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Originally Posted by Derek Wheeler
Listen, 8,500 passengers a day is pretty decent for the Navan line. No one can argue with that and the cars it would take off the road. But a comparative exercise with total heuston and connolly figures is useless. We probably need figures for commuter lines like carlow, kildare and gorey. But remember they are running on lines that carry other traffic aswell.
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I know but it is relevant. I couldn't give damn whether I take a train from Navan and it gets me to Dublin city centre in 50 minutes or 70 minutes.
I would prefer any service to another decade of waiting, and either path to Dublin is better that the grid-lock rat race through Blanch.
Point is from an economic perspective it does matter because if the long term vision justifies the direct line to Navan (and God knows we have waited long enough for the dithering to end) then that's what needs to be done.
We have passenger figures for Navan for the first time - maybe it's time to work through comparisons with existing services.
The figures for the line are based on northern line comparisons as well, just to add that in