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James Howard · 10-12-2013, 18:41

I've been on a delayed train that did Connolly to Maynooth in 17 minutes. There are other huge pads in the timetable such as Longford to Edgeworthstown given 19 minutes for something like 12 km.

But before they start shortening the timetabled times, it would do them more good to keep to the timetable they have. As far as I can see, the only evening train going to Longford that is ever less than 5 minutes late at Edgeworthstown is the 1805. As I speak I am on the 1705 with 12km to go to Edgeworthstown and it is 5 minutes past the arrival time.

The 1805 is pretty punctual but that is because it has nothing to cross with.

The reason for the delay of the 1905 as far as I can see is the fact that the only part of the timetable with no slack for the 1800 from Sligo is the bit immediately before the crossing - i.e. 12 minutes to get from Mullingar to Killucan is only just possible.

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James Howard Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sligo Line Posts: 1,115	I've been on a delayed train that did Connolly to Maynooth in 17 minutes. There are other huge pads in the timetable such as Longford to Edgeworthstown given 19 minutes for something like 12 km. But before they start shortening the timetabled times, it would do them more good to keep to the timetable they have. As far as I can see, the only evening train going to Longford that is ever less than 5 minutes late at Edgeworthstown is the 1805. As I speak I am on the 1705 with 12km to go to Edgeworthstown and it is 5 minutes past the arrival time. The 1805 is pretty punctual but that is because it has nothing to cross with. The reason for the delay of the 1905 as far as I can see is the fact that the only part of the timetable with no slack for the 1800 from Sligo is the bit immediately before the crossing - i.e. 12 minutes to get from Mullingar to Killucan is only just possible.