Rail Users Ireland Forum - View Single Post - Longford services (all stops): Any point to it

And · 21-10-2007, 18:13

I agree, I would have thought that a 10 min gap between the "fast" (1705) and "all stops" (1715) services to Longford doesn't make sense...surely better to spread out the capacity bit better. More generally, there are 2 "fast" peak services to Longford in the evening (1705 and 1800) and none in the morning. This surely needs to be addressed in the new Dec '07 timetable. Having both morning Longford services stopping at all stations to Connolly means very uncompetitive journey times for long-distance commuters and very packed trains for Maynooth line commuters, and also increases the risk of service delays to the Maynooth trains. Surely the time has now come - given the extra carriages entering service soon - to separate out at least one of these morning services e.g. defer the current 620 ex Longford by 10 mins to 630 so it arrives at Maynooth at say 743, and allow it continue onwards to Connolly with just one or two stops (e.g. at a D15 station and Dcondra) along the way, arriving at 820. The current 7:36 from Maynooth (which originates in Longford) should now start at Maynooth, departing at say 734, all-stops to Pearse, arriving Connolly at 8:15.

21-10-2007, 18:13	#4
And New to the board Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 11	I agree, I would have thought that a 10 min gap between the "fast" (1705) and "all stops" (1715) services to Longford doesn't make sense...surely better to spread out the capacity bit better. More generally, there are 2 "fast" peak services to Longford in the evening (1705 and 1800) and none in the morning. This surely needs to be addressed in the new Dec '07 timetable. Having both morning Longford services stopping at all stations to Connolly means very uncompetitive journey times for long-distance commuters and very packed trains for Maynooth line commuters, and also increases the risk of service delays to the Maynooth trains. Surely the time has now come - given the extra carriages entering service soon - to separate out at least one of these morning services e.g. defer the current 620 ex Longford by 10 mins to 630 so it arrives at Maynooth at say 743, and allow it continue onwards to Connolly with just one or two stops (e.g. at a D15 station and Dcondra) along the way, arriving at 820. The current 7:36 from Maynooth (which originates in Longford) should now start at Maynooth, departing at say 734, all-stops to Pearse, arriving Connolly at 8:15.