It's not so much about IC services having "Priority" as much as I think we should be looking for ways to accomodate both short and long haul trains in the best possible way.
To give a long distance train a clear run through the Suburban area to/from Connolly would require putting large gaps in the DART timetable. Then you consider that long distance trains can be late (and Irish Rail isn't known for Swiss-style accordance to timetables) you end up with a situation where no-one wins. In the current arrangement (twin track all the way, at least that's how it is on the Maynooth line) it is, to a point, only proper that DARTs get priority. To a point.
I'm trying to see if there are ways to allow the DART have Metro-style timetablings, while allowing the occasional long distance service to get through in reasonable time.
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