[Thomas J Stamp]

I think we need Mark in here pronto with the timings............. I cant see any Cork Dublin train not stopping at least in Portarlington (west connection) and Limerick Junction (Limerick, Waterford and Kerry connection if you go through Mallow) but more than likely also Thurles/Portloaise on Rotation.

With those stoppings and startings, assuming we get decent locos I'm still at a loss.

I know that the portacabin thingy is a diferent department and all that, the point I'm making is that unless there is a clear demand for a 200kph line, and a clearly demonstrated substantial improvement in timings there isnt any real point to it and I for one would not be happy watching several hundred million being spent to get a train somewhere 20 mins faster when it can get there 10 min faster simply by ironing out the stupidities in the current timetable.

How many times on this here board have we seen that such and such a Cork train can get into a station 10 mins ahread of schedule?