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Unread 21-12-2016, 18:16   #2
James Howard
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There is something very fishy about that row over that Midleton incident. On the surface it really does not seem a really big deal to have a train longer than the platform. This was normal operation on most trains on the Sligo line up until 2004 and the risk was mitigated with extra staff. There were other factors such as the blocking of a level crossing but the whole thing seems very minor.

To me it seems as if there is some kind of row going on that has spilled over. I'm not normally somebody to take Irish Rail's side on things but it does seem to me that the Commission overstepped the mark here and put somebody's nose out of joint and the resulting bad relationship is much more risky that the original issue.

Everyone needs to kiss and make up because this is grown up stuff that needs a grown-up working relationship.
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