But many more that do link up are neededanother tram/train line that doesn’t link up with existing services is not needed.
But it does link up, it will link up with the DART at Glasnevin and Tara St, and with both the Luas lines at O'Connell St.And another tram/train line that doesn’t link up with existing services is not needed.
400 buses equates to about 1200 drivers. Where are we going to find these drivers, we can't even find enough drivers for Bus Connects.Mr O'Leary said that a twentieth of the money - €100m - would pay for 400 buses which "do the same job" as the Metro, a project he said Ireland "cannot afford."
400 buses equates to about 1200 drivers. Where are we going to find these drivers, we can't even find enough drivers for Bus Connects.
Well that remains to be seen, but I don't think we can plan on the basis that they will be. Even if driverless busses do eventually work, there is the capacity to consider. A bus lane has a capacity of about 3,000 people per hour compared to a capacity of 20,000 for Metrolink. So we would need not one bus lane but over 6 to achieve the same capacity.I'm sure in a few years these will be driverless.
I'm afraid I don't understand how a service every 90 seconds could be achieved without putting it underground, nothing else would be able to move. Once it is open, I am sure the next step will be to convert the Green line to metro, that is the reason why it ends where it does.That said, I think its completely unnecessary to run most of it underground -this just seems like a slower and more expemsive way of designing the rail lines.
I also think it's insane to be bringing it through the city, to connect up with Dublin 6. The only thing that comes from this is a nassive additional expense, just to keep the good people of Rathmines and Rathgar happy. It should connect with Connolly Station, where there's a connection with Dart, Luas (Red line) and many suburban trains, incl. The Enterprise to Belfast.
A completely crackpot idea that IÉ put out there about a dozen years ago because they don’t like TII. There is zero extra capacity in the northern line for an airport spur and it’s a convoluted way to the city centre.We could also build an extension to the Dart line from either Howth Junction, Sutton or Malahide and connect that to the Airport. Again, no need to consider any underground options, it's too expensive and slow to deliver.
I get buses and the LUAS through the city centre and they are just SLOW. This is even when there is little vehicular traffic. At-grade running just means you can’t speed up due to other vehicles, pedestrians, etc.That said, I think its completely unnecessary to run most of it underground
You can thank the NTA for that, they have RUINED public transport in the city. Ownership needs to be handed back to Dublin Bus and BE and let them run their own schedules.I get buses and the LUAS through the city centre and they are just SLOW. This is even when there is little vehicular traffic
I was a heavy user of Dublin bus 25 years ago and the service is far better now than then.Ownership needs to be handed back to Dublin Bus and BE and let them run their own schedules.
That's something that never occurred to me but makes sense. 1 double decker carrying 100 people every minute is still only 6,000 an hour, far short of metrolink as you say.A bus lane has a capacity of about 3,000 people per hour compared to a capacity of 20,000 for Metrolink. So we would need not one bus lane but over 6 to achieve the same capacity.
I took the dart through connolly recently for the first time in over a decade and was shocked by how extremely slow it was. It's ridiculous- must be the slowest train in Europe, and they still have wooden sleepers everywhere so i can only imagine how old the infrastructure is. It's a testament to the durability of rail lines but i can't believe there's any spare capacity there to be exploited by a link to the airport or anything else.There is zero extra capacity in the northern line for an airport spur and it’s a convoluted way to the city centre.
???You can thank the NTA for that, they have RUINED public transport in the city.
Yeah, it's a metro which will have a stop at the airport ratherthan a metro to the airport. That said, I'll likely only ever use it to get to the airport if i ever use it at all!A link to the airport is only a small part of the plan.
You've lost me with that point?The only people who care about bus ownership are communists and Dublin Bus drivers.
You and @BIG-notorious are the first people I have heard in the last couple of years to say you are happy with the service. Genuinely not just saying that.The rest of us just want a good service and it’s a lot better with the NTA in charge.
I would imagine it would be harder to find train drivers, while it might look easy you need to be on the ball for the unexpected.Will it be easier to find train drivers than bus drivers?
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