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Mark Gleeson · 10-01-2007, 13:26

I have a list infront of me of 15 issues Dublin Cork, 9 are in some way staff or proceedure related

Point is the Cork service looks exceptional compared to the rest of Irish Rail but its really just the base line of what you should expect, far far too many simple things are going wrong out there, the catering trolley seems to vanish for a start, seat reservations are still a joke

For decades we where happy to get there on time, now the soft issues are growing in importance

Fastest Dublin Cork time ever 2:07 March 1986, that was unoffically replicated with passengers several times in 1996/7 Cork Dublin which is arguably the harder journey

10-01-2007, 13:26	#19
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	I have a list infront of me of 15 issues Dublin Cork, 9 are in some way staff or proceedure related Point is the Cork service looks exceptional compared to the rest of Irish Rail but its really just the base line of what you should expect, far far too many simple things are going wrong out there, the catering trolley seems to vanish for a start, seat reservations are still a joke For decades we where happy to get there on time, now the soft issues are growing in importance Fastest Dublin Cork time ever 2:07 March 1986, that was unoffically replicated with passengers several times in 1996/7 Cork Dublin which is arguably the harder journey