[ThomasJ]

Any thoughts on this idea for a 9.00pm pearse-longford service

as it stands:
there are 3 evening longford commuter services (not incl intercity)

5.15pm connolly-longford (arr longford 7.08pm) 8-car 29000 set
stays in longford overnight

6.00pm connolly-longford (arr longford 7.42pm) 4-car 29000 set
runs back empty to connolly

6.17pm connolly-longford (arr longford 8.23pm) 8-car 29000 set
stays in longford overnight

2 8-car 29000 sets are rquired for morning services

so the idea is:

run the 9.00pm pearse-maynooth as an 8-car 29000 set and extend it to longford. This could arrive in longford about 11.20pm and could stay there overnight. As it stands the 9.00pm pearse-maynooth is a good service and picks up good passenger numbers especially wednesday-saturday. they could do well from having a late night service to enfield,mullingar,longford etc

The problem is though you lose the return service of the 9pm pearse-maynooth: the 10.10pm maynooth-pearse. so what you would do is run one of the eight cars back in service at a time so it could arrive in maynooth around 10pm and run that in service as far as connolly. what you would have left in longford would be 2 eight-car sets for morning service.

you can organise staff arrangements ie change at a certain station etc.

so what do you think?