Dublin - Metrolink (Swords to Charlemont only)

I've hated myself enough to look at the comments underneath some of the articles reporting on the hearing, and most of them are simply the dregs, as you'd expect. Apparently every single individual objection is justified and reason enough to cancel the whole thing, and yes, it is reasonable to cancel the entirety of Metrolink to avoid inconveniencing a single specific person. Usually they give away their real motivation with a "Dublin getting everything as usual while everyone else starves, cancel Metro North and build rural rail instead blah blah."

But not even these hardcore idiots had sympathy for the couple claiming they learned the day they bought the apartment that it was to be CPOd.

We have a bunch of stations named after 1916 leaders. Why not name one after Brian Boru?

Well for a start, there is no logic in naming the station after Brian Boru because we have stations named after 1916 leaders. At the time that stations renamed after 1916 leaders, they were not long dead and it was widely agreed that their sacrifice should be recognised. The new state was also trying to assert it's independence and break from British influence by renaming important infrastructure after people who consider to the establishment of the state. Brian Boru is dead over 1,000 years and we don't have stations named after other similar historical figures (not least because nobody would be able to pronounce them) so it is completely different.

Using that name would actually be naming the station after the pub which was named after him. There is no other logic or link for choosing that name. Presumably the other Metrolink stations will be identified based on geographical location so varying from that for this station alone again reinforces that the name would be due to the pub.

It should be called Glasnevin Junction. This references the geographical location and also identifies it as a major interchange. Plus that is, y'know, what that location is already known as...

Naming stations after a pub that once existed at the location is quite common on the London Underground. Angel, Elephant & Castle, Manor House, Nine Elms, Royal Oak and Swiss Cottage are all named after pubs.

You are wrong in that regard Sam. The proposed station is most definitely in Glasnevin.

Glasnevin starts at the Canal and encompasses all of the land west of Botanic Road up to Dublin Industrial Estate.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Glasnevin,+Dublin/@53.3799933,-6.2927996,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x48670de195c06e99:0x2600c7a819b93032!8m2!3d53.3788903!4d-6.2668995!16zL20vMDNjZzg?entry=ttu

I know this has been quoted already but it should be said again this site is in Glasnevin. There was a Glasnevin Station across the road behind what is now the Bernard Shaw pub.

Cross Guns is a great sounding name and is popular among posters here but it would be less well known as a location than Glasnevin. I'll take either so long as it gets built, former rant to be ignored :)

Locals know the pub as Hedigans so naming the station Brian Boru would be the worst option.

We've got Horse and Jockey (Tipperary) and, of course, Red Cow. Both are places that are named after landmark inns. The Red Cow Luas stop is called that because that's the name everyone uses for this small area of Dublin.

Elephant and Castle, Angel and the other London stations are the same thing. The stations are named after the neighbourhood, it's just that the neighbourhood itself is named after a local inn.

"Glasnevin" is the proper name for this station, because that's where it is. None of the other stations have commemorative names, and commemorative names are a pain in the hole for visitors who just want to get to O' Connell Street or the Mater Hospital... or Glasnevin.

Well there, on a plate, is a truly excellent reason not to name it after a pub.

I didn't realise the Collins Avenue station was also in Glasnevin, but I think the reason behind the name is that it interchanges with a new DART/IÉ station to be named "Glasnevin".

The Metrolink stops inside M50 are mostly named for the streets they are located on (Mater and Glasnevin are the exceptions). IÉ Commuter stations, on the other hand are mostly named for the areas they serve, not their street address. DART mixes and matches (you have Tara, Pearse, Sydney Parade, Lansdowne Rd, in the centre, but also Malahide, Donabate, Booterstown, Howth, Dún Laoighaire, Bray outside... this naming pattern is quite common in other "S-Bahn" networks )

If that IÉ/DART interchange wasn't there, I could imagine the station being a little further south and called "Phibsboro [Road]"

Only thing I’d think might be a an issue being so close to a stop is on street parking, very dependant on what’s there but could see an increase in that.

you can read the Airborne Noise report in Chapter 13 Airborne Noise and Vibration

https://downloads.metrolink.ie/documentsro/Chapter%2013%20Airborne%20Noise%20and%20Vibration.pdf

the Ground borne noise report read in Chapter 14 Ground-borne Noise and Vibration

https://downloads.metrolink.ie/documentsro/Chapter%2014%20Ground-borne%20Noise%20and%20Vibration.pdf

The Appendices will have detailed reports for each of the houses affected

Airborne

A13.7 Construction Phase modelling

A13.8 Operational Phase Modelling

Ground borne (construction and operational)

A14.5 Groundborne Noise and Vibration and Blasting Modelling Results

At 500m I don't think any station construction noise would affect you. the TBM would take about 2 weeks to pass for the tunnel and depending on how close would affect you. you might be close to a evacuation tunnel (depending on where you are) which is not being built by TBM and takes longer and might affect you more.

for Operational you should check what the model shows your house ground borne noise level. depending of the location at 500m from a station the metro would be moving faster and so would create more ground noise (closer to a station it's slower and so less ground noise)

most houses are below 30 LASmax dB(A) but some are above 40 which could be an issue for some people

A14.1 Relevant guidance and standards

https://downloads.metrolink.ie/documentsro/A14.1%20Relevant%20guidance%20and%20standards.pdf

Page 10

just a note that Airborne noise and Ground borne noise levels are not the same, so what is ok for airborne would not be for ground borne noise.