Reply To: Phoenix Park Tunnel Photos

One of the lowest frequencies mainlines in Europe with a station that would be handling at least twice as many arrivals as departures as is currently done if it was in any other European country. It a shambolic situation of bad management, unions that want more money for changing rosters and operating a timetable based on the Victorian rosters of the Great Northern Railway which is still used to this day for locomotive crew change over. On platforms three and four at Connolly the Rosslare trains (which should not cross the river) sits on the platform at rush hour for 40 minutes because this is how it has always been done and nobody has thought of changing it. When questioned about this Joe Magher of Irish Rail replied “we have first class timetable people”. The park tunnel as a limited shuttle route could start in the morning if the will was there. The capacity issue is red herring. Platform11 have finally nailed this crowd for what they are.