[2-2-2008] Bray Greystones Closed

[shweeney]

Originally Posted by essoII

You cant just say that the tunnel is for Greystones commuters alone! You're forgetting the entire catchment of passengers south of Bray all the way along the Rosslare line. If this sort of disruption is going to continue at a stage where rock fall is happening annually, a feasibility study for a new route through or round Bray Head should be undertaken.
It's a very good point that the expert knowledge in tunneling soon to come from the dublin rail tunnel projects could vastly reduce the cost of carrying out tunneling work inbetween Bray and Greystones.

passenger numbers on the rosslare line are poor and lot of potential passengers get the bus instead as its cheaper, more frequent, and no slower than the train.

I'd be interested to know what percentage of passengers travelling the Bray-Greystones section are only going to\from Greystones - I'd say its pretty high. Of course if there was a more regular and faster service to Wicklow and Arklow the numbers might improve.