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DART+ (DART Expansion)

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  • #12092
    murphaph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123603002#Comment_123603002

    Well, in a similar vein, if DU was built before FN then you wouldn't have to run all trains through from Hazelhatch to Drogheda. You could design the Docklands/Fairview/wherever station with a centre bay turnback platform (useful for operational flexibility anyway) and run the remainder of trains short between Hazelhatch and Docklands. 90% of passengers boarding between Hazelhatch and Heuston would probably be alighting at or before Docklands anyway. You'd still get most of the benefit out of the tunnel even if you could "only" run 9tph through to Drogheda.



  • #12093
    murphaph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    Personally I'd like to see Sligo trains terminate as soon as possible and not sent out to Dún Laoghaire where hardly any passengers would be heading. I think IE could do worse than retain the existing Docklands station for exactly this purpose. Most people would probably alight a Sligo IC train at Glasnevin and take ML to the city centre or a DART towards GCD/Bray but anyone going to the Docklands would be well served by the existing Docklands station. It's close enough to the Red Line too, at least for an Intercity connection.



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