You're actually agreeing with what I am saying. There is no need for anything more than 200kph with two/three stops. A no-stops express service from one destination to the other would only be really marketable at certain times of the day, eg to get you to appointments at the start of the day, maybe lunchtime, and the ability to zip you back again. In real terms, early morning, mid morning and evening. The last two aren't that hard to do, you have to ensure the last one leaves somewhere between 1630-1650 and the mid morning around 10.30. There are plenty of ways to get those trains to overtake other ones. The difficulty is the early morning one from Cork. At the moment it gets in at the proper time and so what you're talking about is it leaving a little later from Cork. At that time of the day 5.15 vs 5.45 isn't that much of an incentive.
The vast majority of the 30 Min's to be shaved off will come from track renewal and removal of speed restrictions.
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