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Inniskeen · 15-03-2011, 23:05

Commencing Monday March 21st the 0620 Portadown to Newry departs at 0615 arriving Newry 0639.

The suggestion that the proposed service is in some way unsafe is patent nonsense. There is no more risk to passengers than on the Kerry, Galway, Rosslare, Sligo or Westport lines which are not AWS, CAWS, DRA or TPWS fitted.

Presumeably this is a temporary arrangement pending the allocation of AWS/TPWS fitted ICR sets. In the interim elaborate, extensive and largely unnecessary arrangements will be in place to compensate for the absence of these systems. It is frankly farcical that such a simple service extension has generated such manic interest from the safety industry.

15-03-2011, 23:05	#62
Inniskeen Really Regular Poster Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 951	Commencing Monday March 21st the 0620 Portadown to Newry departs at 0615 arriving Newry 0639. The suggestion that the proposed service is in some way unsafe is patent nonsense. There is no more risk to passengers than on the Kerry, Galway, Rosslare, Sligo or Westport lines which are not AWS, CAWS, DRA or TPWS fitted. Presumeably this is a temporary arrangement pending the allocation of AWS/TPWS fitted ICR sets. In the interim elaborate, extensive and largely unnecessary arrangements will be in place to compensate for the absence of these systems. It is frankly farcical that such a simple service extension has generated such manic interest from the safety industry.