It is very welcome that peak period DART sets have been strengthened although as I tap this I see that there will be at least one peak northbound departure formed by a four car set - the 1637 Dun Laoghaire/Howth.
I appreciate some thought and effort are required to split sets but it was routine when DART was first introduced and once the knack was mastered there was no particular issue.
Whatever about the cost of operating near empty trains, it is bordering on the criminally negligent to have 8 car trains rattling around with 15 or 20 passengers. There is a real risk of vandalism, intimidation of passengers and a Health and Safety risk for both passengers and staff given the attraction to undesireables of unstaffed stations and virtually empty trains.
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