We have been through this before
It makes no difference to the end to end times on Rosslare line services to call at Tara, Pearse and Dun Laoghaire but it does help significantly with passenger numbers
Through a combination of safety, accessibility and cost reasons the Mk3 coaches are not an option on the Rosslare line. It was the only route where Mk3 coaches were never scheduled to operate. The current trains cost roughly half the running cost vs the previous locomotive option.
This is not a fantasy timetable it is reality and there will be no Mk3 operated trains anywhere in the 2011 timetable unless someone pays for refurbishment. Irish Rail managed to construct a business case to get 51 ICR coaches instead of refurbishing 48 Mk3 coaches, the costs over 10 years favoured new trains.
The ICR is as things stand today a far better train than the un refurbished Mk3.
ICR would be faster point to point than any locomotive option on any route nationwide
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