Recent content by dubscottie

22034 working a Belfast diagram today.

Not sure how it works in NI, but the 22 sets fitted with AWS etc are kept near Dublin so set swaps are easy. Usually on Drogheda, Docklands, M3, Maynooth links so they can run to Belfast when needed.

Information and spares. There is zero chance the unions in IE would allow a private company to undertake full maintenance on any train in the ROI.

Any new units would be in service long before any 25kv is installed. I will look for the internal news item but I am sure the plan is - 1500v/battery/diesel 1500v/battery/25kv 1500v/25kv Realistically however 25kv is not going to happen in the next 20 years unless the political/financial...

The info I have is that they will be 1500v DC with battery and diesel initially. The option of removing the diesel and batteries and 25kv equipment installed in the future is a must. 4 tracking between Connolly and Clongriffin is a no go. The option I have been told is more likely is 3 tracking...

I have yet to see a regular plastic leap card which has "expired". I have tons of leap cards that have been in a box for 3 years that were still active last time I checked. From my understanding (I have never seen it happen), should a regular, plastic leap "expire", it can be reactivated simply...

Calm down.. restrictions is the plan. A ferry or plane ticket at point of purchase. When you get someone going to work on a building site in cement covered clothes claims he is a "tourist "...

Regular leap cards will work as normal. Visitor leaps... we will see what the NTA does. I can't say too much here but the issue is people with foreign passports that live and work in Dublin (they claim they are tourists) and those that accommodate the hoards of Spanish school kids during the...

A DMU takes about 10 mins longer than the Enterprise between Dundalk and Newry. The issue is that the vast majority of 22 & 29 units don't have TPWS for operation in NI. The TPWS 22 units are easy to spot as they have black Irishrail logos and are the first few built sets. Same with the 29 units...

Dunfermline Upper until demolished. The sign was dumped, battered and twisted in Ladybank yard until about 2001.

It couldn't run. It was hauled by a 57/3. I can recall from the Railway press at the time, that it spent several weeks in a bay platform in Crewe to train staff.

The option to top up visitor Leap cards may be withdrawn soon as its being abused.

A Guard on Irishrail is different to the UK. Any loco hauled train in Ireland must have a Guard. Any DMU is DOO.

If you book a ticket online for a specific service and its delayed, the full fare (including the outward/return portion) is refunded automatically within days. You only need to fill out the form if you purchased your ticket from a booking office or TVM.

The staff you refer to are CSOs. They only started doing the Belfast trains last year in addition to the usual Sligo/Rosslare. Their main job is to check and sell tickets but they are not RPI/RPO. It is "efficiencies" as part of the pay agreement.