The 0735 was a four car ICR and was appears to have been delayed significantly at both Newry and Portadown.
The return 1035 from Belfast did not leave until 1120 as a 9-piece with the rear 4 cars being locked off and detached at Drogheda. The train was 59 minutes late leaving Drogheda and was further delayed at Malahide while a DART limped onto the south-bound platform. There were no other trains in the vicinity of Malahide but yet it was found necessary to obstruct a service now running almost an hour late rather than run the DART to the empty northbound platform. Still such nonsense can always be attributed to Low Rail Adhesion if anybody bothers to ask !
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