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Groundhog Day on Connolly/Rosslare Line

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  • #102
    bmaxi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,859 ✭✭✭bmaxi


    KC61 wrote: »
    I don't recall them ever saying they were perfectly suited to the line.

    The fact is they are having serious problems coping with the speed restrictions and also with the Rathdrum and Arklow banks (not of the financial variety!). Why I don't know, but they just do not seem to have the same perfomance characteristics as the 2800 fleet, which whatever anyone says about them, were and are the most reliable class of train in the entire fleet.

    I would imagine it is something that the engineers will be investigating.

    I definitely remember it. If i could get the time frame for the trials I could possibly dig it out.


  • #103
    dowlingm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,337 ✭✭✭dowlingm


    KC61 wrote: »
    they just do not seem to have the same perfomance characteristics as the 2800 fleet, which whatever anyone says about them, were and are the most reliable class of train in the entire fleet.
    KC61 - wasn't it the 2800s that had a pretty serious safety issue a little while back - the couplers maybe? Also, there doesn't seem to be much hue and cry to bring them back even though you could get six of them into Rathdrum?


  • #104
    Hungerford
    Registered Users Posts: 912 ✭✭✭Hungerford


    dowlingm wrote: »
    KC61 - wasn't it the 2800s that had a pretty serious safety issue a little while back - the couplers maybe?

    That was the 2700s - the problem was decoupling in motion. :eek: That was sorted years ago though, wasn't it?


  • #105
    KC61
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,316 ✭✭✭KC61


    dowlingm wrote: »
    KC61 - wasn't it the 2800s that had a pretty serious safety issue a little while back - the couplers maybe? Also, there doesn't seem to be much hue and cry to bring them back even though you could get six of them into Rathdrum?

    It most definitely was not the 2800 Class.

    They have consistently been the most reliable fleet in the country, with all 20 being in service for most of 2008 and 2009.

    It was the 2700s that had the decoupling problem.


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