What do ye make of Metro North? (1 Viewer)

[Scientician 0.8]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1028/metro.html

I think it's gonna be another big waste of money. I'd be way more on for getting a better bus service for Swords, maybe with electric or hybrid buses. The Swords Express bus that uses the Port Tunnel takes 25 minutes, sometimes less to get to Tara St. Train Station. I suppose a big part of the argument for it is a rail link to Dublin Airport. Also, where the fuck's the money gonna come from? Rawblerawblerawble!

 

[ann post]

that short journey from the city centre to the airport will be handy for anyone looking to emigrate after decembers budget. Its all a bit Pyongyang to me though, it wont reduce the road fatalities in the western counties i imagine.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

The direct bus from town to the airport and vice versa could scarcely take more than 20 minutes as it is. Blame the last iceage for Donegal's roads.

 

[ann post]

did i say donegal?

 

[nlgbbbblth]

if money is short then sort out the interconnector instead

 

[Anthem]

I think it's bleedin deadly

 

[therealjohnny]

Complete waste of money

Unless they redirect it to Leixlip, then it's essential, forward planning at its best

 

[Scientician 0.8]

did i say donegal?

Is Donegal no longer a Western County? And blame the last Iceage for allllllll of the Wesht.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

if money is short then sort out the interconnector instead

What is the interconnector?

 

[ann post]

Is Donegal no longer a Western County? And blame the last Iceage for allllllll of the Wesht.

in this instance, western means everything north, south and west of the m50.

 

[ann post]

if money is short then sort out the interconnector instead

yes

What is the interconnector?

its a short stretch of line that would speed up everythin in the dublin rail network. also they should connect the luas like the initially pretended they would.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

DART interconnector - underground line from Docklands Station to Heuston, taking in Connolly and Stephen's Green to link up with the 2 Luas lines.
Deffo the more worthwhile of the 2.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

we'll all be in our cold cold grave's before any of this happens.

 

[Space]

DART interconnector - underground line from Docklands Station to Heuston, taking in Connolly and Stephen's Green to link up with the 2 Luas lines.
Deffo the more worthwhile of the 2.

That'd be great. Bit too sensible for these jokers though.

 

[Pedronimus]

There is an existing link between connolly and heuston.

http://www.railusers.ie/campaigns/phoenix_tunnel/

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

its even used the odd time. i got a train from kildare to connolly once that went through the tunnel, it was bringing gaa fans from kildare to croke park.

 

[Reets]

So when they say it'll stop in Ballymun, that'd probably be at the Ikea part, right?

 

[Cormcolash]

Metro North is badly needed , more fucking traffic on the roads is not

 

[nooleen]

multi-BILLION euro? i didn't even know there were multi billion euros

 

[magicbastarder]

I think it's gonna be another big waste of money.

people said that about the luas though, to be fair.
a lot of these things on their own probably seem to be of little benefit, but add them all up and in ten years time we'll be wondering how we did without.