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Originally Posted by Thomas Ralph
I challenge anyone to deboard, clean, and reboard a Mk4 in ten minutes. Even skip the cleaning if you restore the onboard cleaner. Really eight, since gates close two minutes before train departure. And that leaves absolutely no slack in the event of delays.
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Maintaining the existing service pattern with a journey time of 2hrs-20mins from Dublin to Cork & v.v. would mean a turn-around in Cork of 70 minutes not 10 minutes, hence both through platforms occupied for 10 minutes every hour.
Reducing journey time to 2hrs-20mins and maintaining a turnaround time of 40 minutes at each end would mean trains depart both Cork & Dublin at the same time. An hourly frequency in either direction would require only six sets rather than seven, a major productivity spin-off. The disadvantage of having trains leaving each end at the same time would be that there would be a 30 minute gap between up and down services at both Mallow and Limerick Junction.