Irish Railway News ‘Enterprise Watch’

[IrishTrainScenes]

4 x 29000s (unconfirmed) worked 09.50 ex Dublin & 13.00 ex Belfast today. Possibly 11.50 & 15.00 also due to DD set AND an ICR Failure.

[GSR 800]

17 minutes ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

4 x 29000s (unconfirmed) worked 09.50 ex Dublin & 13.00 ex Belfast today. Possibly 11.50 & 15.00 also due to DD set AND an ICR Failure.

If ever the 29ks were given a nickname,maybe other than 'cheap as fuck' I think donkeys or mules would be apt

Workhorses of the railway, do everything and anything. Not at all 'glamorous' like the Mark 4s, DDs or ICRs, but usually show up when one of the latter two fails.

And of course they roar like donkeys!

A bit smelly too, just to add.

Edited June 24 by GSR 800

[IrishTrainScenes]

0700 ex Belfast +28mins

1600 ex Belfast is 9004 + 228 only 3 standard carriages 

[Blaine]

13 minutes ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

0700 ex Belfast +28mins

1600 ex Belfast is 9004 + 228 only 3 standard carriages 

Thats the 'spare' set out of Belfast most likely - 1 standard, 1 first class, 1 restaurant and 1 driving car. Wonder if the Head End Power was used given its a short set

[IrishTrainScenes]

Just now, Blaine said:

Thats the 'spare' set out of Belfast most likely - 1 standard, 1 first class, 1 restaurant and 1 driving car. Wonder if the Head End Power was used given its a short set

Full set just missing 1 standard carriage just 

[Blaine]

2 minutes ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

Full set just missing 1 standard carriage just 

Ah - misread it - thought it was 3 coaches in total

[IrishTrainScenes]

1 minute ago, Blaine said:

Ah - misread it - thought it was 3 coaches in total

No worries

[IrishTrainScenes]

0850 ex Dublin +65mins today 

[IrishTrainScenes]

What's the spare 201 atm?

[jhb171achill]

22 minutes ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

What's the spare 201 atm?

Blue 216 has been kickin' around at Connolly shed several days this week. Dunno what's in Belfast. 

[Westcorkrailway]

To those who care about this sort of thing. My enterprise is currently on drogheada (we should have left Dundalk by now) due to a wiper blade coming off 

 Edit: We left at about 5 past 12. 

 

Edited Saturday at 15:08 by Westcorkrailway

[GSR 800]

5 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

To those who care about this sort of thing. My enterprise is currently on drogheada (we should have left Dundalk by now) due to a wiper blade coming off 

 Edit: We left at about 5 past 12. 

 

at least the front didn't fall off

[IrishTrainScenes]

216 noted on 1400 Ex Belfast this afternoon 

[Westcorkrailway]

2 hours ago, GSR 800 said:

at least the front didn't fall off

I was looking at the 29k from my first class seat nervously….

what apeared to happen was they waited for the up Enteprise to arrive and nabbed the wiper off that since they had none spare in drogheada 

[GSR 800]

8 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

I was looking at the 29k from my first class seat nervously….

what apeared to happen was they waited for the up Enteprise to arrive and nabbed the wiper off that since they had none spare in drogheada 

Makes sense, surprised they didn't have it in Drogheda. They've a few in Connolly iirc, almost certainly in Belfast also.

[IrishTrainScenes]

15 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

I was looking at the 29k from my first class seat nervously….

what apeared to happen was they waited for the up Enteprise to arrive and nabbed the wiper off that since they had none spare in drogheada 

I presume you were worried that the set might have been declared a failure?

1205 ex Belfast leaving Platform 7 today 29.06.2025

[IrishTrainScenes]

14:05 Belfast to Connolly held in Dundalk due to a mechanical issue. 

Update to follow. 

Update: 

14:05 Belfast to Connolly will now terminate in Dundalk due to a mechanical issue on the train.

Update: 

14:05 Belfast to Connolly has terminated in Dundalk due to a mechanical issue. 

A replacement train is en route from Drogheda to Dundalk and is expected to arrive in Dundalk at approximately 16:45 hrs. 

Update to follow. 

That must mean a 29K on the 1650 from Connolly but it doesn't report it anywhere atm 

[IrishTrainScenes]

14:05 Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly due 16:15 was terminated at Dundalk and restarted from Dundalk. It has been delayed at Dundalk and is now 80 minutes late.

 

16:50 Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central due 19:00 will be starting late from Dublin Connolly. First class not available. Catering is reduced.

[jhb171achill]

Bring back a Vs and some old bogies....

[jhb171achill]

On 28/6/2025 at 5:14 PM, GSR 800 said:

at least the front didn't fall off

Well, arguably, a bit of it did……!

