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Trains be getting quicker

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  • #52
    Judgement Day
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    mfitzy wrote: »
    Why do you say this is a political line? Sees a lot of commuter traffic from Athy and Carlow especially.
    Last I figure saw a few years back traffic on this line was at least on a par with Galway and ahead of Rosslare, Sligo and Mayo lines.

    You've answered your own question.


  • #53
    dowlingm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,337 ✭✭✭dowlingm


    murphaph wrote: »
    Germany has tonnes of old stock that gets refurbed. If IE weren't such a throwaway company, there would actually be a market for doing refurbs on the island of Ireland.
    Again you're not comparing like with like. Germany has access to many facilities in Germany and the rest of Europe to which stock can be easily transported and repaired. Without a steady supply of work Inchicore can no longer meet this function plus trains are arguably more complex vehicles with more solid-state electronics and so forth. Even where stock is refurbished, like the 8100 series was in Germany, this can take a long time - plus it can turn out to be a waste of time like the NIR Gatwicks+DBSO.


  • #54
    CIE
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    dowlingm wrote: »
    Again you're not comparing like with like. Germany has access to many facilities in Germany and the rest of Europe to which stock can be easily transported and repaired. Without a steady supply of work Inchicore can no longer meet this function plus trains are arguably more complex vehicles with more solid-state electronics and so forth. Even where stock is refurbished, like the 8100 series was in Germany, this can take a long time - plus it can turn out to be a waste of time like the NIR Gatwicks+DBSO.
    That does not demonstrate how IE is not a "throwaway company". And Inchicore cannot fulfill any function if it is not invested in and modernised, can it?

    The line that Ireland's railways are unlike every other railway in the world is getting overdone, too. They are like every other railway on the planet, and comparing with other railways is certainly comparing like with like. Otherwise, how can Ireland get rolling stock and motive power from overseas?


  • #55
    Grandeeod
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    dowlingm wrote: »
    hardly fair to compare what a country of 80m and 3.5m in the capital does compared to Ireland.

    Why not? It's called aspiration. Sadly lacking in Ireland.


  • #56
    dowlingm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,337 ✭✭✭dowlingm


    I wouldn't mind seeing a full scale rail overhaul facility in Ireland, don't get me wrong. However, it would entail a large capital investment and preferably at least a commitment from NIR to use it.


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