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No Darts between Bray & Dun Laoghaire

  • 18-01-2013 07:19AM
    #1
    sitstill
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    Just was told told this in my station. They said they'll be back around 8.

    This is the third morning since October this has happened and on each occasion there has been heavy rain the night before. Darts can't run when it rains apparently.


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  • #2
    Dante
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    This has happened to me twice in the last week or so between Sutton and Howth Junction, I'm no train guru but I'd say the infrastructure of Irish Rail must be pretty pathetic for this to happen so frequently.


  • #3
    Valetta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭Valetta


    sitstill wrote: »
    Just was told told this in my station. They said they'll be back around 8.

    This is the third morning since October this has happened and on each occasion there has been heavy rain the night before. Darts can't run when it rains apparently.

    So you're saying it has only rained heavily three times since October last? :rolleyes:

    According to traffic reports this morning there was a tree blown on to the tracks.


  • #4
    LXFlyer
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    sitstill wrote: »
    Just was told told this in my station. They said they'll be back around 8.

    This is the third morning since October this has happened and on each occasion there has been heavy rain the night before. Darts can't run when it rains apparently.

    A fallen tree at Dalkey has damaged the overhead power lines.

    Bit difficult to operate with no power!


  • #5
    B0jangles
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    FYI Trains are running again between Bray and Dun Laoghaire as of 11.18, according to the irish Rail website.


  • #6
    sitstill
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    Valetta wrote: »
    So you're saying it has only rained heavily three times since October last? :rolleyes:

    According to traffic reports this morning there was a tree blown on to the tracks.

    Not at all. I am saying however, that the three mornings when there was no Dart, followed a night of heavy rain.


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  • #7
    LeinsterDub
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    lxflyer wrote: »
    A fallen tree at Dalkey has damaged the overhead power lines.

    Bit difficult to operate with no power!

    Cut them down so . Dublin bus trims trees , Dublin airport has measures in place to prevent bird strikes


  • #8
    eigrod
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    They are down again this evening. Flooding in Sandycove.

    As sure as night follows day, DARTs going off south of Dun Laoghaire follows heavy rain.


  • #9
    Losty Dublin
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    LeinsterDub wrote: »
    Cut them down so . Dublin bus trims trees , Dublin airport has measures in place to prevent bird strikes

    Bit hard to do when the trees are on private properties.


  • #10
    LeinsterDub
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    Losty Dublin wrote: »

    Bit hard to do when the trees are on private properties.

    Are the owners responsible for the damage?


  • #11
    Heisenberg1
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    The flooding in Sandycove is the slab track heavy rain and high tide been happening for years.


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  • #12
    Losty Dublin
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    LeinsterDub wrote: »
    Are the owners responsible for the damage?

    Good question to which I don't know the answer.


  • #13
    Hilly Bill
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    LeinsterDub wrote: »
    Are the owners responsible for the damage?

    Ye, but might claim it was an act of god.


  • #14
    Hilly Bill
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    LeinsterDub wrote: »
    Cut them down so . Dublin bus trims trees , Dublin airport has measures in place to prevent bird strikes

    Irish rail have hedgecutters out every now and then and would cut away anything that might pose a danger.


  • #15
    ProudDUB
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    eigrod wrote: »
    They are down again this evening. Flooding in Sandycove.

    As sure as night follows day, DARTs going off south of Dun Laoghaire follows heavy rain.

    In fairness, the DART line hugs the coast line for the most part. It is always going to be impacted more by flooding & high tides due to its coastal location, than say the Dublin to Cork line will be. Not saying that getting stranded by line closures isn't a pain in the you know what, but some times Geography and good old Mother Nature are a pretty lethal combo for commuters.:o


  • #16
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,567 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Just wait till the greystones section falls into the sea, the bitching then! Given the lack of legally required beach nouishment because of the harbour dev the erosion rates have increased alarmingly


  • #17
    eigrod
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    Heavy rain forecast for east coast for next few hours. Hope the DART stays running for the evening !


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