Rail Station for Croke Park

[Mark Hennessy]

Originally Posted by markpb

Let's be blunt for a minute, this is nothing to do with health and safety. Stations near statia are operate safely elsewhere. Old Trafford (76,000) has a train station and tram station. Real Madrid's stadium (80,000) has a metro stop five minutes walk away. In the case of Manchester, the tram station is ancient and tiny but the staff do a perfectly good job of keeping everyone safe.

Drumcondra's location is fine but the station would need a complete rebuild in order to be any use. Even if that happened, Irish Rail staff just don't care and would make a mess of it.

I think the article hints at a station in Croke Park itself which I can't see how it would fit in.

As I said in the first post, re-building Drumcondra properly to allow Irish Rail and Metro passengers (!) ease of access would be a better solution than spending money on a new station within Croke Park in my opinion.