namloc1980 wrote: » Who's the Junior Minister for Keeping an eye on the Greens Road policy?
CatInABox wrote: » Hildeguarde Naughton. Personally, I don't think that too much will change, apart from a massive increase in spending on active transport projects, first on the planning side and later on the actual implementation.
Tomrota wrote: » So DART underground could be back on the table?
ncounties wrote: » Based on the progress so far, when do we think we'd see DART services at Drumcondra?
cgcsb wrote: » 2372. No seriously this won't happen the project is being managed by CIE so forget about it. The trains might become hybrid though.
ncounties wrote: » With DART expansion, would it be feasible that a station could be introduced at Ballybough road? With the development potential of the area, and the fact that it would be located >1km than any other station, this would, to me at least, appear to make sense.
Carawaystick wrote: » Building an entrance to Connolly at Seville place would be a very quick win, to allow access to all lines served from Connolly. Its a half a mile walk from the north end of P7 to the street 40m away. Also connecting the north end of platforms saves a long walk from the inside platforms to P6/7.
LXFlyer wrote: » What a stupid glib comment. Pretty much every investment project that Irish Rail has carried out in recent years has been delivered on time and within budget. The problem isn’t at project management or delivery stage, it’s at the political level. People need to move on from this kind of nonsense.
cgcsb wrote: » Like the 2hour Dublin to Cork journey that was going to be coming in circa 2018 thanks to track replacement. Ended up just not happening. No more said about it. They still will not schedule a train between Dublin and Belfast to arrive in either city by 9am. That's before younger into the bridge a that they let literally fall into the sea.
LXFlyer wrote: » The Cork track bed was found to need greater work than originally thought necessary due to the pounding from the Class 201 locomotives - there is going to be a complete relay taking place - the track bed work is ongoing. The level crossings south of Limerick Junction are currently being eliminated, and the down platform at Limerick Junction is in place..
LXFlyer wrote: » I’m not sure what the Dublin/Belfast schedule has to do with capital investment being delivered - neither company has committed to a pre-9 am arrival prior to now. I’m not sure what relevance that has to projects such as DART expansion being delivered? Realistically for that to happen more trains would be required - you’re only going to have one path per hour.
LXFlyer wrote: » We all know that the Malahide Viaduct collapse shouldn’t have happened, and it was a disgrace, but plenty of capital investment projects have been delivered.
cgcsb wrote: » Have you an inside source because I can't actually see anywhere on the internet where they explain this folly to the tax payer. It demonstrates organisational ability. If you are the company tasked with operating the intercity rail network and you fail to deliver a pre-9am connection between the 2 biggest cities. That is an utter failure. It simply would not be tolerated in any other European country. Can you imagine that anywhere else? Try telling the tax payers of Denmark that they'll not be able to get between Odnese and Copenhagen for a 9am meeting by train and they'll have drive instead. It's beyond a disgrace especially when it was inspected only a few weeks before the incident and the recommendations from the report marked 'urgent' were ignored.
cgcsb wrote: » Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it delivered. Can't see it happening though. The delivery date for all elements of DART Expansion (excl undergound) is 2027 and we're nowhere near putting the wires up and closing crossings on any part of it, so at this point it's safe to say it won't be entirely delivered by 2027. I've no doubt we'll get hybrid train sets branded as DART before then at an increased frequency but I doubt the project will get much further than that by 2027. Eelctrification to Maynooth was also included in the National Transport Integrated Implementation Plan 2013-2018, but was never done.
D.L.R. wrote: » Its snails pace stuff. The state isn't serious about rail. They've been waffling on about the city centre resignalling program for 10 years and its still not done. Kildare Rail project still not done. Metro South cancelled. Level crossing program still not done. We'll close Merrion Gates ahhh but not right now. Does anyone seriously think they can organise a project like Dart Underground?
LXFlyer wrote: » Again the issue is a political one. That’s where the delays are happening. The projects are deliverable - but they need the political will to do so. That’s when you hit the brick wall that is the civil service. Incidentally, as I understand it, the final phase of the city centre resignalling project which is Connolly Station is due to be commissioned this Autumn.
cgcsb wrote: » That's what I'm saying, if the politics won't allow closure of merrion gates then politics won't allow DART expansion, at least not as extensive as the planned works are. My prediction is that Hybrid trains will be branded as DART as a 'temporary' measure and then it'll be forgotten about. In 2027, if there is a frequent electric DART service covering all commuter routes, anyone feel free to quote this post and tell me I was wrong.
Sam Russell wrote: » Sounds like a good proposal, along with opening the entrance from Amien St. That was supposed to be open some time ago, but still closed.
L1011 wrote: » I don't believe there was any solid proposal to reopen it. Various people have called for it but nothing from Irish Rail They are currently proposing - DCC planning file 2848/20 - to permanently remove it from use by converting it to offices.
ncounties wrote: » Where exactly on Amien Street would this entrance be?
LXFlyer wrote: » The building is still there - just beyond the overbridge.
LXFlyer wrote: » The various anti-social behaviour events that happened there over the years, and there were an awful lot of them, some quite serious (and this was when it was actually staffed), I suspect militate against that second entrance to Connolly. As you say there has never been a formal proposal to re-open that entrance, only suggestions here, and it's now earmarked for offices.
L1011 wrote: » Were those not primarily related to it having a public toilet right inside the door, which basically became an unsupervised, uncontrolled injection centre? Fixing the problems rather than moving them elsewhere / cutting off ones nose is the proper thing to do.
LXFlyer wrote: » No. Several serious assaults on staff as I understand it. The main station allows for better supervision and is that bit further away from the street to deter the local protagonists.
L1011 wrote: » The area has been dragged somewhat upmarket since (Foley Street building and so on) and I would realistically expect it to be completely unstaffed like the secondary entrances to Tara and Pearse these days. TVMs and a barrier line.
