Irish Rail convey blood products on a limited destination basis. The frequency and size of the packages is small and can be placed in a box in the rear cab. Its time critical and the state appears willing to pay the costs of carriage. I get the feeling its being done more for political reasons than commercial
The van space on Dublin Cork and Dublin Belfast trains was offered out by tender to interested parties earlier this year. That seems a very sensible plan to generate a guaranteed revenue for zero cost.
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