Mark's summary captures a lot of the issues that seem to be evident to just about everybody but Irish Rail and the NTA.
Contrary to the RUI position, I am of the opinion that a 10 minute interval all day DART service is impractical on existing infrastructure and will basically be an embarrassment for the railway and a major inconvenience for all users including, ironically, DART users.
It is probably time to submit this issue for an independent expert review which would take into account service demand, revenue, cost, track layouts, signalling, rolling stock efficiency and staff rostering.
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