Irish Rail New Proposed Timetable - August 2024

forget it i give up, posts not quoting again.

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given that the change is for change sake and is about ideology and providing minimal service and capacity to the line, the reality is that yes sufficient people will be opposed to this unnecessary change as they will realize that better can be delivered, and enough of us will get the message out there that this is a service proposal based on stifleing growth of the line.
essentially, this is a form of the discredited no growth models as practiced in britain on both the welsh and borders and northern railways franchises in the past.
wasting time trialling something that will fail to get passengers used to something they aren't interested in, that is ideology based, is a waste of everyone's time.
the only reason people are supporting this nonsense is ideology, the same reason it would be implemented, people who don't use the services forcing more **** services on a line that has always had **** services because shur that is the way it has always been done.
even if it was the case that it was just a vocal minority opposed and from what i see that's not the case, they are right because they can see this for what it actually is and they know better can and will ultimately be delivered.

There isn't really a driver shortage any more.

That's incorrect. There's enough drivers for a weekend PPT service, and enough for Rosslare, as well as other Intercity routes. It's not a lack of drivers that's curtailing the services you mentioned.

I do indeed. 😂

And of course the IT headline sells it as a big negative without saying that was the option commuters picked or the reason why they picked it.

The news article outlining the changes and rationale for other changes not happening is online now too:

https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/news/New-Timetable-2024

The PPT services terminating at Connolly might have had the largest responses to the consultation, but the explanation tells you that there would have been a much larger objection if they’d changed the Maynooth or Northern services to terminate at Connolly as a result - the numbers on those trains are far in excess of the PPT.

You can’t please everyone no matter what happens with timetable changes.

For the new Wexford change, does that imply that the 21:25 Wexford/Gorey train will physically be attached to the train running the 22:05 Gorey/Connolly service (assuming they're both operated by the same train type)? Or is it the case that passengers will transfer at Gorey and then the Wexford train will go special to Connolly.

No as the Wexford set overnights in Gorey to operate the commuter service next morning.

At the moment it runs empty from Wexford to Gorey.

Darts seem to be taking longer again. Trains now leave Greystones 3 minutes earlier, and arrive in Tara Street 1 minute later. Yes, it's only 4 minutes difference, but the same thing happened that last time they adjusted the timetable. And that's before they account for the new station at Woodbrook whenever that opens).

Response 16 says otherwise at the bottom of the link below.