dubscottie
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I suspect the whole story, after quite possibly some meetings they asked for in Dublin, has been put around by the ROSCO PR teams to encourage both TOCs and the DfT into a "buy now while stocks last" frenzy. Commercially, doing that seems quite astute.
I did think that bogies were one of the longer lead time items in rolling stock production. You are not going to get new ones made up over a weekend. It's not just a case of pressing the wheels out a bit on the axles ...
There is a real need for stock in Dublin due to the "property crisis" .
The North/South routes are likely to be steady but routes west to Laois and Carlow are seeing vast increases in passengers as its the only place people can afford to rent.
IR could outbid any UK TOC. Politically it would make sense.