[Thomas J Stamp]

There are those who will argue that once such a service is provided, by a Irish Rail Manager called Mr. Costner, that previously unheard of hoards of passengers will suddenly crawl out of the woodwork demanding a place and that these trains will resemble something from Calcutta.

This is, of course, bull. It is, curiously, the opposite side of the same coin we find by the enthusiasts... this time though its high speed electric trains from Belfast to Dublin. I'm not against electrification of the entire network but I don't have the facts to tell me if we have the generating capacity for it or not. What I am reasonably certain of is that there is nearly a zero demand for a train from Dublin to Cork outside of fantasy island.