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Infrastructure that never happened

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  • #272
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,741 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123347340#Comment_123347340

    They hadn't even got a design as far as I know, let alone approval, funding etc etc. Presumably it was going to do that yeah.



  • #273
    spacetweek
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,319 Mod ✭✭✭✭spacetweek


    Yep, very poor journalism.



  • #274
    roadmaster
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    If they really wanted to they could still bring a line in to broadstone for that 2km stretch along the luas line by cut and fill but going by what happened with the metro and the luas on the south side they would never be aloud to close the broombridge line even in sections for construction



  • #275
    goingnowhere
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    That was a stunt by Irish Rail to block the Luas to Broombridge



  • #276
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,612 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123350152#Comment_123350152

    Broadstone doesn't really make sense as a destination for rail passengers, it is largely a residential area. Docklands/Spencer Dock is a far more attractive destination for the majority of commuters these days.

    Tunnelling from Broadstone over to the Southern DART line wouldn't make much sense these days given the capacity constraints on the Southern line. Split the DART, so every second train from Bray/Greystones goes in the tunnel versus Connelly. So just a train every 20 minutes using the tunnel, kind of the opposite of how you'd want to use an expensive tunnel.

    It kind of reflects old fashioned thinking of Stephens Green being the heart of the business district and while it is obviously still an important destination, the docklands luckily has become the heart of our business district now.

    DART Underground still makes sense, but this tunnel connection wouldn't make sense today. Had they tunnelled to the Harcourt Street line, that would be a different conversation.



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