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[Article] Extra trains costing €20,000/day put on minister's loss-making route

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  • #32
    dowlingm
    Registered Users Posts: 5,309 ✭✭✭dowlingm


    The question is not just how much with the route lose but could that train be deployed more effectively. If IE had bought Selective Door Opening on the 22000s it would and should be running up and down the Wicklow line with its unextendable platforms. Instead they have to cram into a 3 car set which the "surplus" gets sent to Limerick for a Minister's whim.


  • #33
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    I wasn't aware of that
    €15 return for Nenagh Dublin is great value, Irish Rail won't beat that
    It is also only €10 from Nenagh to Limerick and to UL and takes about 30 minutes compared to a lot longer for the train!


  • #34
    dowlingm
    Registered Users Posts: 5,309 ✭✭✭dowlingm


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Locals fought very hard to get a good timetable and they eventually got it.
    Except the timetable is only "good" for services to Dublin. They will lose at least some revenue from the Limerick commuter service which locals fought very hard for previously which included some money spent on signalling mods in Nenagh to make it a turnback location. Of course if it had been made a full block post then trains could pass there and the 1705 dep ex Limerick could be deferred to 1805ish, the connections with Dublin/Cork trains deferred an hour and the crossing point moving south from Roscrea. Instead the cheap-and-cheerful/WRC approach was taken.

    Eventually Ireland's going to have to get the message - a workable train service has got to have decent load on at least a 3-car consist and operating at at least the same average speed as the adjoining road. 1-2 car services just don't provide the economies of scale over buses that make railways a money maker.


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