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Charlie and Public Transport

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  • 16-06-2006 1:58am
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    Transport21 Fan
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    During his time in office did Charlie do anything for public transport other than Knock Airport? (I know, I am rolling around on the floor laughing as well)

    But seriously, I know Albert Reyonds put a few quid into railways, but I cannot think of anything Charlie did for public transport while he was in government?


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    Esel
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    You're just waiting for someone to say "Free Travel", aren't you?

    Not your ornery onager



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    Transport21 Fan
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    I suspect the nearest Charlie ever got to mass transit was Terry Keane's knickers.


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    dmeehan
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    he cancelled the building of a bus station in Temple Bar


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    road_high
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    dmeehan wrote:
    he cancelled the building of a bus station in Temple Bar

    ...but didn't develop an alternative either though did he. We still have busaras all these years later.


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    Red Alert
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    Wouldn't the Bombardier/GAC project have been during Charlie's time? In spite of all the flaws that the sorely missed buses had, compared to the other alternatives (the dud Leyland Atlantean) they were exceptionally modern buses for such a small country. Pity they weren't even better.


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    Navan Junction
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    when was DART planned?


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    paulm17781
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    Navan Junction wrote:
    when was DART planned?

    1974 I think.


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    shltter
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    Red Alert wrote:
    Wouldn't the Bombardier/GAC project have been during Charlie's time? In spite of all the flaws that the sorely missed buses had, compared to the other alternatives (the dud Leyland Atlantean) they were exceptionally modern buses for such a small country. Pity they weren't even better.

    The actual start of the Bombardier/GAC project would have been 1977 so that was before Haughey


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    popebenny16
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    they were exceptionally modern buses for such a small country. Pity they weren't even better.

    You have got to be kidding!!! They ate fuel and were hopelessly unecomonic when being run, they fell to bits, the airbrakes never worked properly, the suspension was a disaster, they had structural problems.

    They entered service in 1981. In 1991 they started being withdrawn, earlier than the hopless Atlanteans they were intended to replace. Ironicly enough, they were replaced by other Leylands, Olyimpians in this case.

    And dont even start me on the "moving boxes" they farmed out to Galway and Cork. I'm sure there'sa few Dublin Bus lads here who will fill you in on them. There's even a website devoted to them, you wond see one looking anything but badly built. Oh, and the headroom and seating layout downstairs was rubbish as well.


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    Hotblack Desiato
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    Transport21 Fan wrote:
    During his time in office did Charlie do anything for public transport other than Knock Airport?
    Did he do anything for Knock Airport? It was built and opened during the 82-87 FG-Lab coalition. I don't think they provided any funding either, the then Minister for Communications famously described the location as "foggy, boggy" :D

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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