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Originally Posted by Laois Commuter
That is a stupid and unrealistic aspiration. No commuter service in the world provides, or even attempts to provide 100% seating at all times - it is simply not viable or realistic to do so without huge subvention or much, much higher fares to pay for additional stock which makes just two runs per day (plus of course the empty runs to get to and from depot, with which you also disagree).
LC
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Everyone travelling from outside the Dublin suburban area, Wicklow, Sallins, Drogheda etc should get a seat, no questions. It is perfectly reasonable that sufficent seats be provided for all with a journey time in the 40 minutes plus bracket.
For reference in the UK the target is no passenger to stand more than 20 minutes
No one has any problems with standing on commuter services over short distances, standing from Wicklow to Dublin is a 1 hour+ stand which isn't on and is well beyond the standards in the UK.
There is something very strange going on with the Rosslare line over the last few days, this morning trains both to and from Rosslare where short again. While the Rosslare line is the easiest target for a short train Dockland services would get by with a 2 coach set instead of 4. Irish Rail of course are saying nothing