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Unread 04-03-2015, 19:37   #16
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Originally Posted by Inniskeen View Post
Ok Bus Eireann Expressway is self funded but the NTA still calls the tune in relation to policy. There is minimal integration of servics even where both rail and bus use the same facility.

For example, in response to a query to Irish Rail as to why the Kilkee bus leaves Ennis ten minutes before the train arrives the stock response was that there was no demand for a through service.
There was also the situation where a taxi had to be used to ferry Waterford-Rosslare railcrew back to Waterford at significant expense because the BE Rosslare-Waterford bus (which the crew could have used for free) would not be deferred about 20 minutes.
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