Getting rid of the 1817 was an eminently sensible idea. I would say that in 8 years of commuting while it was running I took it about three times. It was made even worse by the associated need to run a up-train late at night to get a set back to Dublin after they started the 0545 from Sligo.
They could do a similar optimisation as I suggested with the 1715 and seriously improve the service to commuters for a relatively small extra running cost. I do agree that the Longford commuter service (to Mullingar at least) would seriously benefit and probably attract significant extra custom if there was the option of a later service down.
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