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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson
The test run had very little to do with setting a non stop best time, the 1984 2 hours 7 minutes record still stands, there was a need to baseline point to point times following some upgrades
The upgrade program started as the final act of Steve Murphy the former General Manager of Heuston side services, that was 5 years ago and it is slowly starting to deliver.
We will have to wait until the major works are complete as they more or less absorb the time benefit from the finished sections. It should be 100mph all the way to Limerick Junction with only limits at Curragh (85mph) and Portarlington (80mph) which are geometry limited
Expect 2:35 or better for most services
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What kind of timescale are we looking at for this? I thought there could not be higher speeds in the likes of Ballybrophy owing to signals?