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Originally Posted by Thomas J Stamp
the fall-back selling point of the service is that it calls to those stations.
Reality is that this is a typical square peg round hole solution by IE to fit in with the whim of a political master using the trains for parish pump advantage. This train was always going to call to those stations, it was to start off in portlaoise depot and head to dublin but it was pulled all the way back to limerick for this purpose.
it was 15 mins late in monesterevin this morning too. sort of defeats the purpose of getting into work before 9 am.
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The calls at Sallins, Hazelhatch and Adamstown and the scheduling of the new service behind the 0600 from Waterford mean that it is less attractive than it might be. There was already ample capacity at these stations and in any event logic would dictate that a fast run up the main line would compensate somewhat for the pedestrian operation on the branch.
It is clear that Irish Rail (and others) would prefer to see the service fail.