Not so sure that double track to Mullingar is necessary to address the current operational iisues on the Sligo line.
In particular I strongly suspect that evening westbound business beyond Maynooth (and certainly beyond Enfield) could be easily accommodated without running either the 1715 or 1817 beyond Enfield. Sets could be balanced by cancelling the virtually empy 2105 from Longford and running a later service from Dublin at say 2005 or 2105 to Longford.
Matters might also be improved somewhat by revising the time wasting schedules between Connolly and Maynooth - 22 minutes in either direction should be easily achievable for most services. It is hard to understand why a faster service was possible when a only single track, single section was available Clonsilla and Maynooth.
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