Rail Users Ireland

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1900 Dublin Cork delayed Nominated train won’t start replacement train on way

0725 Bray Howth terminated at Dalkey 0724 Greystones Howth +12 0745 Bray Howth +7 Expect delays/cancellations from Howth after 9am

@anoniaino Thanks, its back Always someone doing a software update on the weekend...

@RailUsersIe RTI appears to be back now also

Real Time information for all Irish Rail routes is unavailable currently, even static information is down Looks like the database with the train running information is down so can't get information for today or from yesterday or indeed any day in the last 3 years

Real time information has been restored. Appears to have bene two problems The real time feed into the database came back at 0909, but the front end only came back to life some time later

Static information has been restored so the real time page shows out of order lifts and reduced capacity notices Real time information remains unavailable

Entry exit turnstiles are in place at Galway station You will need a ticket to exit the station, reservation only tickets do not open the gates

@mytrainislate1 @monaghanroad We need a permanent garda presence at Heuston Best refuse travel than deal with it onboard

@monaghanroad @RailUsersIe Must have been a very significant issue to turn one of the busiest trains of the week around and return it to departing station….

@EmPeeKay76 @CorribEconomics Don’t know of any Siemens or Alstom product which provides 100% level boarding & 100% low floor for 110mph spec Even the new DART+ fleet isn’t 100% low floor but is 100% level boarding Siemens made a policy decision not to make any diesel powered trains so ruled themselves out

@RailUsersIe @CorribEconomics ...very crowded. Stadler are also well represented in the regional train services, but when it comes to long distance and high speed trains over 250 km/h Siemens and Alstom are the dominant force.

Interesting contract signing for the new Dublin Belfast fleet was today, wasn't the whole panic last year that they had to sign before end of November 2025 to ensure they could get the EU funding? bbc.com/news/articles/…

@EmPeeKay76 @CorribEconomics Been on the CFL Coradia double decker wasn’t nice at al Flirt is more than capable, up to 200kph and acceleration is impressive

@RailUsersIe @CorribEconomics I would still love to see a Coradia double-decker operating a service on this island, but I cannot see it happening.

@EmPeeKay76 @CorribEconomics The flirt is great and that’s basically what we are getting, they also do good swag on trade shows Big thing here is we have an order for a fleet signed and that’s a huge leap step forward

@RailUsersIe @CorribEconomics They do and they give them the weirdest acronyms.

@EmPeeKay76 @CorribEconomics Even down to having French language on the door buttons pre refurb. That was an easy job for DDF to reuse tooling. Stadler has made a name out of making heavily customised trains to meet weird specifications, boy do they build some very funky stuff

@RailUsersIe @CorribEconomics Sorry, the current one. Yes, very similar.

@pete_the_atco Had we ordered the same spec to a UK 1435mm gauge it would still be insanely expensive due the tri mode requirement and the level boarding Nothing from the continent would fit anyway as it’s the loading gauge not the track gauge which is the blocker

@RailUsersIe If we changed our track gauge to standard gauge and we could have rolling stock delivered much quicker and cheaper. Plus the ability to purchase slightly older high speed train sets from other countries. It would be a massive project.

@EmPeeKay76 @CorribEconomics Order in bulk and from a standard design with minimal changes Current Enterprise fleet is really a Eurostar coach body and interior

@RailUsersIe @CorribEconomics I suppose that's where the major railway operators in Europe with much larger networks have a clear advantage: buying many trainsets in bulk and often using trainset with "proven track records".

@EmPeeKay76 @CorribEconomics First order also likely includes driver simulator, training equipment, spares and possible major work at York Road to upgrade to support the fleet Once you get to order 2 it’s 2-2.5 million a coach The DART+ preliminary costs were scary and it looks worse for only 8 trains

@RailUsersIe @CorribEconomics I would like to think it is included.

@EmPeeKay76 @CorribEconomics Unclear if the 15 year maintenance contract is included The design and certification costs are huge as this is a once off design If we bought more the cost per unit would be a lot lot less DART plus carriages first order over 3 million, third order it’s down to 1.7

@CorribEconomics @RailUsersIe Yes, even rolling stock running on many other European networks don't cost that much. The Alstom Coradia double-decker trains for example are about 30 million each excluding maintenance contract.

On the Last Word with Matt Cooper shortly to discuss the mystery of 3 million to fund a temporary station at Adare for the Ryder Cup next year

Reduced parking at Portmarnock station currently Appears to be Irish Rail using the car park to store equipment

@Padraiccleary @jem72 Galway and Limerick are shared with the bus station so its effective use of resources. Cork is in the top ten stations now The goal is to enable staff to refuse carriage and know they have back up when the inevitable kicks off

@RailUsersIe @jem72 I'm fine with Heuston and Connolly, with limited hours for Kent, Colbert and Ceannt basis on historical/, proactive need Contacts inside IR would confirm response and response times to be very poor, often failing to grasp the issue

Services at a standstill due passenger issue onboard 0525 Galway Heuston at Portarlington Completely possible to allow other services to overtake