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Unread 25-05-2014, 20:32   #6
Jamie2k9
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Sorry about this but the potential of a commuter train going from Tralee to Middleton has come up in conversation .I was wondering what chance of it happening seeing as it is 3 trains with a half hour wait to get to east Cork at the moment .
The demand to justify a service does not exist and there is a number of problems a service would face:
1 - Both Cobh and Middleton operate same route for most of the commuter lines, one route will always benefit more from Intercity connections as sending two off together wouldn't make commercial sense.

2 - Cork-Tralee services generally only operate Mallow-Tralee shuttle and not the full route bar one or two exceptions so the demand and cost of such a route could't stand up.

3 - 4 coach 22 operate the services (generally), which are not allowed operate on Cork commuter services as platforms are around 2-3m to short.
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