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I'd be pretty sure they wouldn't set off towards Sligo with a serious fault as it would be a major operation to recover a train that could result in stranding passengers for several hours if it failed near the Sligo end.
However, you would think that they would have given the train a good inspection when it got back to Dublin if it was worth waiting half an hour at Maynooth for. However, yesterday's fault could have been completely different - hence I said it "seems" very shoddy.
I wonder if this is as a result of maintenance being over-optimised due to budget constraints.
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IE always let things slip every so often on the maintenance front, no room for complacency however the second train braking down is frankly embarrassing.
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I'd be very surprised if the same set did the same train two days on the run.
That would only happen in exceptional circumstances as the standard practice is that sets go through a rota over a period so as to go to maintenance (which in this case is in Drogheda) over a set number of days.
By working the different trains they are in the right order the following morning.
There's no heavy maintenance done in Connolly any more, just servicing (fuel and water). Anything more than that is done in Drogheda depot.
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It would be normal practice for the same units to remain joined together and operate a route more than 1 day.