The reality is that everywhere is stretched because of the premature retirement of the Mark 3s. Waterford is frequently seeing 3 car consists when it needs 6. Limerick has lost direct services. Rosslare only sees 3 car 22Ks because Selective Door Opening has still not been deployed. There are few lines which are not seeing disappointment of some sort.
At least on the Sligo line there should be limited timing penalty when using 29s which top out at 75mph. When a 29000 is sent to Belfast in lieu of a broken Enterprise that's a noticeable diminution on the bits of track still capable of 90mph.
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