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Originally Posted by al2637
3minutes + 1 per coach seems an awful lot given the majority of peak Maynooth services are 8 coach. What is the +1min for? The length of time you need to allow the driver to walk the length of the carriage and have a chat about last nights football game? They really should be able to turn them in 1-2 mins at MAX... <1 if we had a decent rail company.
Would it not be possible to rework the signals/track so that the next train could wait just short of the platform?
As for level crossings, couldn't you move the existing docklands trains into Connolly without any additional closures? How is this going to be dealt with once the line is DART-ified and the interconnector is built?
Seems like an awful lot of this is fixable and could provide a huge capacity boost on the line if only IE gave a f@$&  |
IE probably do five a f***, but they tend not to admit it when its publicised via an outfit such as P11. (their problem, not ours)
Anything is possible.
As for the level crossings on the route, automating the manual ones won't improve things. They need to be bridged and bridged quickly, to improve speed and frequency of trains. Lots of level crossings that affect road traffic are also relevent to rail users, because they do affect the train service. Practically every LC on the Maynooth line is now carrying high volumes of road traffic which ultimately subdues the possibilities of additional services.
Whether or not, the "DARTification" of the line includes bridging most level crossings is unknown to us.