17:05 Dublin - Sligo 04.10.13

[berneyarms]

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

The system as a whole was unusually busy yesterday with a lot of overcrowding on services favoured by students returning home for the weekend.

If the 1705 remains persistently busy, the option exists to run it non-stop to Longford and divert intermediate traffic to the 1715 which in turn could run non-stop to Maynooth. There should be sufficient accommodation on other services to accommodate displaced patrons. Alternatively a Friday Only 1717 service to Maynooth would do the trick.

The problem with that is that there would presumably be students travelling west from Maynooth unnecessarily inconvenienced, and what about someone who wishes to travel from Mullingar west?

[Colm Moore]

With Irish Rail, while yes there are fare differences, it tends to be services / vehicles that are designated intercity or not, not the stations.

Originally Posted by berneyarms

The problem with that is that there would presumably be students travelling west from Maynooth unnecessarily inconvenienced, and what about someone who wishes to travel from Mullingar west?

Potentially one has an arrangement where one can board westbound at Maynooth, but not alight westbound - boarding eastbound would be less of a problem as the intercity passengers would have a seat before any new boarders.