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Unread 30-01-2014, 17:08   #9
James Howard
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The evening schedule is very messy at Killucan. Both the 1705 and 1905 trains generally spend 5-10 minutes waiting at Killucan. The removal of the 1700 Sligo to Dublin service helped the evening down schedule a lot. There is enough slack in the timetable to recover it by Dromod or so, but it makes these trains 5 to 10 minutes late for me every day.

The Sligo route is the only remaining route without a parallel motorway, so there would be substantial potential for increased frequency from Longford or Mullingar (currently every 2 or 3 hours outside peaks) when the economy recovers a bit but the line can't support anything more aside from the morning and evening rush when the traffic is one-way.

But I guess there won't be a hundred million lying around for rail investment anytime soon. It is really annoying how badly the money invested during the boom was spent on shiny new trains Irish Rail can't afford to run while perfectly good (probably better than 22k) rolling stock was left to rot and simple upgrades like adding a second platform to Enfield ignored.
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