Sir, - Micheal O'Donovan (January 6th), in his letter about the quality of Irish train services, says he is glad he can travel by car so as to avoid "Soviet levels of comfort and service". I regularly travel by train and having also travelled through former Eastern Bloc countries may I say that Iarnrod Eireann operates considerably below Soviet standards! - Yours, etc., Ruairi Callaghan,
Sycamore Road, Finglas East, Dublin 11.