So, the general consensus is that it is acceptable for the fastest journey time by rail for a journey of 162km by road is 2 hours 43 minutes and for the early train to take 3:05. How on earth does it take 3:40 on a bus?
These speeds are are 59kph, 52kph and 44kph. The latter is in the same ballpark as a professional cyclist would maanage.
I am going to stop complaining about my morning service from Edgeworthstown which achieves a staggering 64kph over 106km. My fastest service hits a whopping 75kph.
All distances are by road and the equivalent rail journey is probably a little longer in distance, but that is the distance between the places.
I am not living in "fantasy land" but I don't find these speeds acceptable considering how much of my money (both as a taxpayer and as a fare payer) has been spent on the railways over the last 10 years. One can understand why Irish Rail think differently but I would hope that a rail lobby group might have the same opinion.
Now what have I done with my Crayons?
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