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26/10/2009
Dublin Train Soon 'Back On Track'
Irish Rail has moved faster than anticipated to bring the inter-city Enterprise train service from Belfast to Dublin back to normal within weeks.
By 16 November the service - which has been severely disrupted since a viaduct at Malahide collapsed in August - will be back to 'full steam ahead'.
Since the collapse of a bridge over an estuary near the Irish capital passengers have had to be bussed between Drogheda and Dublin.
As a result, there has been a 60% drop in passenger numbers since the collapse of the viaduct.
Today however, Iarnród Éireann spokesman Barry Kenny said they would be working hard to win passengers back.
"When we start back on schedule for 16 November, it will be the full service again on the Enterprise and we are working with Translink," he said.
"We are also quite pleased we are going to have the service back ahead of the Christmas season," he said.
After the shock railway embankment and bridge failure, commuters who normally use the Belfast to Dublin rail line were warned to add around 30 minutes to their journey time.
However, the prospect of leaving the train and joining a bus in both directions put large numbers of cross-border passengers off, even though Iarnród Éireann said extra buses for passengers affected by damage on part of the Belfast-Dublin railway line were provided.
See: Disaster Averted As Rail Bridge Fails
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(BMcC/KMcA)
By 16 November the service - which has been severely disrupted since a viaduct at Malahide collapsed in August - will be back to 'full steam ahead'.
Since the collapse of a bridge over an estuary near the Irish capital passengers have had to be bussed between Drogheda and Dublin.
As a result, there has been a 60% drop in passenger numbers since the collapse of the viaduct.
Today however, Iarnród Éireann spokesman Barry Kenny said they would be working hard to win passengers back.
"When we start back on schedule for 16 November, it will be the full service again on the Enterprise and we are working with Translink," he said.
"We are also quite pleased we are going to have the service back ahead of the Christmas season," he said.
After the shock railway embankment and bridge failure, commuters who normally use the Belfast to Dublin rail line were warned to add around 30 minutes to their journey time.
However, the prospect of leaving the train and joining a bus in both directions put large numbers of cross-border passengers off, even though Iarnród Éireann said extra buses for passengers affected by damage on part of the Belfast-Dublin railway line were provided.
See: Disaster Averted As Rail Bridge Fails
See: Has Marketing Been Derailed?
(BMcC/KMcA)
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The first Enterprise train from Belfast to Dublin in months has arrived in Connolly Station, Dublin. Following weeks of repairs after the track collapsed into the sea last August - when a major disaster was narrowly averted after 20 metres of rail track in north Dublin began to give way - passengers have been bussed around the break.
Enterprise Back On Track
The first Enterprise train from Belfast to Dublin in months has arrived in Connolly Station, Dublin. Following weeks of repairs after the track collapsed into the sea last August - when a major disaster was narrowly averted after 20 metres of rail track in north Dublin began to give way - passengers have been bussed around the break.
30 January 2009
Relief As Stranded HSS Passengers Get Home
After more than 24 hours on board the HSS ferry just yards off its berth in Scotland, passengers returning to Belfast have spoken of their relief to be back on dry land.
Relief As Stranded HSS Passengers Get Home
After more than 24 hours on board the HSS ferry just yards off its berth in Scotland, passengers returning to Belfast have spoken of their relief to be back on dry land.
24 August 2009
Disaster Averted As Rail Bridge Fails
A major rail bridge has collapsed into an Irish river. Alongside news that the Belfast to Dublin Enterprise service (pictured) will be disrupted for at least three months - following the collapse of the flood-hit railway viaduct - details of how near services came to disaster have emerged.
Disaster Averted As Rail Bridge Fails
A major rail bridge has collapsed into an Irish river. Alongside news that the Belfast to Dublin Enterprise service (pictured) will be disrupted for at least three months - following the collapse of the flood-hit railway viaduct - details of how near services came to disaster have emerged.
02 August 2013
5% Back Seat Passengers Don't Wear Seat Belt
Five percent of backseat passengers in Northern Ireland's cars do not wear a seat belt, according to a new report. The Northern Ireland Survey of Seat Belt Wearing shows that, overall, wearing rates in 2013 remain high at 98%. However, it found that back-seat wearing rates are lower, at 95%.
5% Back Seat Passengers Don't Wear Seat Belt
Five percent of backseat passengers in Northern Ireland's cars do not wear a seat belt, according to a new report. The Northern Ireland Survey of Seat Belt Wearing shows that, overall, wearing rates in 2013 remain high at 98%. However, it found that back-seat wearing rates are lower, at 95%.
28 August 2007
Belfast Laundry Gutted By Fire
A fire has almost completely destroyed an industrial laundry in south Belfast on Monday night. A blaze at Standard Laundry on Donegall Avenue was put out at around 9.30pm on Monday night, however, the fire and rescue service was called back shortly before 1.00am on Tuesday morning following reports that the laundry was on fire again.
Belfast Laundry Gutted By Fire
A fire has almost completely destroyed an industrial laundry in south Belfast on Monday night. A blaze at Standard Laundry on Donegall Avenue was put out at around 9.30pm on Monday night, however, the fire and rescue service was called back shortly before 1.00am on Tuesday morning following reports that the laundry was on fire again.
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