Maybe there isn't a demand for special late night trains and they need the downtime over night for testing, maintenance etc. But 11:30pm is just too early for the last train, especially at Christmas but the whole year round it is a problem. Most regular pubs shut the bar at 11:30 monday to thursday, and if you leave then you miss the last DART home. I think the last Luas at 12:30 is perfect, it let's you finish up when the bar shuts, and not be rushed drinking the last pint and rushing for the door. Plenty of bar entertainment finishes at 11:30 too, anybody who goes to see the comedy in the International Bar know's that at 11:15 while the show is still going on people start to leave. Surely having the last DART at 12:30 would make more functional sense?
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