Irish Rail reverting to its old timetable today following controversy [Video]

IN THE WAKE of overwhelming dissent regarding Irish Rail’s revamped timetable, today marks a return to the previously held timetable – with a few minor changes.

From today, the morning Connolly route services will revert to the pre-26 August service patterns. Irish Rail said that this will “rebalance the timetable” while accommodating improved frequency on a number of Intercity routes, including the Dublin to Belfast route.

From today, the most significant changes to the timetable will be as follows:

• Trains which previously terminated at Pearse, Grand Canal Dock and Bray will resume operation to and from these stations.
• Revised running times on a number of Belfast services, including changes to times on the 06:00am and 07:00am Belfast to Dublin services, arriving to Dublin at 08:23am and 09:20am respectively.

“As well as improving punctuality for Commuter services, this will enable a key gap in the Northern Commuter morning service to be …