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Originally Posted by Inniskeen
The 0700 from Dundalk (2 x 3 x ICR, with perhaps 900 passengers) left Malahide at 0808 but was held outside Howth Junction to allow the 0802 from Howth to run ahead. Given that the nearest southbound train was then just approaching Connolly this nonsense resulted in a further gratuitous delay of almost 15 minutes to an already miserably slow service.
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With the complexity of trains crossing tracks, I've often wondered if they work access to Howth Junction and Connolly a bit like an airport runway, with landing slots - specific time windows - assigned to services. Miss your slot (that Dundalk train was definitely late to the junction) and you're left circling until they can squeeze you in somewhere.