CatInABox wrote: » At least the bridge will connect both sides of the river.
LXFlyer wrote: » Good luck to anyone trying to board a train at Pelletstown inbound during the morning peak until the new DART rolling stock arrives which at this rate could be 5 years away. Ludicrous to even think of opening it until the line is electrified and rolling stock delivered. Or maybe only serve it off-peak until that happens.
cgcsb wrote: » The loses aren't the main reason. For dc the substations have to be closer together a long the route, every 2 or 3km. With ac the substations can easily be 25km apart
roadmaster wrote: » The removal of the level crossings on the maynooth line is that primarily for safety reasons?
LXFlyer wrote: » No. It is primarily because with increased frequency of trains the barriers would spend more time down than up particularly at peak times, and consequently there would be traffic gridlock. A secondary benefit is increased safety of the permanent way.
marno21 wrote: » Irish Rail have tendered for consultants for the preparation of a Business Case for the DART Expansion programmehttps://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicPurchase/154022/1/0
cgcsb wrote: » Is all this report writing really necessary? I mean the current transport network is bursting at the seams. Is anybody out there in doubt of the need for an expanded DART network? Who needs convincing? It Seems like just a way to eat up some budget
cgcsb wrote: » Is all this report writing really necessary? I mean the current transport network is bursting at the seams. Is anybody out there in doubt of the need for an expanded DART network? Who needs convincing?
cgcsb wrote: » Did we not have a business case 40 years ago?
Ireland trains wrote: » https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/business/irish/keeping-irish-rail-on-the-right-track-38698743.html They mention examining the posibility of 4 tracks to mallahide
Last Stop wrote: » Busconnects CPO have been rumoured at a rate of upto 35k per sq m. Even if you assume a 10m wide strip is required along the full length (won’t be that wide and a lot will be within Irish Rail lands) That’s Around 200m for the 5.5km to Howth junction Around 450m for the 12.5km to Malahide Even doubling that for actual project costs it’s still the lower side of 1bn DART underground is going to cost well north of 1bn if not 2bn. If there’s anything worse that NIBMYism it’s people trying to suggest that we should not go ahead with a project for fear of NIMBYism.
lawred2 wrote: » Underground will be more expensive for sure but at least it's the start of a subterranean network. 4 tracking would be great obviously if it was delivered and I'd be prime placed to benefit from it... But I'd prefer to face reality, such projects here routinely get killed, maimed or get tied up for decades because of local objections.
I know for a fact, there is one stretch at Portmarnock station that's hemmed in on both sides by apartment blocks. Hard to see where the extra tracks will fit there.
CIE's record of delivering anything of that scale is poor to abject so forgive me my pessimism.
By the way - 35k per square metre? Is that right? Is that market rate?
Last Stop wrote: » One pinch point? I’m sure the engineers will find a way
Last Stop wrote: » And yet you’re suggesting they focus on a project three times this
marno21 wrote: » Quote: “On the busy Northern Line, it is currently examining the possibility of four tracking it as far as Malahide, which would allow hourly services to Belfast taking just 90 minutes”
lawred2 wrote: » I'm sure they could demolish one of the apartment blocks.
I wouldn't have CIE involved at all.
Last Stop wrote: » That’s one solution You wouldn’t have CIE involved in a project which is being built to their standards, tying with their lines, requires their land to build it and was after all their idea. Good look with that.
