Well the view I've taken is as follows
If the online journey planner offers the journey which requires a double back, Irish Rail either correctly or through there own negligence have offered me a journey and by purchase of a ticket and by presenting myself to board that train I have accepted
The official IE line is tickets are valid by the most direct route so does that mean
1) The shortest route (Dublin Limerick via Nenagh is 3 miles shorter than the Junction)
2) The fastest route and clearly there are many times where double back is faster than waiting around
In the good days before BR was broken up it was the classic any reasonable route unless endorsed otherwise
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