[IrishTrainScenes]

22027 + 22061 worked 1650xDublin to Drogheda ONLY yesterday where 22038 worked it from Drogheda and the 2005xBelfast.

UID railcar on 0650 this morning but the set from yesterday's Failure is still dumped in Dundalk.

[IrishTrainScenes]

22301 worked 0650xDublin / 1000xBelfast as far as I know the 1250 is an Enterprise set.

Also forgot to mention 233 ran LE from York Road to Grand Central and back yesterday 

[IrishTrainScenes]

Monday 30/06/2025

216 0950 Connolly Belfast

231 1050 Connolly Belfast

[IrishTrainScenes]

18:50 Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central service will not be operating today, 30/6.

228 + 9004 spotted coming off avoiding line approx 1500

[GSR 800]

206 is spare in Connolly 

[IrishTrainScenes]

ICR set 22341 operated the 1600 ex Belfast today 30.06.2025 pics will follow

[IrishTrainScenes]

07.00 Belfast - Dublin – Formed by a 3 Car instead of Enterprise set. First class not available. Catering is reduced.

 

09.50 Dublin - Belfast – Formed by a 3 Car instead of Enterprise set. First class not available. Catering is reduced.

 

08.00 Belfast - Dublin – Formed by a 6 Car instead of Enterprise set. First class not available. Catering is reduced.

 

10.50 Dublin - Belfast – Formed by a 6 Car instead of Enterprise set. First class not available. Catering is reduced.

 

14.00 Belfast - Dublin -– Formed by a 6 Car instead of Enterprise set. First class not available. Catering is reduced.

 

16.50 Dublin - Belfast – Formed by a 6 Car instead of Enterprise set. First class not available. Catering is reduced.

[Tractionman]

Just one 3-car for the Enterprise!

It's pretty rammed at the best of times...

 

[IrishTrainScenes]

Due to operational reasons the 1550 Dublin Connolly - Belfast & 1900 Belfast Grand Central - Dublin will be formed of 3 coaches, 1st+ will not be available & catering reduced.

 

There is only 1 DD set atm on the 0650 diagram. The rest have been covered (at the moment) by CAFs 

[IrishTrainScenes]

14.00 Belfast - Dublin -– Formed by a 6 Car instead of Enterprise set. First class not available. Catering is reduced.

 

15:50 Dublin Connolly - Belfast Grand Central. Will be formed of 3 coaches. First class not available. Catering is reduced.

 

16.50 Dublin - Belfast – Formed by a 6 Car instead of Enterprise set. First class not available. Catering is reduced.

 

19:00 Belfast - Dublin Connolly Will be formed of 3 coaches. First class not available. Catering is reduced.

[jhb171achill]

3 hours ago, Tractionman said:

Just one 3-car for the Enterprise!

It's pretty rammed at the best of times...

 

Utterly disgraceful.

Anyone care to guess what it’s like on Thursday (I’ve to go to Belfast)? Will it be a cattle wagon, a bin lorry or a wheelbarrow?

[Tractionman]

19 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

a cattle wagon

if it's a 3-car CAF it'll be no better than a cattle wagon 

A week or so back I was on a northbound 16.50 and it was full DD Enterprise but still standing room only by the time we keft Connolly and only really thinned out in my coach at Newry. I normally try to avoid the 16.50 as it is basically a commuter service for Drogheda and Dundalk and so gets overloaded. Plus, from the north I can't book seats for the Enterprise unless I go 1st class... though at the mo it looks like even 1st class will be no guarantee of getting a seat

[jhb171achill]

2 minutes ago, Tractionman said:

if it's a 3-car CAF it'll be no better than a cattle wagon 

A week or so back I was on a northbound 16.50 and it was full DD Enterprise but still standing room only by the time we keft Connolly and only really thinned out in my coach at Newry. I normally try to avoid the 16.50 as it is basically a commuter service for Drogheda and Dundalk and so gets overloaded. Plus, from the north I can't book seats for the Enterprise unless I go 1st class... though at the mo it looks like even 1st class will be no guarantee of getting a seat

I went first a while back, but the train was a railcar. I told IE I wanted a refund, and while I got it, it took about 2 weeks and involved a bit of a palaver online; sufficiently user-unfriendly to deter anyone nit that “techy” from bothering to apply at all; not acceptable.

[GSR 800]

14.50 was NIR CAF 3003+3002

206 still on shed.

[IrishTrainScenes]

59 minutes ago, GSR 800 said:

14.50 was NIR CAF 3003+3002

206 still on shed.

Seen them on the 1200 ex Belfast