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Originally Posted by chris
Can the DART clockface timetabling (/15 Minuten Takt, as I am hoping will catch on in Hiberno-English) be run by the existing fleet without cutting capacity on individual trains? or are they relying on additional trains cutting the loads?
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Shouldn't be any need for additional trains, given that by my count there's actually 5 less services each day.
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Originally Posted by robdrysdale
This seems like a reduction in service to me. It's seems like a Sunday timetable every day. Very disappointing. Realistically 10 mins is the absolute maximum a commuter service should be operating at. After that as a passenger, you're likely to worry about waiting and take the car. Maybe that's what they want.
Really it should be every 5 mins.
Another win for The Greens on an important issue !!!
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It is a reduction in service, any claim to the contrary by IE is pure spin.
I'm probably not going to renew my annual commuter this year, I've had enough, I'd rather drive.
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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson
The off peak DART service is a massive improvement, no question. Its clockface and consistent through the day. The huge gap after 7pm going southbound and the gaps after 10pm are gone. I know far too many people who have gone to bus or car as a result of the current farce of a timetable, with a bit of luck this will draw them back
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There's one 34 minute gap southbound, there's 2 25-minute gaps.
On the old timetable, the longest gap was 30 mins and everything else was under 25 mins.
There's only 9 gaps a day of less than 15 minutes
Overall the new timetable is worse than the old one.