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    A sunny day in Dublin where getting home from the beach is like Dunkirk

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    2. NectarineNegative769 on

      Traffic nuts but the boardwalk is excellent for cycling/running/walking so that is the way forward for Dublin beaches/coastal villages

    4. Impressive_Light_229 on

      Going to howth on a day like today seems so stressful and I doubt I’d get an ounce of enjoyment from it. Maybe it’s my slight autism but how does tonnes of queues and crowds in stifling heat appeal to anyone?

    5. wascallywabbit666 on

      That’s not just the beach though, it’s a big maritime festival in Howth.

      I joined the end of that queue, and in 10 – 15 minutes I was on a Dart. If I’d driven it would have taken an hour to get from Howth to Sutton.

      Edit: To be fair to them they didn’t charge anyone for journeys, they just told everyone to get straight on. That saved a lot of time

    6. Difficult_Tea6136 on

      I expected it to be longer when I saw the thread title.

      Darts are ridiculously big and will fit most of those in the queue

    8. TheHawk17 on

      Dublin is such an embarrassment as a capital city for such an amazing country.

    9. TheOriginalMattMan on

      You couldn’t have lured me out there even with the promise of magic beans that grew a money tree.

    10. Rodonite on

      Do they think the wait would be less or more enjoyable sitting in the traffic if all those people were driving cars?  

    11. OutInABlazeOfGlory on

      “Get public transport they say…” 

      They say like a car would be any better. Then you can sit in traffic for thirty minutes, put wear and tear on the engine, and idle and burn fuel you bought with money you could’ve spent elsewhere.

      Be mad at the government not funding rail.

    12. Swimming_Talk1160 on

      I was there. It wasnt that bad. Once the train came the qs moved fairly quickly. It just looked longer because they were keeping people out of station

    14. 90249502462 on

      Americans will see this and say some shit like this is why the USA is more free, we all have cars!

    16. JimboJSlice on

      I was in that queue today. It was grand. The train took the whole queue. Also it was free.

    17. barbarozadub on

      What isn’t mentioned here is that there was a festival on in Howth today, and the train from Howth was free of charge.

    21. TyrosineJim on

      Was there yesterday. The line was long but moved really fast.

      The irish rail staff moved the qeue on in waves into the station and had a separated line for buggies, wheelchairs elderly etc.

      They organised it and controlled the crowds really well.

      They had the gates open and told everyone not to tag on or off, so the trip back to town was even free.

      Fingal co council done a really great job with the festival too.

      Was really impressed with how well it went with a way bigger crowd than they probably expected.

    25. Hungover994 on

      Bray Airshow looks like this every year and that queue moves quick once there is a train

    30. throwaway_3508 on

      Trains every 30 minutes and they are still complaining?

      Wait until they see what train frequency is in the rest of the country..
      Wexford line only has 3 services on a Sunday lol

    32. Worldly_Cash8138 on

      Your post history is literally a never-ending stream of complaining. Give it a fucking rest or just stay at home and argue with your cat.

    34. Ok-Morning3407 on

      This is rage bait. I’m just back from there. It was very well organised, we were no more then 10 minutes in this queue. They were just holding people outside the station until the DART came and then it was like go, go, go, keep moving, as they loaded the entire queue onto the DART.

    35. jcirl on

      Spare a thought for our emergency services and hospital workers on a day like today. I was working today and had to call an ambulance for a customer who had passed out from an injury he sustained earlier in the day (suspected bad concussion). We were waiting over an hour for the ambulance to arrive. These sunny days when lots of people are out and about en masse things happen and our first responders and A&E staff get very stretched.

    37. Most-Recipe-9814 on

      Dunkirk was also like getting home from the beach, when you think about it

    38. FullMetalHero2 on

      I was there on Saturday for the festival. Fun fact this queue actually moved faster than the restroom line of 10 people that was next to it.

    40. RebylReboot on

      Imagine being at a festival on a sunny day in Howth, getting a feee train after ten minutes and whining online that your experience was like being slaughtered in world war 2.

    41. fuzzfrog on

      Another example of how poorly Dublin infrastructure is funded. A Transport system that is years behind most European capitals.

    42. bobbyg1234 on

      The roads were absolutely mobbed as well. Trains are the more efficient option, but obviously thats a much bigger spike then the system is used to.

    44. Chemical-Captain71 on

      I was also there, the line moved pretty well for how many people were there, huge crowds though, not gonna lie. My only thing with the trains was it was like a sauna inside them, on the way to Howth the train didn’t have windows that opened and no AC and some folks were looking rough from the heat but nobody passed out at least.