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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson
The deal is the 2700 will return. They will cover Limerick and Ballina shuttle services. The 2700 is for more suited to regional work and may release an ICR or two
This will release the 2800 back to Dublin, that provides all current 4 coach trains at peak to move to 6 or 8 and may displace the ICR off the Maynooth line for use elsewhere.
The Phoenix Park tunnel service added 10-11 coaches to the morning/evening peak, but thats mostly entirely used up now. Not bad for a service Irish Rail said no one would use.
The original plan was to have DART services from Hazelhatch by now but the funding has never been released.
There are plans to order 41 more ICR coaches and up to 300 DART/hybrid coaches, but that depends on the NTA providing funding just to issue a tender let alone sign a contract.
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Taught it had been decided against in favor of 300 hybrid. If they did go for the 300 and possibly a few more then its 37+ 8 car units should ensure ICRs are completely removed off Maynooth, M3, N Commuter and PPT service.
Wonder if they would consider ordering a larger hybrid order with a modified config internally and fully diesel and operate Sligo/Longford/Rosslare and remove the ICRs fully out of Connolly if on board service levels are similar to 22s. Prob 20 units in Connolly at the minute and would cater for Heuston growth long term.