Poor service for Sligo line commuters

[Colm Moore]

Originally Posted by peterh

I commute to Longford everyday by rail and also sometimes go to Dublin and the train seems to be stopping constantly this has gotta stop. Why can't the line have 2 tracks all the way between the stations so a train doesn't have to wait for another train to go through at a station but of course that won't happen for God's knows how long

Ideally all railways would be (at least) double track, but that costs money. There are many busier railways with single track.