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Mark Gleeson · 21-12-2005, 11:03

Either way I'm paying either indirectly by tax or at the ticket office

We are talking about a crowd who took the DART from a £770,000 surplus in 1997 to making a lose close to €10 million the fundamental issue is efficiency, pouring money at the problem won't fix it unless there is major reform and by that I mean several hundred people leaving the company. Its a carrot and stick game you want the money you need to adapt and thats not something the DoT are going to touch

On the railcar front as of November driver only operation extends to Sligo and requires only one staffed signal cabin in Mullingar when in days of old they had 8, next year they won't need to staff it, same happened Mallow Tralee, Kildare Waterford and Athlone Galway, the numbers don't stack up

In real terms the subvention figure is actually huge, the capital investment money is on a different account (Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann seem to cover the bulk of new buses from day to day operations). IE got €317 million in 2004 out of the state, total fare revenue was €163 million

21-12-2005, 11:03	#9
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Either way I'm paying either indirectly by tax or at the ticket office We are talking about a crowd who took the DART from a £770,000 surplus in 1997 to making a lose close to €10 million the fundamental issue is efficiency, pouring money at the problem won't fix it unless there is major reform and by that I mean several hundred people leaving the company. Its a carrot and stick game you want the money you need to adapt and thats not something the DoT are going to touch On the railcar front as of November driver only operation extends to Sligo and requires only one staffed signal cabin in Mullingar when in days of old they had 8, next year they won't need to staff it, same happened Mallow Tralee, Kildare Waterford and Athlone Galway, the numbers don't stack up In real terms the subvention figure is actually huge, the capital investment money is on a different account (Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann seem to cover the bulk of new buses from day to day operations). IE got €317 million in 2004 out of the state, total fare revenue was €163 million Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 21-12-2005 at 11:18.