BUSRAGE Discussions Topic: The Interconnector is Still the Answer

BUSRAGE Discussions Topic: The Interconnector is Still the Answer http://busrage.com/forum/ BUSRAGE Discussions Topic: The Interconnector is Still the Answer en Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:05:40 +0000 Anonymous on "The Interconnector is Still the Answer" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3698#post-3900 Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:36:58 +0000 Anonymous 3900@http://busrage.com/forum/ dont forget about navan-dunboyne line [posted by: robert tedders] Al on "The Interconnector is Still the Answer" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3698#post-3778 Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:01:33 +0000 Al 3778@http://busrage.com/forum/ Oh yeah, and P11 need to stop worrying about WOT. They won't get a government grant to reopen the Tuam-Collooney line; they won't steal any money away from needed Dublin or other urban rail projects. The government is always going to play political rugby with the rail transport issue. Gotta get down in the mud with the mud-slingers... Al on "The Interconnector is Still the Answer" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3698#post-3777 Thu, 07 Apr 2005 19:58:25 +0000 Al 3777@http://busrage.com/forum/ Well, to be frank...if the Interconnector's the answer, what was the question? Dublin's needed more rail options since 1990. The Luas ain't cutting it; they ordered trams that don't MU and built platforms that are no longer than forty metres, and fare collection is questionable...never mind increasing maintenance costs and spare-parts inventories for the government over the course of several decades down the road due to not building the system as DART to begin with. People are asking to convert lines like Connolly-Maynooth and Pearse-Drogheda to "DART" when they really mean to convert them to electrified commuter rail (which DART is not). The DMUs currently in service on those lines can run everywhere that the DART can anyway, plus they have on-board restrooms. IE themselves are too full of conflicts of interest to be really focussed on rail to begin with. How about forcing Roadliner out of their hands? Darren on "The Interconnector is Still the Answer" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3698#post-3708 Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:32:21 +0000 Darren 3708@http://busrage.com/forum/ I agree 110%.Whats the point in building a metro to the AIRPORT when a DART could do it in just about the same time while serving a wider area.This would save on costs and more people would have acess to the DART with the interconnector tunnel. Darren Derek Wheeler on "The Interconnector is Still the Answer" http://busrage.com/forum/topic/3698#post-3698 Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:10:25 +0000 Derek Wheeler 3698@http://busrage.com/forum/ THE PROPOSED METRO IS FLAWED While Platform11 supports the concept of a Metro system for Dublin, we believe that Iarnrod Eireann's Dublin Rail Plan, which incorporates the Heuston-Spencer Dock "Interconnector" tunnel, and a DART connection to Dublin Airport to be the key infrastructural project for the Greater Dublin Region. A Technical Briefing The Proposed Dublin Metro is Flawed Mark Gleeson, Technical Advisor to Platform11 March 20, 2005 <a href="http://www.platform11.org/metro_eng_eval.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.platform11.org/metro_eng_eval.pdf</a>