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No passenger should have to stand on an intercity journey. Its 54 minutes to Mullingar on the 17:05, standing for that duration is not acceptable, especially on a train which isn't designed to cope with signifcant level of standees. Unlike the Uk which monitors standing levels, under 20 minutes being the target IE don't give a damn and just pack people in.
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I can't see how without segregating passengers before they board or give automatic ticket reservations to those who travel furthest how its gonna work.
Having said that 18:05 longford is the commuter train that wasn't meant to be.....theres a chance people would be forced to stand? I have stood from Pearse to Maynooth for over 40 minutes. painful as it is it still happens. It could be worst you could be standing on a bus for over 2 hours as some people from Blanchardstown endured last christmas.
Intercity is different though.... passengers from Mullingar and beyond shouldn't have to stand