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Originally Posted by EnterpriseUser
I believe with minimal improvements it should be easily possible to cover Dublin-Cork in 2hours 30 minutes with three stops at Mallow, Thurles and Limerick Junction. This morning the 0730 from Cork could have done that timing with minutes to spare. The bigger issue is services into Connolly which would be exacerbated if the line to the Airport proceeds (which is a sensible proposition in every other respect).
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You are absolutely correct, the Clongriffin to Dublin Airport link is not consistent with a decent Intercity or outer suburban service on the northern line. The proposed DART journey time from the city centre to Dublin airport of 25 minutes says it all - not particularly competitive and an obvious source of even more congestion.
The proposed link to Dublin airport would have tremendous potential if accommpanied by additional running lines between Clongriffin and Connolly - an airport express taking about 12 minutes could be reliably delivered along with a quatum inmprovement in journey times and reliability to all locations north of Clongriffin.
The current proposal merely ticks the airport link box and, in my view, is most unlikely to deliver anything like the claimed uplift in DART usage and most likely to depress usage of longer distance services.