The frustrating thing is that a lot of these are tiny issues that cost you minutes every day yet would cost little or nothing.
For example, at Edgeworthstown station, there is only one exit and it is at one end of the train. So quite often, as the train has sailed half-way to Longford (which is another issue - why can't trains stop consistently?. In Tokyo, they can stop trains within about a 2 inch margin of error.), you get out and are standing right beside your car. But you have to walk the length of six railcars to the exit and the back down again. If this happens on a Friday, you end up stuck behind the Mammies double-parked at the exit picking up their kids from college and it can take you 20 minutes to get out of the station.
There is no security issue as the main exit is rarely locked at night as the station is usually unmanned for the last train. There are no tag-off issues at this stage. It is just simple stupid laziness of thought.
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