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Mark Gleeson · 09-03-2006, 13:43

Bray is bit like Hazelhatch its on the border that said it has been a rail commuter town for 150 years and was a logical terminus. That said Bray can fill every seat on a 6 coach train in the morning rush, Kildare can't do that neither can Newbridge, the 1845 to Newbridge has plently of seats empty on a 4 car train with only 184 seats

Greystones has a political move by Michael Lowry to win a by election for FG. Everyone accepts it was a bad idea and destroyed the reliability of the DART service. A simple railcar shuttling to Wicklow from Bray would have done the gig for a fraction of the cost. FG of course lost

The DTO for possibly the first time ever insisted the expansion of the DART to Kildare town would have led to continuation of urban sprawl bit late for that.

The other reason is the zonal map, look how neatly Greystones, Hazelhatch, Maynooth and Ballbrigan are all on the short hop zone boundary. Work that out

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Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Bray is bit like Hazelhatch its on the border that said it has been a rail commuter town for 150 years and was a logical terminus. That said Bray can fill every seat on a 6 coach train in the morning rush, Kildare can't do that neither can Newbridge, the 1845 to Newbridge has plently of seats empty on a 4 car train with only 184 seats Greystones has a political move by Michael Lowry to win a by election for FG. Everyone accepts it was a bad idea and destroyed the reliability of the DART service. A simple railcar shuttling to Wicklow from Bray would have done the gig for a fraction of the cost. FG of course lost The DTO for possibly the first time ever insisted the expansion of the DART to Kildare town would have led to continuation of urban sprawl bit late for that. The other reason is the zonal map, look how neatly Greystones, Hazelhatch, Maynooth and Ballbrigan are all on the short hop zone boundary. Work that out Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 09-03-2006 at 13:45.