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Originally Posted by Destructix
€20,000 per day what the flip. That is roughly €3 million this line could cost the state within six months if the number of users isn't high.
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How is this €20,000 made up ?
If this is the marginal cost of a return service from Limerick to Dublin (0515 out via Nenagh, 1340 back via Limerick Junction) and an extension of a second train from Nenagh to Ballybrophy and back to Nenagh then the railway company has a massive problem with its operational costs.
In addition to the costs directly associated with the extra trains the branch is open for approximnately an extra one and a half hours, five days per week - at most equivalent to the cost of two additional staff per day.
The numbers simply don't add up and have clearly been fed to a ignorant and gullible media.