Redevelopment of Kent Station in Cork

[dowlingm]

Yeah but in those countries Inniskeen the publicly owned bus and rail enterprises aren't usually engaged in a way to the death...

[Inniskeen]

The NTA pays for both and indeed contracts for the services provided.

[berneyarms]

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

The NTA pays for both and indeed contracts for the services provided.

The NTA doesn't pay for Bus Eireann Expressway services - these are operated on a commercial basis and self-funded.

Originally Posted by dowlingm

Yeah but in those countries Inniskeen the publicly owned bus and rail enterprises aren't usually engaged in a way to the death...

Really dowlingm - if Bus Eireann withdrew all of their expressway services that ran along railway routes, you can be damn sure that another private operator would fill their shoes, so I really think that is a pointless argument. There is a market for both services, which can be seen by observing the loadings on both (which you clearly cannot do as you're not in the country).

None of the services that will potentially operate from Kent Station will be in competition with the rail service - they will complement it.

[Inniskeen]

Ok Bus Eireann Expressway is self funded but the NTA still calls the tune in relation to policy. There is minimal integration of servics even where both rail and bus use the same facility.

For example, in response to a query to Irish Rail as to why the Kilkee bus leaves Ennis ten minutes before the train arrives the stock response was that there was no demand for a through service.

[berneyarms]

And that is now beginning to change as the NTA reviews the PSO network.

[dowlingm]

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

Ok Bus Eireann Expressway is self funded but the NTA still calls the tune in relation to policy. There is minimal integration of servics even where both rail and bus use the same facility.

For example, in response to a query to Irish Rail as to why the Kilkee bus leaves Ennis ten minutes before the train arrives the stock response was that there was no demand for a through service.

There was also the situation where a taxi had to be used to ferry Waterford-Rosslare railcrew back to Waterford at significant expense because the BE Rosslare-Waterford bus (which the crew could have used for free) would not be deferred about 20 minutes.

[comcor]

Here's an interesting one.

Despite the original communicated time being summer 2016, the Evening Echo are reporting that the redevelopment work will be completed 'on time' this summer.

http://www.eveningecho.ie/cork-news/...edule/2614045/

[ACustomer]

Despite the original communicated time being summer 2016, the Evening Echo are reporting that the redevelopment work will be completed 'on time' this summer.

What do you expect in a post-truth age? Answer: "alternative facts" such as this.