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Unread 03-05-2014, 17:58   #4
m3parkway
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I why Irish Rail have timetabled such long wait times. Especially on the Maynooth and Dart lines where the drivers decelerate far to early. Is this to save money on breaking equipment?
In most other countries trains use full acceleration and deceleration and don't begin to slow until absolutely necessary. Was watching a documentary about railways in Japan when the private companies took over and fine tuned timetables constantly decreasing station dwell and journey times. This seen an increase in revenue - trains could be turned around quicker less trains needed to operate the same number of services. The improvements also attracted greater passenger numbers and revenue was greatly increased. It should be very easy to implement such system on the Dart as the majority of the fleet are the same Japanese trains. If successful Dart services would take up less time on the Connolly - Howth Junction section meaning better faster slots for Enterprise and Commuter services on the northern line.
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