Bus Éireann shuttle service to Laytown Railway station:

[Inniskeen]

Originally Posted by Colm Moore

Excellent news. Bettystown merits a station, but it would add more time to Dublin-Drogheda.

Can't think why you would put a station in Bettystown - it is simply not practical to serve every housing estate and still run a viable service. Extend the car park in Laytown, run more shuttles buses but not another station !

In any event the railway heads away from Bettystown after leaving Laytown and any station site isn't likely to be much nearer to Bettystown than Laytown. Where would the new station be ?

There might be an argument for Dunleer (or mid-Louth) with a large free Park and ride accessible from the motorway.

As regards the bus shuttle, it will be interesting to see how much business it gets, although I suspect it maybe too late given that Matthews coaches are now so well established.

[berneyarms]

I would imagine that the NTA will be looking at a joint IE/BE ticket for the northern line/N1 corridor similar to that between Dublin and Mullingar.

[Colm Moore]

Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington had an urban population of 10,889 in 2011, within total of 25,000 for east Meath and 35,000 for south Louth.

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

Can't think why you would put a station in Bettystown - it is simply not practical to serve every housing estate and still run a viable service. Extend the car park in Laytown, run more shuttles buses but not another station !

Perhaps here: https://maps.google.ie/maps?q=Bettys....9 3,,0,-6.32 It would require better densities though.

The low bridge may be problematic for buses.

[dowlingm]

Think from an urban planning perspective a Bettystown station would drive sprawl west of the railway line.