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Originally Posted by ThomasJ
Given that the same department organised this major gig questions have to be asked as to why transport options for people was so poor.
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Because the government clearly wants to stop providing public transport and would rather wash their hands of it entirely.
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- how come one of the citys busiest railway lines finishes earlier than the national intercity line on a sunday night. No maynooth line trains after 8.45 on a sunday night
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Because IE operate the Maynooth line as a branch, there are no drivers based in Maynooth and trains are not stabled or maintained there so the latest trains have to be able to get back (empty) to Connolly before the end of the driver's shift.
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- how come tram lines can run until 12.30 yet those with services run by cie the latest sservices are at 11.30
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Because Veolia/RPA is given enough free reign and money to operate these services, while CIE is forced to rely on a dwindling subvention in order to make it look bad and help the government ultimately get rid of it. Passengers are just the pawns in this.
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The citys transport network is a complete mess
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It's not a network, because there has never been enough money put in to build infrastructure, and planning has never been used effectively to drive population towards existing infrastructure.