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Unread 09-08-2010, 06:16   #42
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Originally Posted by Alan French View Post
The Dun Laoghaire-Holyhead route always has large numbers of foot passengers, and trains at Holyhead become very full. The problem at Rosslare is entirely due to poor connections - this is mentioned in the SERA report (para. 4.7): "The project team found it striking that, in their discussions with train operating companies and the UK Department for Transport, two people volunteered, with no prompting, that rail-ferry-rail on the Fishguard-Rosslare route is not attractive due to the lack of an integrated rail timetable at the Rosslare end."

So let's stop quoting existing low numbers of foot passengers, as if that were all that there were ever going to be.
Quite right. You cant put the cart before the horse. The timetable IMHO was doctored to deliberatley give poor connections in an attempt to kill the line. A private Operator coming in would immediately address this and you could expect the passenger total to start rising,.
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