Quote:
Originally Posted by Colm Moore
Excluding infrastructure costs:
251 intercity carriages cost €186,993,000 per year or €2,052 per carriage per day.
332 DART / commuter carriages cost €72,988,000 per year or €606 per carriage per day.
I take it then that he is only quoting the incremental cost - the difference between running the 2700 Limerick-Ballybrohy and the 22000 Limerick-Portlaoise.
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he was quoting, in a roundabout way, a letter he says was sent by irish rail to the irish independant to rebut their €20,000 a day claim. he said it cost €19,400 less. i think the figure is the differential in having a 22k going from portlaoise to limerick and back to ballybrophy as against a 27k going from limerick to ballybrophy. i would actually include the whole way to dublin as the passengers it picks up from portlaoise onwards would be on the next scheduled service anyway and are therefore revenue neutral.