Kildare Route Project 4 track Ireland

[commuter29000]

Hello everyone, this is my first post on the Rail UK Forums.
The Kildare Route Project is the only 4 track section in Ireland running between Parkwest, Dublin and Hazelhatch, County Kildare. Over the last few months I have filmed parallel races and over takings at Stacumny Bridge and Adamstown station.
Here are two examples of the four track in action taken yesterday:

- September 22nd at 15.42
Out of service 22032 overtakes 22052 on a Commuter service from Newbridge to Heuston.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkryL2UWY6A&list=UUk_Gqwcvyh-AX5xVqwkekKw&index=0&feature=plcp

- September 22nd at 15.14
201 with MK4 set on the out fast going to Cork and 22027 from Waterford on the in fast overtakes 22038 on the in slow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx-UGe7dRXM&feature=plcp

Regards
Edmund

 

[Con]

Hello everyone, this is my first post on the Rail UK Forums.
The Kildare Route Project is the only 4 track section in Ireland running between Parkwest, Dublin and Hazelhatch, County Kildare. Over the last few months I have filmed parallel races and over takings at Stacumny Bridge and Adamstown station.
Here are two examples of the four track in action taken yesterday:

- September 22nd at 15.42
Out of service 22032 overtakes 22052 on a Commuter service from Newbridge to Heuston.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkryL2UWY6A&list=UUk_Gqwcvyh-AX5xVqwkekKw&index=0&feature=plcp

- September 22nd at 15.14
201 with MK4 set on the out fast going to Cork and 22027 from Waterford on the in fast overtakes 22038 on the in slow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx-UGe7dRXM&feature=plcp

Regards
Edmund

"The Hatch", as it is known, is my local station. While the four-tracking has been a necessary improvement it was sold to us as the basis of a fifteen-minute service into Heuston and ultimately we would have a DART service linking to Howth via the DART Underground. Both projects have been postponed indefinitely but there have been some improvements in frequency in the mornings and evenings filling some annoying gaps in the schedule. Given the economic situation here that is as much as we can expect for the foreseeable future, but one aspect that has definitely put off users has been the imposition of car park charging. €3/€10 per week has scuttled a good deal of use of the service and the bus links to Celbridge, operated under contract, remain extremely low key to the point that only a handful know of their existence and use them.

There is a service on Sundays but it is very infrequent and of no practical use, to the extent that I would use the nearby Maynooth - Connolly - Pearse service instead.