Navan Rail Line

end of the road

we know this line needs to be built.
we know it has the numbers.
we know road transport and more of it is not the solution and will never work as the solution no matter how much capacity and upgrades are thrown at it.
even if it did cost a billion to build, it's better value then more road upgrades which will cost similar but will be full quite quickly.
those are the realities on the ground.

orangerhyme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123967611#Comment_123967611

The M3 parkway train gets an average of 550 passengers a day.

There's motorways in Ireland that get over 100,000 vehicles per day, so god knows how many passengers that is.

How much will Navan add to the M3 Parkway line, maybe a 1000 a day?

There's no comparison.

I'm a big fan of rail by the way, but in this instance it's a waste of money.

I'd wait 20 or 30 years. Maybe the population will be there then to support it then. Just make sure the land is preserved.

Meath is one of the fastest growing counties in Ireland.

Navan could be 50,000 or 60,000 by then.

bikeman1

1 billion is absolutely nothing in Ireland’s budget in 2025. That will create an asset that will be there for generations to come.

We literally cannot cram anymore cars on the road and our population will continue to increase for the foreseeable.

While the project is not number 1 priority, we absolutely should have a rail line to Navan with a decent Park and Ride for Dunshauglin. We have to give people alternatives. The NX is totally inadequate now and will be more so in years to come.

Consonata

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123967678#Comment_123967678

The budgetary restraints are less of an issue than the time it takes to drag such a project through planning and get it to the finished product. I think time to deliver is the more finite resource than money, and it probably isn't the most value for money project that we have available to us at the moment.