Kilkea: if the 0710 can run to time with an extra stop, then the lesson is to reduce the journey time to 1h55m (or less). With the increased speed of road transport due to the Motorway network, we badly need faster rail journey times.
A persistent tendency with IE is to add extra stops in the period following a radical timetable improvement: once again the triumph of the local over the broader interest (with all due respects to Athy!).
It's an Intercity service, and that should mean really fast trains over long distances.
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