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1. Derek Wheeler
   Member

   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
   http://www.platform11.org/metro_eng_eval.pdf

   Posted 5 years ago #

2. Darren
   Member

   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

   Posted 5 years ago #

3. Al
   Member

   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?
   

   Posted 5 years ago #

4. Al
   Member

   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...
   

   Posted 5 years ago #

5. Anonymous
   Member

   dont forget about navan-dunboyne line
   [posted by: robert tedders]

   Posted 5 years ago #

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