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comcor · 30-07-2015, 09:35

Should they tender it as multiple parcels, how would it go?

The obvious break is between the Connolly and Heuston networks, but I can see how it would be desirable to have a single operator for all Dublin Commuter services, meaning you could break it into Connolly InterCity, Heuston InterCity and Dublin Commuter. Cork Commuter would be a grey area in that breakdown. It doesn't really fit with InterCity, but it's probably too small to be tendered in its own right and is geographically separated from Dublin Commuter.

I assume there wouldn't be anything smaller than that as any operator would need scale for it to be worth coming in.

30-07-2015, 09:35	#3
comcor Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cork-Dublin, Cork Commuter and occasionally DART and Dublin-Wexford Posts: 855	Should they tender it as multiple parcels, how would it go? The obvious break is between the Connolly and Heuston networks, but I can see how it would be desirable to have a single operator for all Dublin Commuter services, meaning you could break it into Connolly InterCity, Heuston InterCity and Dublin Commuter. Cork Commuter would be a grey area in that breakdown. It doesn't really fit with InterCity, but it's probably too small to be tendered in its own right and is geographically separated from Dublin Commuter. I assume there wouldn't be anything smaller than that as any operator would need scale for it to be worth coming in.