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Originally Posted by ThomasJ
A number of things:
- there is no capacity for extra direct services, hence trains going to docklands,
- there is no space for direct trains in the morning between morning maynooth, pace, Longford and Sligo the line is clogged up sort of like the northern line!
- cutting the two morning trains from Longford in half would be a mistake, those are two of the busiest trains in the morning on the maynooth line, the first one only changed from maynooth to Longford at the last timetable
- with regards to the evening services why even still run the 17:15 or 18:17 to Longford if the 17:05 or 18:05 are calling at drumcondra? In fact if you were to cut back the 17:15 and 18:15, there's your 21:00hrs that was cancelled at the last minute a few years back!
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18.17 to longford comes from Bray. There may be some issues there with gaps in the timetable. Plus a fair few commuters use it from sandymount and lansdowne and further afield to commute out further along the maynooth line.
I would regard it as a loss in service to those who work on the southside of dublin.