[Summer 2010] Irish Rail - Current Service Alterations

[Thomas Ralph]

Originally Posted by finnyus

Does anyone know what the reason is behind the bus transfer 15.30 Heuston to Galway (on Fridays)? Does the set need to return to Dublin to form a later service? There are MK3 sets in Waterford and plenty of locos in Inchicore that could be used if rolling stock is in short supply (which it is!)

Every other day of the week, that's a splitting service from Heuston to Galway and Westport/Ballina which splits at Athlone, sending 3 cars to Galway and 3 to Westport. On Fridays, they need all 6 cars to have adequate capacity to Westport/Ballina, so the Athlone/Galway bit is done by buses.