Sir, – It would appear that the timetable developers at Irish Rail never talk to their counterparts at Bus Éireann, and vice versa.
On a recent carless trip to the west coast I discovered that:
1. The bus to Clifden leaves just seven minutes after the train, if it’s on time, arrives in Galway from Dublin (next bus two hours);
2. The bus from Clifden to Westport arrives 45 minutes after the train to Dublin leaves (next train 2½ hours);
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3. The bus from Athlone to Drogheda leaves 10 minutes before the train arrives from Westport (next bus two hours).
Not exactly an encouragement to use public transport across the country. – Yours, etc,
TREVOR WILSON,
Balbriggan,
Dublin.
