Irish Rail’s Broken Promises | Dublin News

Caught up with the conductor who helped me back in October—turns out he nabbed a suitcase-snatching suspect who boarded in Tullamore with no bag and lied about his identity. But while that’s a small win, Irish Rail’s bigger problems are mounting: a 50 million euro write-down from a failing traffic system, record-breaking passenger numbers, and still no food carts on trains—even though they’re blaming COVID. Digital boards? Often broken. Booking? A mess. Wi-Fi? Spotty. AC? Hit or miss. Customer service? A nightmare. And while they dream of electrified lines and reopened routes, the system’s outdated, Dublin-centric, and way behind Europe—only 3% of journeys are rail, 3% electrified, while the EU averages 8% and 57%. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/cd97d02ef43ba002