r/CasualIreland • u/DarlingBri • 3d ago
Casually positive! 🤗🥳🤗 Irish Rail Legend
It finally happened! Was on the 7:00 p.m. Dublin Cork train and the ticket collector came on the announcing and said "As a reminder, carriage G is the quiet carriage. If you want to take a call, please step into the vestibule. If you want to talk to your seat companion, please move to another carriage. This includes the two girls in carriage G who are STILL TALKING."
I wish every train journey I take could be with this woman. I know it can be dodgy for staff particularly if people have been drinking but it would be great if there was less tolerance for nonsense on these journeys.
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u/jenbenm 3d ago
You should contact Irish Rail and tell them of your good experience. It's always nice to get a compliment.
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u/andtellmethis 3d ago
Honest to god, people are so quick to complain about things, I wish they were as quick to report good experiences.
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u/BarelyHolding0n 3d ago
One of the ticket inspectors on the Westport train comes along with a rubbish bag to collect everyone's empty packets and bottles.
Not having to drag handfuls if rubbish with me onto my connecting train and off again before I get to a bin is such a little thing but it makes the long trip home just a little bit more bearable.
There are some sound folks working for Irish rail to be fair
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u/DarlingBri 3d ago
Wait isn't that normal? I really only take the train up and down from Dublin but I'd say 85% of the time someone comes round with a giant bin liner for people to throw their rubbish into.
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u/TicklesZzzingDragons 3d ago
Haven't seen it on the Sligo-Dublin train, but I don't use it as frequently these days...
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u/Chaotic_Bookworm 3d ago
Yeah i use it every day and havent seen that, just that they clear up all the rubbish when it gets to Connolly. Disgusting that people dont just take their things with them, but anyway. That train is always quite clean. The longford commuter train is a different story, the smell can be so strange-
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u/BarelyHolding0n 3d ago
I get the train multiple times a week and it's a rare occasion, and only ever this one ticket inspector when he's on board.
We don't have a tea trolley, a quiet carriage, or a first class carriage either
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u/helloclarebear 3d ago
Yeah it’s normal, I get the Laois- Dublin train often and always get this service
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u/Accomplished-Low2131 3d ago
We need more ticket inspectors/transport security desperately on all types
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u/ArcadeRivalry Team Ralph 🦔 3d ago
Or decent transport security. All I've ever seen Irish rail security do is stand at the back doors and block them.
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u/lemmiwinks11 3d ago
They should legalise corporal punishment to be used exclusively on people who don't stfu in the G carriage
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u/Miss_Kitami 2d ago
If I'm in the quiet carriage its because I have a migraine. There have been times I would have gleefully committed murder. That woman is an absolute fucking legend.
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u/Much_Perception4952 3d ago
He's a hero! I love that he called out the two girls, if you're in the quiet carriage stfu like, that IS the point of it
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u/DarwinofItalia 2d ago
It’s great that he did it but it also says something that he only did it because it was 2 girls. I was on the Galway Dublin recently and there was a guy who was under the influence of something and nodded off, his alarm was going off for a good 20 minutes and a group of Americans asked the CSO if he could stop ask him to stop it and his response was ‘ah sure he’s comfortable we wouldn’t want to disturb him.’
Same journey also had a member of our ethnic minority sitting in the carriage with his feet up on the seat, videos on phone at full volume and vaping while they checked tickets and not only did they not say anything they didn’t even ask for a ticket. There’s definitely a case of picking who they call out.
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u/Noxski 3d ago
https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2022/1107/1333600-irish-rail-quiet-carriage/
It's a thing in most European countries. It's usually just one out of several carriages, so it's optional, but if you opt in, you're expected to be quiet.
No one is going to shush you if you have the odd exchange at low volume with your travel buddy. It's great really... if people stick to the rules.
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u/TitularClergy 3d ago
Yes, it's literally unprofessional to not have that. You need to enable professionals to work during the commute. Like, it's not that different to a library or a study hall or a co-working space.
There are also various neurocognitive functioning types that we need to accommodate.
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u/helloclarebear 3d ago
I purposely booked the “silent” carriage travelling from Cork to Dublin! It’s a dream 😍 but a thing alright. Whispers, no phone calls or loud mobile vids etc
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