One of the few things Stormont did was approve the C3K units, NIR is the only publically owned vertically integrated railways in the UK system its run on a shoe string, basically its IE time shifted back by 10-15 years
The C3K manages about 3,000 miles per failure, our 29k makes close to 30k. One of the problems the C3K has is the track is so bad to Derry that the air suspension requires so much air the compressor can't keep up and the brakes apply since the air pressure is too low
Its hard to imagine but Irish Rail look good in comparison, IE claim 60% of all Enterprise delays occur within NI, but the track is almost 50/50 (52.4% in the Republic)
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