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Unread 07-11-2008, 15:44   #6
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Well it's not news that the Traincare Depot would lead to more trains being stored in Portlaoise and therefore being convenient to run and terminate there, the issue is whether the timing was altered as a result of the publicity. Certainly the snotty individual deployed against Mark G on the Last Word gave no indication that a service would start as soon as it is doing.

The question for me is whether a similar or smaller depot should be planned for Mullingar, in conjunction with double tracking, to facilitate increased service and later service to that area. Once EMUs start running in town there might be a shortage of storage for DMUs anyway. It might also be a good excuse to reinstate the junction towards Moate/Athlone with a view to keeping that corridor option open if there was more convenient land on that line than on the Sligo side.
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