Metrolink is already under railway order application stage. There’s no need to design another line to the airport now, its gonna take far longer.
Some cities have an elevated tram/monorail system.. you’d think it could have been achieved along a route like that yeah
Deliberate choice to avoid running the line near any residential or commercial developments? It’s passing through fields for about 8 of the first 10km.
Very little use to anyone not specifically going to the airport.
How about a bus that runs on its own guideway powered by the piss of 1 million nimbys. We could call it “A Really Special Exciting Bus Automated intelligent Transport”
What do you mean by more feasible than splitting from the DART line?
Leaving aside the fact that the metro is already underway, building a spur off the Malahide DART line would be half the distance and through mostly empty land. Problem with that is the same as what you’re suggesting – it only serves the airport. There’s no real population centres there it could also serve. Nor is there likely to be – they’re directly under the noisiest parts of the flight paths.
They’d need to seriously revamp the existing rail lines to allow more throughput either way. The line out towards Blanchardstown has a couple of level crossings that won’t be quick to get sorted.
You need to somehow get the line from the east side of the M50 to the west. That includes crossing a canal, avoiding several slip roads and all at different elevations.
Then there’s the junction at Finglas. That’ll be quite difficult to get past that and would most likely cause a lot of disruption.
Then you’re going back to the other side of the M50 into what is essential the car park of IKEA and then back across the M50.
Seems like a quite costly venture for something that is already being planned.
1. Metrolink does appear to *actually* be happening.
2. That kind of alignment isn’t *at all s*uitable for a heavy rail line
3. That journey would take feckin ages – probably 1hr+
4. The rail network around dublin is already totally over-capacity. Connolly is the crippling bottle-neck of the whole national network…and this would need to use it.
5. Objection!
That wouldn’t be a good idea. The train station at Manchester was built on a short spur off a nearby preexisting commuter railway line, but that has ended up resulting in some serious congestion issues. It receives THE most overcrowded trains in all of the UK. With even more passenger traffic than Manchester, it would be even worse in Dublin. A dedicated high frequency line is the only good choice.
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Metrolink is already under railway order application stage. There’s no need to design another line to the airport now, its gonna take far longer.
Some cities have an elevated tram/monorail system.. you’d think it could have been achieved along a route like that yeah
Deliberate choice to avoid running the line near any residential or commercial developments? It’s passing through fields for about 8 of the first 10km.
Very little use to anyone not specifically going to the airport.
How about a bus that runs on its own guideway powered by the piss of 1 million nimbys. We could call it “A Really Special Exciting Bus Automated intelligent Transport”
What do you mean by more feasible than splitting from the DART line?
Leaving aside the fact that the metro is already underway, building a spur off the Malahide DART line would be half the distance and through mostly empty land. Problem with that is the same as what you’re suggesting – it only serves the airport. There’s no real population centres there it could also serve. Nor is there likely to be – they’re directly under the noisiest parts of the flight paths.
They’d need to seriously revamp the existing rail lines to allow more throughput either way. The line out towards Blanchardstown has a couple of level crossings that won’t be quick to get sorted.
You need to somehow get the line from the east side of the M50 to the west. That includes crossing a canal, avoiding several slip roads and all at different elevations.
Then there’s the junction at Finglas. That’ll be quite difficult to get past that and would most likely cause a lot of disruption.
Then you’re going back to the other side of the M50 into what is essential the car park of IKEA and then back across the M50.
Seems like a quite costly venture for something that is already being planned.
1. Metrolink does appear to *actually* be happening.
2. That kind of alignment isn’t *at all s*uitable for a heavy rail line
3. That journey would take feckin ages – probably 1hr+
4. The rail network around dublin is already totally over-capacity. Connolly is the crippling bottle-neck of the whole national network…and this would need to use it.
5. Objection!
That wouldn’t be a good idea. The train station at Manchester was built on a short spur off a nearby preexisting commuter railway line, but that has ended up resulting in some serious congestion issues. It receives THE most overcrowded trains in all of the UK. With even more passenger traffic than Manchester, it would be even worse in Dublin. A dedicated high frequency line is the only good choice.