BlueCam wrote: » It was certainly expensive, yes. But it's worth pointing out that not a cent of the funding for the tunnel itself came from either the British or French governments - it was privately funded.
EuroRoute, proposed something so unbelievably grand that its architectural drawings could be easily mistaken for posters for a long-forgotten fifties sci-fi movie. This page tells the story of that unsuccessful bid.
royboymaps wrote: » My name is Roy Harford. I believe that this project has a good business case and enough traffic to use it. I am planning to do a more detailed investigation on this. If you think you might be able to help me with this please email me as soon as possible. royboymaps@gmail.com
uilt in Aker Finnyards in Rauma, Finland, Ulysses was constructed between mid 1999 and Feb. 2001 at a total cost of €100 million! It stands 12 decks high and its gross tonnage is 50,938 tonnes and is the largest car ferry on the Irish Sea! Towering over other vessels at a height of 167 feet (51 metres) from keel to mast. With almost 3 miles of parking space for 1,342 cars or 240 articulated trucks per sailing no other passenger car ferry in the world can match its vehicle carrying capacity. Ulysses operates two return sailings between Dublin Port and Holyhead each day with a sailing time of just over three hours. This means that in just one single day of operations, she has the capacity to transport 5,368 cars or 960 articulated trucks across the Irish Sea! Most importantly though, Ulysses can carry up to 2,000 passengers and crew on board per sailing!
corktina wrote: » i've got a shovel and wheelbarrow you can borrow.:D
royboymaps wrote: » 10 million passenger a year x average fare €50 = €500 million a year €500 million x 60 years = €30 billion
So perhaps 1.5 million TEU/freight units a year and 2m passengers
monument wrote: » [*]A small enough point in the grand scheme of things, but Sail and Rail to London on the day of departure is now €51 (only €45 in advance)
ballooba wrote: » What about the Beaufort Trench?
royboymaps wrote: » A major new port in the Shannon Estuary would be one of only two ports in Europe capable of handling Malaccamax Ships. This is likely to generate a lot of freight traffic from the Shannon Estuary through to Great Britain and Europe.
You also have to take into account all of the extra charges on top of this (which Ryanair has a lot of), and the cost of a train/bus/taxi from the airport to the city centre. You can walk from the train station!
In the first four months of the year, Group revenue was €77m, slightly down compared with €78.1m in the same period last year.
royboymaps wrote: » Victor, Personally, I have a huge interest in all types of transport and I always had a huge interest. I am a student at the moment and I am hoping to get a career in transport planning in a few years time. I am so interested in this because I have seen how successful high speed rail has been accross Europe. We have seen from the volcanic ash clouds last year, that we can't rely on air travel anymore. I would like this project to be ready to go as soon as funding becomes available.
"There is still some potential for slow-steaming, both for us and probably for the industry," Engelstoft said in a January 23 interview. "We are looking into the possibility of super slow- steaming. That would be 12-16 knots." The 19th-century clippers, the fastest ships of their time, transported tea to the UK and US from China and India, according to the website of the UK Tea Council. The ships, which had three or more masts and dozens of sails, could reach a peak average speed of more than 16 knots. Slow-steaming, coupled with idling ships, helped turn a 2009 industry-wide operating loss of $19 billion into a $17 billion profit the year after."
royboymaps wrote: » Corktina, There is not a minute amount of demand for the route. In 2007 21.3 million people travelled between the islands of Ireland and Great Britain, according to the UK Civil Aviation Authority and the UK Department for Transport. I know that this takes into account a lot of routes which wouldn't be competitive with air or sea, such as Northern Ireland to Scotland, but 12.5 million of these passengers travelled by air to/from London, Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool, routes HSR would be very competitive with, and a further 2.3 million travelled by ferry from Dublin/Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead/Liverpool, which HSR would also be very competitive with. The Dublin - London air route is now the busiest in Europe. All of the routes which used to be busier than it now have a high speed rail link.
Judgement Day wrote: » I can't understand how this thread has reached 117 118 posts. Ireland is more likely to put that AEC trailer from Inchicore on the Moon than build a tunnel to the mainland....inserted to provoke a reaction.
