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Originally Posted by Thomas J Stamp
what you say is true of Metro North (or indeed west) but isnt as true as Dart Underground, because it will facilitate high frequency (well, you know) EMU trains on the Commuter lines from Kildare and Louth, with interchanges to both Luas lines in high usage and handy areas. Thats far form the limited impact of a stand alone metro line. Throw in the few million to re-jig Glasneven and North Wall junctions to allow intercity trains use the PPP and Connolly/Docklands/go right to Belfast and you suddenly have a flexible dynamic system which we most certainly do not have now.
The €36 million is not going on redundancies.
Dublin Bikes is great, but it cant be used at terminal railway stations ( i am led to belive) because all the bikes will be taken in the morning rush hour and the other ranks wouldnt have capacity to accept them.
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I am afraid that in the absence of additional physical track capacity north of Connolly, DART interconnector and DART to the airport is a nonsense as it is simply not possible to provide services that will be competive with alternative bus services or sufficiently attractive to entice people to leave their cars at home.
In the absence of additional tracks north of Connolly it might be better to dedicate the existing lines to express DART to the airport, fast outer-suburban commuter services and cross-border trains. The area between Clontarf Road and Howth Junction (and potentially the Howth branch) would be better served by a separate high frequency Luas service directly accessible from the city centre and via interchanges at Clontarf Road and Howth Junction.