Bigbro's foray into the scary world of blogging
...or, how to leave my house in Balbriggan at 1pm and still miss a 3pm train from Heuston. Where was the 1:35pm train from Balbriggan, for example? I didn't see it. Neither did any of the other people waiting on the platform. There was no notice or announcement that this service would be late or cancelled. I guess it's more fun to just play public-transport-roulette.
The 1:50pm train arrived promptly, but decided to park for 15 minutes just outside Connelly station, rendering it now even less likely I was going to be able to get to Heuston by 3pm.
The final straw was missing the Luas due to the ticket machines being so slow and the queues being so large. It's a major f**king station people! Maybe more than 2 ticket machines might be an idea. Alternatively, there's huge ptoentials for reducing transaction time per customer. If anyone dealing with the Luas ticketting system is reading this, I'm happy to consult. I know SFA about ticketting systems, but I'm pretty sure I could do a less crap job.
It's now 3pm and I've made it as far as the Jervis shopping centre. 2 hours to get to the city centre. That's impressively poor, even by Irish standards I think.
I'm probably not going to get a Limerick train for another 2 hours, resulting in me spending approximately 7 hours getting from Dublin to Limerick, including waiting times. Wow! Sucky!
There is no excuse for a level of service this poor. Ireland is a small country. The infrastructure could easily be made to link up better and work more reliably. I'll certainly be pointing this out to politicians who want my vote. Why don't you do the same and maybe I won't have to emigrate again to enjoy a level of public transport that exceeds my moderate expectations of competence.
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