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Originally Posted by James Howard
It is a real pity the 0615 from Longford has to do double-duty as a stopping service from Maynooth because by the sounds of it, releasing its 8 cars would solve a lot of other problems.
I suppose all the idiot politicians would jump up and down if the Longford service between 1805 and 1905 was discontinued even if it were to enable a later service but this service really does more harm than good - particularly in the Leafslip season due to causing even worse delays for the 1905 which is a relatively busy train.
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Alternatively Irish Rail could use the 22000s to provide a few express commuter services to and from Drogheda/Dundalk/Newry. Such a move would provide a much needed boost for longer distance commuters on the northern line and potentially provide a basis for Irish Rail to claw back some of the business lost to competing road services.
The 22000s are ideally suited to such a service and in addition could also exploit the 90mph limit on the Belfast line to provide attractive journey times. A further advantage of express commuter services on the northern line would be the diversion of a substantial number of passengers away from inner suburban services which although carrying signifigantly fewer passengers are still heavily overcrowded and thus unattractive to commuters with alternatives.