Possible opening of Hansfield Train Station

daymobrew

I just saw this in the weekly emails from FCC Planning Department

FW11A/0101, 21-Sep-2011, Planning Permission
Applicant: Iarnrod Eireann
Location: Hansfield Train Station, Hansfield, Dublin 15

Proposed Development: Iarnrod Eireann intend to apply for planning permission for a temporary 198 space car park adjacent to Hansfield Train Station, and the alteration of six car park spaces on the access road (planning grant F08A/0488) into nine temporary accessible car park spaces. The development is within the Hansfield Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) as defined by statutory instrument no. 273 of 2001 The development includes car parking, drainage, lighting, footpaths, fencing, steps, signage and soft landscaping.

Could this be a signal that the train station will be opening in a few months?

ongarboy

I believe June of next year has been mooted as the opening date subject to no planning or other setbacks.

ongarite

Just took a cycle up to the station today and the amount of illegal dumping on the tarmac/dirt road up to the site is unbelievable.

Hope this goes ahead as it will tidy up this area and give an extra transport link into the city centre.

amdublin

:eek:

Holy god!!! Is that still not open??? Bloody hell :mad:

what2do

Its appearing on the latest timetable from IR however with a little * noting that the opening date will be advised at a later date.

6 mins from Dunboyne and another 3 mins to Clonsilla!

robertxxx

Will it be pay and display parking? if so hope it burns down.

iMADEtheBBC

It's mostly metal so I don't think that's likely.

Careful now - you might have a an amateur psychologist reprimanding you and suggesting an anger management course.

Captain Chaos

Connolly to Maynooth is going to take around 45 mins now, used to be 25 mins 3 years ago when I used the line. The 29ks hardly run above notch 4 when I'm on them now, there is so much padding on the timetable, they just mosey along. Wasting all the DMU performance advantage over loco hauled operations on the route.

iMADEtheBBC

Is the overcrowding as bad as it used to be on that line?

Zaph

iMADEtheBBC wrote: »

Careful now - you might have a an amateur psychologist reprimanding you and suggesting an anger management course.

Please do not discuss moderator actions that do not directly affect you.

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Connolly to Maynooth is going to take around 45 mins now, used to be 25 mins 3 years ago when I used the line. The 29ks hardly run above notch 4 when I'm on them now, there is so much padding on the timetable, they just mosey along. Wasting all the DMU performance advantage over loco hauled operations on the route.

For those of us not into trains, any chance we could have a non-technical version of that please?

Captain Chaos

Zaph wrote: »

For those of us not into trains, any chance we could have a non-technical version of that please?

Just commenting that IE have so much padding on the time table to make them look good that they are on time. They bought DMUs the 29k class ,or the "Commuter trains" as everyone calls them to replace them over the loco hauled trains from the mid,late '90s to early '00s when the DMUs came along. DMUs are much better suited to short, stop start services like the Maynooth line than a loco hauled train due to better braking and acceleration performance.

But rather than make a more aggressive time table taking full advantage of DMU performance they leave it like a loco service working the line. The DMUs are just crawling around the Maynooth line most of the time and are not being used to their full performance at all. All because IE don't care about service but want to look good while doing the minimum amount of work.

iMADEtheBBC

Zaph wrote: »

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Stop making assumptions. What on earth are you talking about ?

I don't recall responding to you or referring to you.

Butt out.

Zaph

iMADEtheBBC wrote: »

Stop making assumptions. What on earth are you talking about ?

I don't recall responding to you or referring to you.

Butt out.

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stevekavo

iMADEtheBBC wrote: »

Is the overcrowding as bad as it used to be on that line?

In the morning the early trains are usually standing room only by the time it gets to coolmine. The trains should have an extra coach on them to help sort this out.

Polar101

Bump! This was the most recent thread about this I could find.

Does anyone know if there's a chance the station will actually open before we all die of old age? It's been well over a year since the trains started passing the station.

..does anyone else think this is completely ridiculous?

Pat Dunne

I understand that Irish Rail have applied to Fingal Co. Co. for 198 car parking spaces, planning ref, FW11A/0101. Currently Irish Rail have sought and received a time extention for their application until April 2012.

More information: http://planning.fingalcoco.ie/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayURL?theApnID=FW11A/0101

ongarboy

http://www.gazettegroup.com/blan_news.shtml

Irish Rail approve tender for construction of access road to begin in the coming weeks with a Spring 2013 opening. Good news for all Ongar/Hansfield residents!

travist

Great, should be open by about 2015 then...

ongarboy

There is a similar thread in the Commuting and Transport forum but thought I'd post in this one too for interested D15'ers.

I spotted JCBs/diggers/construction gear on the site of the access road to Hansfield train station today so it looks like they've finally made a start on the road construction. Finally, some progress!!