Irish Railway News ‘Enterprise Watch’

[Mol_PMB]

1 minute ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

I am going to Dublin by Enterprise on Feb 12th… 1000  ex Belfast and back on the 15th on the 1050… And I better have a DD.

You display great confidence that those services will run at all, and with adequate capacity for you to get on board!

[IrishTrainScenes]

Just now, Mol_PMB said:

You display great confidence that those services will run at all, and with adequate capacity for you to get on board!

I remember one time at Lanyon Place waiting to get the Enterprise and a FOUR CAR 29000 turns up in its place…

[Mol_PMB]

Just now, IrishTrainScenes said:

I remember one time at Lanyon Place waiting to get the Enterprise and a FOUR CAR 29000 turns up in its place…

I haven't been on the Enterprise for some years, last time I did it was a 6-car 80 subbing for the DD which gives you an idea how long ago it was! I've almost regained some of my hearing.

But the last couple of times I've tried to go from Manchester to London (nominally a direct 2-hour journey with 2 or 3 trains an hour) it has taken 4 or 5 hours and I've ended up standing all the way. I've lost all confidence in train travel, despite having to rely on it as I don't drive.

[NIRCLASS80]

14 minutes ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

I am going to Dublin by Enterprise on Feb 12th… 1000  ex Belfast and back on the 15th on the 1050… And I better have a DD.

According to the IE website there will be a line closure between Newry and Dublin from 19th to 21st April.

Both DD services. They will make it. 100%. I’ll make sure!

[airfixfan]

Many failures last time I got the Enterprise it was a 3 car ICR!

[IrishTrainScenes]

Just now, airfixfan said:

Many failures last time I got the Enterprise it was a 3 car ICR!

Was there atleast catering?

[NIRCLASS80]

I love the positive vibes this thread has. It always goes down the same hole. 
The DD mileage per casualty is as good as any other service with 30 year old loco hauled stock. 
The Transport for Wales class 67 mk4 combination has a worse failure rate but are often able to hide this as they have a lower availability requirement. 
The 201’s have had a pounding with 30 years front line service. 
 

Soon we will all complain about the new enterprise stock being a plastic bucket and not a real train.

[DJ Dangerous]

35 minutes ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

I love the positive vibes this thread has. It always goes down the same hole. 
The DD mileage per casualty is as good as any other service with 30 year old loco hauled stock. 
The Transport for Wales class 67 mk4 combination has a worse failure rate but are often able to hide this as they have a lower availability requirement. 
The 201’s have had a pounding with 30 years front line service. 
 

Soon we will all complain about the new enterprise stock being a plastic bucket and not a real train.

Thank you!

[NIRCLASS80]

14 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Thank you!

Thanks DJ.   When you’re one of the staff on the front line everyday this sort of nonsense gets tiresome. 

Edited Saturday at 21:09 by NIRCLASS80

[airfixfan]

1 hour ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

Was there atleast catering?

No it was rammed leaving Belfast buses for passengers from Newry on a Saturday morning 2

[DJ Dangerous]

2 minutes ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

Thanks DJ.   When you’re one of the staff on the coal face everyday this sort of nonsense gets tiresome. 

Coal face?

Is that a “Canaries” joke?

[GSR 800]

47 minutes ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

I love the positive vibes this thread has. It always goes down the same hole. 
The DD mileage per casualty is as good as any other service with 30 year old loco hauled stock. 
The Transport for Wales class 67 mk4 combination has a worse failure rate but are often able to hide this as they have a lower availability requirement. 
The 201’s have had a pounding with 30 years front line service. 
 

Soon we will all complain about the new enterprise stock being a plastic bucket and not a real train.

And with the hourly service are being asked to do much more in their old age.

Don't really know what people expect, if a DD or 6-car ICR goes down, there's only so much regulators and inspectors can do to juggle around and figure out what they can make up the train with. If you've bought first class you should be refunded for the difference.

Regarding seating, sometimes the reservation system doesn't work (usually some kind of technical issue when they change ends) but otherwise, if you've booked a seat and somebody is sitting in it, you can tell them its your seat. If they are the very occasional prick who doesn't care and wants to hog, the CSO will tell them what's what. People are not telepathic.

 

I cannot speak to what its like in England.