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Unread 01-08-2013, 10:11   #52
Thomas J Stamp
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Originally Posted by laoisfan View Post
I get the train at Ballybrophy to Dublin each morning. I often said it was a waste of time running that train from Limerick to Dublin via Nenagh, Roscrea, Ballybrophy etc. Little or no passengers on it.

It's a pity they could not have run it from say the Portlaoise Station to Limerick via the Nenagh line just to see if they would be more demand in the opposite direction.
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Originally Posted by ACustomer View Post
laoisfan: are you serious? The morning train up from Limerick via Nenagh returns to Ballybrophy at about 1000am. The 0900 Dublin-Cork stops at Portlaoise and Ballybrophy and gives a quick connection to Limerick via Nenagh, arriving in Limerick at about 1200 (or slightly later). But if you stay on the Dublin-Cork train and change at Limerick Junction, you will be in Limerick at about 1115am.

Plus, all that assumes that there is a train available in Portlaoise to do the trip.
actually using a train from portlaoise depot and operating as a shuttle service to and form limerick is a better use of a unit than is what has been on the line for years. It can tootle up and down all day long and can be timed to connect to a number of trains. it also has the advantage that at early morning and evening it is going in the right direction.
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