A second-rate rail service to Sligo

Sir, – I have seen many letters on the Dublin to Belfast train service, with the latest one from France (Letters, April 12th). The journey time on the Sligo to Dublin train regularly and significantly exceeds three hours for the 207km trip. The train has, on occasion, had to travel back from where it came along the track to allow a train to pass and then continue onwards. With continued lack of investment in the northwest, it seems we will have to settle for a second-rate rail service that operates at a snail’s pace. I suppose it is a case of “C’est la vie”.– Yours, etc,

STEPHEN O’HARA,

Carrowmore,

Sligo.