Train Passenger Capacity Limits

[danielfelice]

Like buses, do trains have a legal limit of the number of passengers each carriage is allowed to travel at any one time?

I get on the Maynooth train everyday and its full to the brim. I would hate to think if there was a fire on board or an accident and everyone had to get off in a hurry.

Surely it is not safe to have that many people on the trains.

I know Irish Rail don't seem to want to address the problem, but IF something does happen and people get hurt surely they are liable?

Are the passengers covered by Irish Rail's liability insurance and if so wouldn't the insurance company limit the number passengers on the trains?

I don't think people falling out of the train every time the doors open would be within the acceptable limit, and surely Irish Rail would not be covered by insurance if anything did happen with that many people on board?