airfixfan Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 Today the 10.00 Enterprise to Dundalk worked by a 3 car ICR .. Packed and standing before Portadown. First ICR seen in service at GeNd Central Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 First 3 car ICR to use Grand Central. Set 001 still in use last night did the 20.00 to Dundalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractionman Posted Monday at 21:46 Share Posted Monday at 21:46 Just seen this Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly: 06:00, 07:00*, 08:00, 09:00*, 10:00, 11:00*, 12:00, 13:00*, 14:00, 15:00*, 16:00, 17:00*, 18:00, 19:00, 21:00* Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central: 05:50*, 06:50, 07:40*, 08:50, 09:50*, 10:50, 11:50*, 12:50, 13:50*, 14:50, 15:50*, 16:50, 17:50*, 18:50, 20:50 Sundays Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly: 08:05~, 10:05, 12:05, 14:05*, 16:05, 17:05, 18:05, 20:05* Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central: 08:50*, 10:50, 12:50, 13:50, 14:50, 16:50, 18:50, 20:50* The expanded service will be operated by the existing Enterprise fleet, trains from Iarnród Éireann’s expanded Intercity railcar fleet, and trains from Translink’s Regional Train fleet. The full timetable is available on the website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted Monday at 22:20 Share Posted Monday at 22:20 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Tractionman said: Just seen this Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly: 06:00, 07:00*, 08:00, 09:00*, 10:00, 11:00*, 12:00, 13:00*, 14:00, 15:00*, 16:00, 17:00*, 18:00, 19:00, 21:00* Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central: 05:50*, 06:50, 07:40*, 08:50, 09:50*, 10:50, 11:50*, 12:50, 13:50*, 14:50, 15:50*, 16:50, 17:50*, 18:50, 20:50 Sundays Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly: 08:05~, 10:05, 12:05, 14:05*, 16:05, 17:05, 18:05, 20:05* Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central: 08:50*, 10:50, 12:50, 13:50, 14:50, 16:50, 18:50, 20:50* The expanded service will be operated by the existing Enterprise fleet, trains from Iarnród Éireann’s expanded Intercity railcar fleet, and trains from Translink’s Regional Train fleet. The full timetable is available on the website Is there an easy or obvious way of telling which services are which; DDs, ICRs, or NIR railcars? Is that what the asterisks are? Edited Monday at 22:21 by jhb171achill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractionman Posted Monday at 23:10 Share Posted Monday at 23:10 (edited) Interestingly the Translink timetable online does not specify, that inf I quoted came from a media report, but it did not say what the notation refers to unfortunately. Correction!! "Service details (* denotes new service) All trains serve Dublin Connolly, Drogheda, Dundalk, Newry, Portadown and Belfast Grand Central. ~denotes also serves Lurgan and Lisburn." Edited Monday at 23:16 by Tractionman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted Monday at 23:19 Share Posted Monday at 23:19 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Tractionman said: Interestingly the Translink timetable online does not specify, that inf I quoted came from a media report, but it did not say what the notation refers to unfortunately. Correction!! "Service details (* denotes new service) All trains serve Dublin Connolly, Drogheda, Dundalk, Newry, Portadown and Belfast Grand Central. ~denotes also serves Lurgan and Lisburn." They really should make this clear. There is a massive difference in service standards between an NIR railcar without even a tea trolley, like I was on last week, and a De Deitrich with a trolley, cooked food and first class. Other railway administrations distinguish such things in timetables and advertising. And woe betide us if there isn't a free ICR and they put a 29 class thing on it - tatty interiors without even decent seats! If I can get info, I'll post it here; I will be attempting to find out so that I can avoid the railcars. It is likely I'll be using this service from time to time in the coming year. Edited Monday at 23:28 by jhb171achill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted Tuesday at 10:04 Share Posted Tuesday at 10:04 Was on a 3 coach ICR last Saturday from Belfast not pleasant and tea trolley stuckmin leading coach. First trains from Belfast and Dublin are booked for railcars 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted Tuesday at 15:30 Share Posted Tuesday at 15:30 5 hours ago, airfixfan said: Was on a 3 coach ICR last Saturday from Belfast not pleasant and tea trolley stuckmin leading coach. First trains from Belfast and Dublin are booked for railcars So ICR from Dublin and 3k from Belfast, plus their returns - 3rd train each way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixfan Posted Tuesday at 20:15 Share Posted Tuesday at 20:15 Bus substitution as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIRCLASS80 Posted Tuesday at 22:09 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:09 Major signalling fault around the Howth Junction area this evening. These things happen. Safety first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishTrainScenes Posted Wednesday at 15:22 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 15:22 17 hours ago, NIRCLASS80 said: Major signalling fault around the Howth Junction area this evening. These things happen. Safety first. ^That explains why the 2100 Dublin was a C3k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted Wednesday at 19:46 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:46 Gawd be with the days when it was steam - one of my earliest memories being in a train of GNR coaches behind 207, probably. That’s 207 the Vs class 4.4.0, not the modern thing! For some reason I do remember it sat at Portadown for quite a while. The journey in the other direction was an ex-GNR AEC railcar set with a flickery light above my seat…. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishTrainScenes Posted 21 hours ago Author Share Posted 21 hours ago The following trains were delayed on Tuesday: 16:50 Dublin-Belfast 17:50 Dublin-Belfast 18:50 Dublin-Belfast 20:50 Dublin-Belfast 21:00 Belfast- Dublin https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2ejdp7lpo The article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
226 Abhann na Suire Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago On 28/10/2024 at 10:20 PM, jhb171achill said: Is there an easy or obvious way of telling which services are which; DDs, ICRs, or NIR railcars? Is that what the asterisks are? Here’s the full list :)) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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