Realistically we want to preserve all the lines but Dublin-Cork-Dublin probably carries in a day what Waterford-Limerick and Limerick-Ballybrophy carry in a year. With strongly supported inter-city services all is possible so it's an absolute priority to accelerate the timings of the main inter-city services. The service on the Cork and Belfast lines are very good but end to end times are far too slow. The objective has got to be two hours to Cork and 90 minutes to Belfast; and then two hours to Limerick, Waterford and Galway. It's harder to achieve on single track lines but must be made to work. Limerick Junction is an anachronism in the 21st century; it's simply unbelievable that a second platform has not been put in place. The cost would be minimal! It is still too slow on approach to Heuston despite the separation of suburban and inter-city traffic. So much could be achieved with relatively little spend.
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