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[article]Iarnród Éireann admits journey times are longer
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Sligo timetable 1973/1974 is available
http://www.railusers.ie/images/timet...o-Dub-1973.jpg http://www.railusers.ie/images/timet...Sligo-1973.jpg For the record Thurles Dublin with one stop was 88 minutes back then, best Irish Rail can do today is 89 minutes non stop, in 1993 its was 73 minutes
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Some of the comparisons are unfair to IE: the Examiner contrasts London-Darlington with Dublin-Waterford: to anyone who knows anything about railways, the WCML in the UK cannot be compared with anything in Ireland, especially a route which is largely over single track. Also the Sligo line now has 8 trains each way compered with 3 until quire recently: this means much more crossing at loops, which does not come without a time penalty.
On the other hand, some of the times on the Dublin-Cork line are quite inexcusable when compared with the situation 20 years ago. |
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If Irish Rail want to claim fares are euro standard we can expect a euro standard service
Sligo line has two tracks to Maynooth now, not Clonsilla and has electronic signaling which saves at least a minute at every crossing point Bear in mind the permitted line speeds on every route have increased over the last 15 years I was traveling on a secondary route in the UK earlier this month, we hit 117 mph and cruised steadily at 100mph, you wont find any route in Ireland where you get to do more than 15 miles at 100mph
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I know that we have more modern signalling, ctc etc., but given the buttervant rail disaster in 1980 was it a good idea to compare rail times and speeds to the 1970s?
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Buttervant has nothing to do with speed, or the driving of the train, the speed limits imposed afterwards applied solely to timber bodied coaches. The 1973 times relate to the 'supertrain' timetable operated by the trusty re engined A class locomotives and steel Mk2d coaches
The entire Mk3 and Mk4 fleet are designed for 125 mph operation Curiously things got even faster in the late 1980's after the accidents as the Mk3 coaches appeared and 90mph was approved
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