The restrictions through Limerick Junction are a farce. The whole place has been renewed and re-signalled yet everything still limps around at 25 mph in either direction. The speed limited through Limerick Junction in the 1980s was 60 mph on jointed track - what is the excuse foi the current nonsense ?
No changes to signalling would be required at any point on the Cork to Dublin line in order to facilitate 100mph running - all resignalling schemes on the Cork route provided more than adequate brake distance in anticipation of such speeds at some time in the future.
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