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Unread 17-08-2013, 13:18   #24
berneyarms
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Originally Posted by joey View Post
The 29k are not ideal for intercity travel, incredibly uncomfortable.

Plenty of spare capacity idle at portlaoise. These could be use to increase the ICR capacity on the Sligo line. There is even talk of using the ICR on the Belfast line, where would this capacity come from?
There are cost implications of doing that. The reality is that the maintenance budget has constrained the number of sets that are in service at any one time, and the company needs to work around that.

Unless money is found from elsewhere to increase that number (and currently the subsidy is reducing), the situation cannot change.

I don't necessarily disagree with you regarding the suitability of 29k sets, but we are talking about two trains per week here.
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