The main problem I see with the level of cleanliness is that so many people need to bring their mammies with them to clean up after them. What is wrong with people who get off a train after two stops leaving a half-drunk cup of coffee behind them that they didn't even buy on the train?
And then there is the old chestnut of finding my laptop power supply with the fresh minty smell of melting chewing gum and the the joy of finding that it has dripped onto my trouser leg. There is no excuse - particularly on the 22Ks where there are bins under most of the seats.
Dirty trains isn't really so much Irish Rail's fault. It is somewhat reasonable to expect somebody to clean up stuff bought on the train but if you bring it with you, bin it or take it with you. Occasionally I get on the train in the morning and it is filthy but if it's been stabled in Sligo overnight and the last train is late or the cleaner is off sick, it isn't unreasonable that they miss out now and then.
Whiffy toilets seems to be a much more serious issue on 29Ks than on 22Ks.
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