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Renaming Dublin's rail lines after people

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  • 05-08-2023 04:59PM
    #1
    brianc89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 910 ✭✭✭


    Dart+ West, Dart+ Coastal North, Luas BDX, MetroLink. Omg yawn...

    Has there ever been a proposal to name our major transport lines after famous people? No 1916 revolutionaries please!

    Oscar Wilde, Mary Robinson, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Liam Neeson, Ernest Walton, Johnathan Swift, McGregor, Saoirse.... the list is endless.

    There are so many women in particular that could be honoured, especially given how appalling this state has treated them.



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    #2
    pat_sconce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 172 ✭✭pat_sconce


    Oh god no.

    No no no.



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    #3
    Duke of Schomberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭Duke of Schomberg


    " . . . McGregor . . . " - if that's knacker McGregor, then the Luas Red Line would be a candidate to be named after the man.



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    Ramasun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭Ramasun


    There must be a good few slow, disorganised and inefficient people to name them after.



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    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,211 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    Absolutely not. Terrible idea.



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    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,932 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    No. There are well established names. Creating confusion is unnecessary and inappropriate.

    It is generally not good to name things after living people. You never know what ghosts are behind the scenes.



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    brianc89
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943415#Comment_120943415

    Well established names? MetroLink... Really?!!! It's not very cultural is it, let alone established.

    Yes was thinking same... "being dead" should be a base requirement.



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    POBox19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 977 ✭✭✭POBox19


    Oh yeah, Belfast to Dublin could be the 'Traditional Route'. Belfast to Derry the 'Big Ian's Way'.

    Seriously, no.



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    Jim_Hodge
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943439#Comment_120943439

    And then spend years debating renaming them as societal norms change. Look at all the statues being removed and sites renamed at present.



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    brianc89
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943491#Comment_120943491

    You mean statues and buildings named after slave owners? Those ones is it?

    It's hardly such a controversial idea - our streets, bus and train stations, airports, buildings, sports stadia, all our bridges... all of these pieces of infrastructure are named after people.

    Humans like calling inanimate objects after other humans. Dart+ Coastal North just doesn't have a ring to it, if you ask me...



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    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,211 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943506#Comment_120943506

    And outside of Dublin nobody uses designated bus or station names other than a geographical reference. Likewise with bridges. You're entitled to your preference but to me Metro North would mean more, and tell me more, than the John Doe Line. Just like I rather the M1 motorway to the Mary Smith motorway.



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    brianc89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 910 ✭✭✭brianc89


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943532#Comment_120943532

    It's called MetroLink. Was rebranded there a while back 😆



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    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,211 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943624#Comment_120943624

    It was a example. I'm not near Dublin, so don't follow the plans. Giving it a name after a person would be desperate though. Even MetroLink gives a hint to it's function.



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    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,918 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Lovers of irony might like to see the Luas Green Line named after Todd Andrews.



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    ArcadiaJunction
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 271 ✭✭ArcadiaJunction


    The can name the Metro Sinead O'Connor as it's dead.



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    noelfirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 661 ✭✭✭noelfirl


    Jesus Christ, please no. Just no.

    Metrolink probably won't even actually be called that in terms of operational branding, it will probably just be Metro Blue/Yellow/whatever colour line designation it gets. DART+ Coastal North is just the name of the infrastructure, hints in some of the material around the DART+ project suggest that if anything there will be simple route designations used like D1 etc.



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    p_haugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,855 ✭✭✭p_haugh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120944140#Comment_120944140

    As with Luas CrossCity, that name simply went away once it actually went into service as an extension of the green line. It's just a name for the infrastructure element.



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    #18
    brianc89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 910 ✭✭✭brianc89


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943946#Comment_120943946

    Definitely too soon



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    JohnC.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭JohnC.


    Has it happened elsewhere? I can only think of the tube lines Victoria and Elizabeth in London off the top of my head. Maybe Jubilee if you want to stretch the definition of naming a line for someone a little. But has it happened in other parts of the world?



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    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,266 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Oh ffs, the current fad of having to name every inanimate object after a person.



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    #21
    magicbastarder
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943532#Comment_120943532

    not just outside of dublin. how many people would refer to dun laoghaire or bray stations by their full name, for example?



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    #22
    Flinty997
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,680 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058308171/renaming-dublins-rail-lines-after-people

    For the love of mike no....



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    #23
    brianc89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 910 ✭✭✭brianc89


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120945222#Comment_120945222

    So I'm gonna be totally honest and admit, I thought all Tube lines had a "name" as such. It was only yesterday after I posted this thread that I googled and realized this wasn't the case.



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    #24
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,932 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120945347#Comment_120945347

    All London Underground ('Tube') lines do have names.

    https://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf

    London Overground, DLR, London Trams, Thameslink and the Elizabeth line are separate systems and not part of London Underground. Their lines may or may not have public / private names.



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    #25
    gjim
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943946#Comment_120943946

    For a joke to be funny - particularly an edgy one - it has to make some sort of sense. The metrolink project is progressing afaik



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    #26
    Flinty997
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,680 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    In the UK there's a lot of influence of patriotism, monarchy etc. Without being Judgemental, perhaps in a modern context with multi cultural and multi national mix public infrastructure schools be free of any associations. Though I have no issue with recognising and appreciating the past and notable figures in it.



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    Flinty997
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,680 ✭✭✭✭Flinty997


    Some sort of project related to freedom of speech, arts, or music, social injustice, like a theater or such might be more appropriate for Sinead O Connor than a train line.



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    #28
    brianc89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 910 ✭✭✭brianc89


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120945522#Comment_120945522

    Wow it took 25replies to finally get constructive feedback. I find the general response to this thread to be really interesting.

    Are we still so insecure about our British past, that this has struck such a nerve? Does the idea feel too British for people? I don't know?...

    We proudly name lots of things after people, bridges for example. Not sure how this is so different.



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    #29
    noelfirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 661 ✭✭✭noelfirl


    Or you know, people just think it's not a well developed idea, with little likely benefit, and a strong possibility of a Pandora's box of ridiculousness being opened, if it were pursued. Were you expecting a pat on the head or something?



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    #30
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,211 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120945530#Comment_120945530

    It has nothing at all to do with Britishness. You're reading too much into a couple of replies and going way off the mark.



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    Economics101
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    This has to be the worst suggestion ever made on Boards.



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