The issues of timetabling and allocation of rolling stock is a day to day operational matter for Irish Rail. However, Irish Rail has informed me that Monasterevin has three commuter morning services each day to Dublin at 0704, 0735, and 0800 with seating accommodation for approximately 800 passengers on each train. Return services to Monasterevin from Dublin in the evening are at 1735 and 1800 with seating accommodation for approximately 700 passengers on each train.
Irish Rail will shortly announce planning for the 2005 timetable and part of that process will be to review all commuter services to and from Dublin and implement any changes necessary. A further 36 diesel rail cars, identical to the 80 already in service since earlier this year, will be delivered in 2005. Some of these railcars will be used to provide further additional capacity on the Kildare route.