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Unread 30-08-2013, 09:03   #47
berneyarms
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Originally Posted by sublimity View Post
What other routes? I can only think of Rosslare.

Sick of all these excuses of low demand on Sundays means 29k is okay to use. Bull***t. A 3 car 22k would be more suitable don't you think?

The fact of the matter is that 29k commuter trains should not be used all the way to Sligo. They are unsuitable and it is unfair on customers.
It is nothing to do with low demand but more to do with sets being in the wrong place.

The set that would ordinarily operate a service from Dublin at 9am on a Sunday is already in Sligo having strengthened the 15:05 on Friday which requires 6 coaches. Those 2 sets then operate the 16:30 back to Dublin on Sunday afternoon.

The reality is that due to the constraints of the maintenance budget, there is a finite number of 22k sets in service at any particular time. As a result you have two trains per week that are 29k operated on the Sligo route.

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