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Unread 12-11-2010, 00:00   #7
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Originally Posted by shweeney
thats an intercity train.

I'm not sure that there's much benefit in running limited-stop services on the south-eastern line as there is nowhere for trains to pass each other and the line is desperately slow. The diesel services that serve only a handful of stations take just as long to get to Greystones as the Dart which serves 16+ stations. They just need to ensure that Darts serving Greystones in the rush hour have 8 carriages.
Well with limited stops, they can move faster, the only necessity to be slow is the underground Dun-Laoghaire-Sandycove section. Dalkey-Killiney, Connolly-Clontarf can be taken at decent speed, and the rest are more or less straight runs to each other.

One major delay can be avoided by clearing all DART trains clear of the path of Connolly-Rosslare services. 2 weeks ago, I got the train to Bray looking forward to breezing past the intermediate stations. Unfortunately, a DART was allowed to arrive and leave in Connolly before departure, and we spent the entire journey being dictated to by the pace of the slower DART. Then there was the inevitable hold-up outside Bray, and the train eventually arrived in Bray 10 minutes late. There's no excuse for that.
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