Empty Trains

[Gary]

Not sure if this is just co-incidence but twice this week have seen northbound trains at Clontarf Road at around 5.20pm with low passenger numbers ie no one standing and plenty of seats, meanwhile the traffic along the coast road is solid.

I know poeple like their cars but what's the missing link to get people out of the cars and into trains. Seems to be no shortage of trains at peak times on Dart. Is part of the challenge for people working & living relatively near a station getting them from their homes to the station and then from the station to work.

As being discussed on the Lusk Station scenario there doesn't seem to be a proper link between bus services and the trains. Would having the city imp style buses running around the housing estates within 2 mile radius of station help? That said they would then need priority getting out of the station to ensure they're not just sitting in traffic.