As far as I can remember, the basic costings for Metro north also only provided for three-car trains. This would deliver barely more capacity than a tram line. To me, the tram proposal that was floating around a year or two ago, makes vastly more sense than either Metro North or the spur proposal.
The airport DART strikes me as basically an attempt at a land-grab by Irish Rail for an airport rail service that really only provides for two groups of people - those living in the DART corridor who are already served by Aircoach and business travellers who are already served by taxis through the port tunnel and are unlikely to travel any other way. Bus Eireann are doing an admirable job in terms of delivering airport passengers to basically all of Leinster.
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