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Originally Posted by Inniskeen
The reason Kerry people don't complain about about 2600s & 2800s is that they are very rarely used on the line - there may still be one scheduled working a week in each direction.
Yes the size of sets on the Kerry road are sometimes increased to six-cars as the number of passengers changing at Mallow routinely exceeds those travelling to Cork, sometimes by a factor of two to one. This arrangement is made possible by supplying an empty 3-car set from Portlaoise which attaches at Mallow to the regular set. The resultant six-car train splits at Killarney with one set returning to Mallow to attach to the 2nd branch set. This process may be repeated several times, mainly on Friday afternoons.
Whatever about Friday, there would seem to be no necessity for 2900s on Sundays. Where is the set that normally works the 0800 to Sligo, Monday to Saturdays ? Is the 1305 Sligo on Sundays still 2900s, if so then where is the six car ICR set normally working on northern suburban services on Mondays to Fridays ?
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I'm pretty sure the 13:05 and 18:00 return on Sundays are worked by the six car ICR that's normally on the Northern line on weekdays.