Heavy Snow Shuts Irish Rail, LUAS and Bus Services.
Today, 2 March 2018, public transport was suspended across the Republic of Ireland. Irish Rail stopped operating trains yesterday afternoon.
Earlier today I made a cursory inspection of Dublin’s Heuston Station.
Drifts covered the line at Islandbridge Junction; trains were idle at the Heuston yards; the LUAS tram tracks were completely covered, and buses were idle at the Conyngham Road bus garage.
I’ve heard that there’s greater amounts of snow inland. In many places roads are impassible. Air travel has been grounded.
Reports from Northern Ireland indicate that NI Railways continues to provide service, possibly with some delays.
My photos were exposed digitally using Lumix LX7 and FujiFilm XT1 cameras.
Tracking the Light Posts Daily.
Sadly, today the T would switch to their “reduced service” schedule and Keolis would still manage to run half of those trains late and cancel a bunch of others.
I particularly like the composition of the Steeven’s Lane photo
In New England this would be an inconsequential dusting that would hardly merit a mention. At least in the 1980s when I lived there.
It is too bad they can’t barrow UP’s rotary snow plow. That would be quite a sight, wouldn’t it?
I.E. is becoming a like like the L.I.R.R. when
it comes to operating in adverse weather conditions…! Running equipment back and forth at reduced speeds goes a long way to keeping the right of way clear. Did anybody actually check the Dublin/Cork mainline to see how deep the drifts were???