We have investigated the overcrowding issue and Europe wide there is no legislation or standards to be found which define limits or legal restrictions, that doesn't make it right but leaves us in a difficult position.
All commuter trains are designed to carry significantly more than than is physically possible to jam in, the absolute limit is 250 people however maximum you will get in even in worst case is under 200
The safety authorities will only investigate if overcrowding lead to an incident of some kind occurs as a result of the overcrowding
Now the excuse is this is common all across the world but you won't find anywhere else where its jammed for 90 solid minutes every rush hour. I've travelled London and Paris in peak hours and never saw anything close to what is routine in Dublin
Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 24-04-2008 at 13:10.
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