Current status and target completion date for KRP

[Kilocharlie]

Originally Posted by Colm Moore

There are 51(?) more 22000-class carriages to come designed for outer suburban services (Probably no luggage racks, but extra seats) and the 6 replacements for the ones that were damaged in transit (intercity pattern).

Remember the 6 6-car high capacity, no premier or galley, units ordered for long distance commuter services for Portlaoise/Carlow etc? These never made it to these services but are used on long distance routes.

Don't see why the extra 51 should be any different from the existing 3-car sets. Introducing a variant only complicates deployment. Anyway luggage racks are used on commuter service mostly for fold-up bikes. Removing them would a retrograde step.