[18/02/2014] Bus transfers - Longford to Carrick-on-Shannon & Limerick to Ennis

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Originally Posted by James Howard

I'll probably get the Irish Rail apologists suggesting that I am being unreasonable in thinking that is unacceptable to have the morning train that allows for a 9AM start half an hour late for a whole week.

Sure if I have a problem I can get a different train or move to Dublin. Who needs to see their kids anyway?

I am guessing that the train is driven by a Sligo driver who probably travels on the substitute bus and then digs the train out of the yard ?

Apart from running two services (one from Sligo, one from Longford), the only practical option appears to be to advance the buses to depart from Sligo earlier than the advertised train time. Such an arrangement would probably inconvenience fewer people than the current mess.