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Originally Posted by Commuter101
Big delay yesterday evening. I was on the 1755 Pearse-Dundalk train. Was delayed, stopping at Malahide for at least 10mins .... it even went backwards at one stage ! Eventually crawled into Drogheda at 19.30 .... approx 30mins late.
Can someone please explain the logistics of having a DART to Malahide running 2mins before this 1755 commuter train. This commuter train (the first in 30 mins at what is peak rush hour) also stops at DART stations, making a long journey unnecessarily longer!
If it does need to stop at DART stations, then surely it makes more sense to run the commuter train before the DART!!
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The DART is supposed to be 6 minutes ahead of the commuter service, presumably it was running late.
Unfortunately the priority for operating the services is set as follows:
1. DART
2. Commuter
3. Enterprise / Intercity
This does lead to nonsensical decisions on occasions, such as running DART services directly ahead of non-stop services.
The thinking behind it would be that the DART has a short turnarounds in Malahide/Howth and the hope would be that it would make up time en route to get back on time.