Irish Railway News ‘Enterprise Watch’

[IrishTrainScenes]

On 27/6/2025 at 6:37 PM, jhb171achill said:

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

233 is in Belfast 

[IrishTrainScenes]

1900 was 22301

[jhb171achill]

Saw an NIR 3-car railcar heading north earlier this evening. I'm thinking my Thursday trip will be by car.

[IrishTrainScenes]

10 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Saw an NIR 3-car railcar heading north earlier this evening. I'm thinking my Thursday trip will be by car.

All DD sets in service this morning 

[IrishTrainScenes]

Ah Jaysus - spoke too soon

[GSR 800]

3003+3002 on 14.50 ex Connolly 

[IrishTrainScenes]

2 hours ago, GSR 800 said:

3003+3002 on 14.50 ex Connolly 

That's a booked roster.

It turns out one set (9004) has been taken out of service as it needs its bogies replaced.

No idea why 9002 is out of service so 9003 the only one in service.

 

[IrishTrainScenes]

@jhb171achillyour best hope of a DD is probably the 0650 or 1250

[jhb171achill]

49 minutes ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

@jhb171achillyour best hope of a DD is probably the 0650 or 1250

Aaarrghgh

 

I'm probably on the 10:50..............

[IrishTrainScenes]

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

Aaarrghgh

 

I'm probably on the 10:50..............

The DD set MIGHT be back tomorrow but I wouldn't get my hopes up. 

[jhb171achill]

1 minute ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

The DD set MIGHT be back tomorrow but I wouldn't get my hopes up. 

What about the 09:50?

 

[NIRCLASS80]

9004 is in service tomorrow. 9002 is on test tomorrow. 

[Darrman]

Sounds like I dodged a bullet yesterday: the 10am from Belfast was a DD and there was no trouble beyond an obligatory stuck-behind-a-Dart for the last few miles. I had actually booked the 2pm from Dublin to Cork accounting for Enterprise unreliability but I'd have made the 1pm. 

I must say, the breakfast waffles are very very sweet!

[IrishTrainScenes]

7 hours ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

9004 is in service tomorrow. 9002 is on test tomorrow. 

Definitely?

[jhb171achill]

10:50 is an oul railcar. NIR thing, but at least it’s not a 29.

[Mol_PMB]

17 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

10:50 is an oul railcar. NIR thing, but at least it’s not a 29.

"oul railcar. NIR thing"... 

Sometimes I wonder whether I was born about 100 years too late.

[airfixfan]

9002 seen on test at Whiteabbey this morning

[jhb171achill]

4pm leaving from Maysfields Cattle Sidings Lanyon Central. Gawwd knows what it will be. A 2-car 26 diverted from Little Island - Carrigaloe?

[Mol_PMB]

1 minute ago, jhb171achill said:

4pm leaving from Maysfields Cattle Sidings Lanyon Central. Gawwd knows what it will be. A 2-car 26 diverted from Little Island - Carrigaloe?

It could be coming through from Whitehead - a blue 4-4-0 with a rake of green Mk2 coaches?

[IrishTrainScenes]

19 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

4pm leaving from Maysfields Cattle Sidings Lanyon Central. Gawwd knows what it will be. A 2-car 26 diverted from Little Island - Carrigaloe?

More likely 9002+231 as was on test 

[GSR 800]

4 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

10:50 is an oul railcar. NIR thing, but at least it’s not a 29.

Glory to the 29s!

[airfixfan]

Was 231 this morning but went to Antrim

[IrishTrainScenes]

The following Enterprise services will not operate today, 03/07/2025:

 

16:00 Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly 
18:50 Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central 

 

52 minutes ago, airfixfan said:

Was 231 this morning but went to Antrim

It went to Antrim???

[jhb171achill]

Well, there’s wasn’t a 4pm.

At 15:25, an announcement at the soviet cigarette factory told us all to go to Lanyon on a local, as the 16:00 was going from there. Over the next 50 minutes, numerous empty NIR sets went through without stopping, all towards the new terminus; and one DD (228) went empty towards York Road. No explanations, and staff on the ground knew nothing. At 16:50 we were told to hurry round (back) to Grand Soviet to get the 17:00, which is an ICR with no tea trolley, or, unusually for an ICR, no internet.

NEXT time, car. 

Edited 40 minutes ago by jhb171achill

[Mol_PMB]

2 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Well, there’s wasn’t a 4pm.

At 15:25, an announcement at the soviet cigarette factory told us all to go to Lanyon on a local, as the 16:00 was going from there. Over the next 50 minutes, numerous empty NIR sets went through without stopping, all towards the new terminus; and one DD (228) went empty towards York Road. No explanations, and staff on the ground knew nothing. At 16:50 we were told to hurry round to Grand Soviet to get the 17:00, which is an ICR with no tea trolley.

NEXT time, car. 

A classic example of how to drive away custom. Ideally everything would run smoothly, although most people accept that things go wrong from time to time. But misleading or absent information during times of service disruption is extremely frustrating.

Must do better!

[jhb171achill]

12 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

A classic example of how to drive away custom. Ideally everything would run smoothly, although most people accept that things go wrong from time to time. But misleading or absent information during times of service disruption is extremely frustrating.

Must do better!

There was even more to it today, but I didn’t want to labour the point!

Sooner both governments cough up for a complete new fleet, the better!

[IrishTrainScenes]

18 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

There was even more to it today, but I didn’t want to labour the point!

Sooner both governments cough up for a complete new fleet, the better!

6 x CAF was 1050 due to set being trialled to Templepatrick