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Originally Posted by comcor
Most tellingly of all, while it takes between 31 and 38 minutes to go downhill from Cork to Mallow, it takes 21 or 22 minutes to do the uphill journey in the opposite direction.
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Mallow (about 70m ASL, MP 144.5) is higher than Cork (5-10m ASL, MP 165.5).
the high point is at about 140m ASL at MP 151-152. The slopes are about the same.
The fastest scheduled services was back in the early 1990s doing it in 2h20 - the last train on a Sunday evening. Eash stop will add about 3 minutes, between slowing down, stopping and accelerating again.