r/irelandtransport

Iarnród Éireann is bringing back catering trolleys on selected Dublin/Galway trains from Monday 24th August as part of six-month commercial pilot.

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//Work on the 10 crossings are set to be completed by September, while an additional 10 crossings will be built by the end of the year. 
The new crossings will be different to those traditionally seen on Irish roads, as they will not have flashing amber lights and will be more in line with those seen in other European cities like Paris and Lisbon.//

>Figures provided by the NTA also show that expenditure on BusConnects nationwide dropped by €80m to €156.1m in 2025. Jeremy Ryan, director of public transport at the NTA, insisted it is “continuing to invest in capacity, punctuality and reliability improvements during 2026 in the face of rising congestion and passenger demand”.
However, he admitted the expansion of routes is being limited by funding. Mr Ryan also said further projects will only be delivered if sufficient money is allocated.

//In one case at Stillorgan in May, a teenager’s coat was trapped as a tram departed. She ran alongside the tram before falling on her face, and was taken to hospital with deep lacerations on her face and grazes to her knees and hands.

In another incident, a dog owner was dragged along the platform after the animal boarded and the lead became trapped in the door; while in a separate case, someone’s fingers were trapped in the tram’s doors with a passenger onboard pushing their fingers out from inside the tram. 

The final case saw a bag placed between the doors of the tram with two passengers running alongside the tram holding onto the bag before it stopped.//

Do other people have this same experience getting trains during peak times. As Irish people we are considered to be incredibly friendly and polite in our nature which is generally true but I’m seeing such a lack of basic human respect on public transport. If I’m on a train and a big crowd gets on more often than not if I see elderly people left standing I’m not seeing anyone lift an eye or an arse cheek to get up and let them sit down. I get the train to and from college every week so as a regular commuter these aren’t just isolated incidents. Everyone is so buried in their phones that they act like they’re immune to the people around them. If Im sitting in a priority seat at the front I get up the second I see the train will be busy, and if im in a regular seat and there’s an elderly/pregnant/disabled person getting on I give them my seat. This doesn’t make me some kind of hero this is just what I believe to be the bog standard level of consideration we should have for each other. Of course hidden disabilities exist but it can’t be all 100 people in the carriage. Dont get me started on people who hog two seats for their precious bag to have its own throne.

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>The control centre, intended to manage all train movements on the national network, was approved by the NTA as an Iarnród Eireann project in July 2019. Expenditure on the project to the end of last year was €148.3m, with a further €12.2m committed.