Multiple Gripes from a noob

[Inniskeen]

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

In my experience the quad tracking on the Cork line sees comparatively few overtaking movements. In the outbound direction there is only one scheduled overtaking movement on Mondays to Saturdays and two on Sundays. The train overtaken in each instance is the 1855 from Heuston and the overtaking services are the 1900 to Cork (daily) and 1905 Tralee (Sundays).

Slight correction to the above. There appear to be two more overtaking moves outbound from Heuston. The 1725 Heuston/Limerick overtakes the 1715 Heuston/Newbridge and is then held for several minutes at Hazelhatch to allow the all stations Newbridge service cactch up and overtake.

This clever piece of operation, along with scheduled time wasting between Kildare and Portarlington, adds between 12 and 15 minutes to the journey for passengers travelling to stations between Kildare and Limerick.

Nice to know that expensive infrastructure is being effectively exploited !