Late night DART flopped due to a combination of factors, primary one being Dublin Bus had a better product in Nightlink which was more than able to cope, even that is seeing a very significant fall off in numbers.
Bus option tends to be favoured in many cities. Still there is a case for 12:30 on all routes Fri/Sat trivial for DART and Drogheda but hard to provide for Maynooth and Kildare. But let us not lose sight of the real daily problems, no train west of Maynooth after 7pm and so on
Knowing when the concert is going to end is essential to ensure a plan can be put in place. Clearly if the concert can end at such a time when public transport is still running it is much much easier to cope and the public already know the timetable and so on
Irish Rail are very eager to provide extra services if they can turn a profit on them. As I have posted they need information from the concert organisers to match the service to the expected demand. Getting that information can be a problem
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