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Originally Posted by sublimity
Oh come on! don't give that excuse. The DART is an 8 coach at peak times.
There's also Grand Canal dock for the termination of the commuter trains so you have 3 stations for them to terminate; Connolly, Pearse and Grand Canal.
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Grand Canal Dock is not a terminus the tracks currently are not setup for it and if trains were to terminate in pearse they would have to switch/cross tracks to get to the resting point holding up northbound/citybound trains from gorey/rosslare in the process.
You might not notice but the 07:22 Maynooth and connolly and a morning service from dundalk both 4 piece trains get in at the same time and everyone goes for the next DART which is always stuffed and people are left behind to wait on the next DART. sure its mentioned here
http://www.railusers.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=73
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Why is it so packed between Connolly and Pearse in the morning
The section between Pearse and Connolly is the busiest section in the country carrying close to 25,000 per hour at peak time and is the the critical pinch point in the entire suburban rail system.
The 2006 timetable added two much needed extra services into Connolly station during the morning rush hour. These services, 7:45 ex Maynooth and 7:27 ex Drogheda both arrive into Connolly at 8:28 and as a result the 8:32 DART service from platform 5 is under severe pressure. This has not been helped by the fact the earlier 8:24 service to Bray is frequently only 6 coaches long.
There is very little anyone can do here but to ensure 8 coach DARTs are deployed appropriately. Walking time from Connolly to Pearse via the IFSC and new Docklands bridge is 10-15 minutes, the journey by train excluding waiting time is 5-6 minutes. The only solution is the provision of the interconnector tunnel between Spencer Dock and Heuston which will provide a totally integrated high capacity suburban rail system for Dublin,
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The DARTs maybe longer but they're not making much difference!