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Originally Posted by Garrett
In any case, my opinion is that a Cork-Belfast link should be the least of our worries. More important things such as efficient ticket integration, double/triple/quadruple-tracking of bottle necks, local commuter networks (Galway, Cork), Interconnector, customer service improvement and so on, are needed first. If these get sorted out, then putting together a Cork-Belfast link will seem like child's play.
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True, but Cork-Belfast 1-change could be done in the next timetable. By bringing Cork-Dublin trains to Connolly and rescheduling the Enterprise to meet them.
"But Connolly is full
" one can hear IE cry. Well that's because everything that goes into Connolly from the West uses the Drumcondra line often to cross the mainline to the terminal platforms, leaving a fast, direct, twin track Midland line unused and P7 underutilised.
My view, which I've stated frequently, is that the approaches to Connolly, particularly from the West, are done in a very inefficient way. I believe this inefficiency reduces Connolly's capacity significantly. IE should have a plan to divide and harmonised Connolly access paths.