 mins late)

Delays of 5-15 minues on 20% of DARTs

[ThomasJ]

Just for reference according to Dublin Bus neither the 17, nor the 114 are able to access the area around the station, operating from frascati road instead

http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/News-Cent...r-Disruptions/

17 Unable to serve Blackrock Station. Terminating at Frascatti Rd.

114 Unable to serve Blackrock Station. Terminating at Frascatti Rd.

[Mark Gleeson]

I'd be interested to see how the 114 will manage that

[ThomasJ]

update from irish rail

Services between Bray and Greystones are currently suspended due to a ESB power fault in the area. Dublin Bus are honouring rail tickets.

[Mark Gleeson]

17+ 114 back serving Blackrock

Appears the substation in Greystones has tripped out, its the only one which does not have a dual grid connection.

[ThomasJ]

back running between bray and greystones

luas green line only operating between st stephens green and sandyford with a bus service between sandyford and brides glen

[Mickey H]

1235 Belfast-Dublin cancelled apparently without alternative transport 1410 ex Belfast running 46 minutes late due to line closure Belfast-Lisburn because of signal problems

I expect that means a 29K on the 1520 to Belfast and another one or a significant delay for the 1650

Source: translink twitter

[Mickey H]

Originally Posted by Mickey H

I expect that means a 29K on the 1520 to Belfast and another one or a significant delay for the 1650

Source: translink twitter

1520 Connolly to Belfast will operate with bus transfer Dundalk to Belfast due to mechanical fault
31 minutes ago via ÜberTwitter

Not letting the 29 cross the border????

[Mark Gleeson]

Originally Posted by Mickey H

Not letting the 29 cross the border????

Allowing one would be illegal

[ThomasJ]

back to the same problem with buses serving blackrock station again!

17 Unable to serve Blackrock Station. Terminatingat Main St, Blackrock.

114 Unable to serve Blackrock Station. Terminatingat Main St, Blackrock.

[Mickey H]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Allowing one would be illegal

I thought they could cross the border with two drivers in the event of an enterprise failure. There was an 8 coach one in Belfast on December 5th

[Mark Gleeson]

If we catch Irish Rail breaking NI law again there will be trouble

Irish Rail has NO exemptions from the rules and haven't applied for any.