Current stats?
 

There are limits at Cherryville Junction due new crossovers and there are restrictions between Portlaoise and Portarlington as new track is laid. Expect bus replacement on evening Saturday trains in the next week or so to allow for work at Cherryville

Relaying of the track on the down fast is impacting on the down slow.

The problem on Dublin Cork is a lack of coordination has led to far too many restrictions, for instance the track work at Cherryville should only happen after the restrictions in Ballybrophy are lifted to ensure delays are minimised

Two things:
Am I right in thinking that the restrictions now (April 2010) are not nearly as numerous as in Dec 2009?

At least some of the restrictions mentioned (CherryOrdhard-Hazlehatch, Cherryville, Portlaoise-Portarlington and Ballybrophy) are attributable to serious work in progress, rather than simply the track being left to decay.
But Limerick Junction seems to be a bit of a black hole, which should have been fixed long ago: even for stopping trains it costs a couple of minutes.

I was interviewed some time ago for the article so the data at the time was up to date

The number has reduced but there simply are far too many restrictions and they stay in place for too long, Ballybrophy is still a mess months on. Limerick Junction is a joke years have past with no sign of any progress

End of the day Dublin Cork 3 stops should be doable in 2:35 in the current state, 2:15-2:25 with the problems closed out

This was published.

http://www.tribune.ie/news/letters/a...k-record-mr-k/

Nicely done

Superb letter, especially the reference to who could name the PR spin doctors in Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann. :D

Hmm