Disruption to Public Transport in NI on 28th March 2006

John R

http://www.translink.co.uk/20060323disruption.asp

Unfortunately, due to industrial action by Trade Unions, a one day strike will take place on Tuesday 28th March. ALL bus and rail services, including Enterprise, will be severely disrupted or cancelled.

Due to this anticipated service disruption on Tuesday 28th March the following NIR services are to be cancelled on Monday 27th March.

22:20 Central – Bangor
22:25 Portadown – Bangor
23: 25 Central – Carrickfergus
22:30 Bangor – Portadown
22:55 Bangor – Portadown
22:42 Central – GVS
20:35 Londonderry – GVS will terminate at Central Station
20:45 Dublin – Central will call at Lurgan and Lisburn if required to set down only. There will be no onward connections off this train to any stations.

All bus and rail services will resume as normal on Wednesday 29th March 2006.

Translink apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

John R

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=9

Enterprise services - Translink Industrial Action, Tuesday 28th March 2006 by Media & P.R.

Enterprise services - Translink Industrial Action, Tuesday 28th March 2006
Trade Unions in Northern Ireland have informed Iarnród Éireann of their intention to take a one-day strike action on Tuesday 28th March 2006.

Iarnród Éireann would like to advise passengers that due to this anticipated industrial action, there will be no Cross Border services operating all day on 28th March 2006. Enterprise services will operate to and from Dundalk only. First Plus services will be suspended and catering will only be available on some services.

We will keep our passengers informed of developments as they take place.

All Enterprise services will resume as normal on Wednesday 29th March 2006.

Iarnród Éireann regrets any inconvenience caused to passengers.

John R

http://www.buseireann.ie/site/news_centre/travel_reports.asp?action=view&news_id=429

Disruption to Cross Border Services - 28/03/2006

Bus Éireann wishes to inform customers that public bus and rail transport in Northern Ireland will face disruption tomorrow, Tuesday 28 March, because of anticipated one-day industrial action by Trade Unions in Britain and Northern Ireland.

Bus Éireann services to/from locations in Northern Ireland operated in conjunction with Translink will be affected.

ALL SERVICES CANCELLED ON THE FOLLOWING ROUTES:
# Dublin/Belfast
# Dublin/Derry
# Dublin/Downpatrick
# Dublin/Portrush
# Enniskillen/Belfast
# Belfast/Athlone
# Derry/Longford

Other Bus Éireann services operating via locations in Northern Ireland will operate. ALL BUS ÉIREANN SERVICES ON THE FOLLOWING ROUTES WILL OPERATE AS NORMAL
# Dublin/Donegal
# Dublin/Letterkenny
# Galway/Sligo/Derry
# Sligo/Enniskillen
# Dublin/Dundalk/Newry local services
# Strabane/Ballybofey local services
# Strabane/Letterkenny local services

THERE WILL BE NO ONWARD CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ATHLONE, DERRY, ENNISKILLEN, NEWRY AND LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN IRELAND.

murphaph

You'd think they'd at least have coach transfers in place at Dundalk to allow onward travel to Belfast. Anyway, as usual the passenger gets it in the neck. Why not refuse to accept fares like BAC did that time? It sends out a positive signal to the passenger yet hits the company in the pocket. I'm sic of passengers being an inconvenience to these people.

John R

It's a much wider strike than just public transport, sounds like much of the public sector are going out across NI. May well be strikes across the UK over this issue.

Apparently it is over plans to raise the full pension age from 60 to 65 regardless of years worked.