You're missing the obvious point that rail services only work properly when there is a sufficient population base to support them.
The point re needing a population to support it is understood. My point is that arguably there is a sufficient population along a dublin to NW route to support it in as much as there is for other routes.
There clearly isn't. The relative lack of road infrastructure in that route is an obvious clue of that, as also is the relative lack of retail and social infrastructure.
The lack of roads proves there should be no roads?
No, the lack of roads is an indicator of relatively low population - especially in a country which has experienced a considerable expansion of its road network in recent decades.
Hilarious, that's some logic! The lack of roads is simply an indicator that politicians in Donegal are not in the same league as the Healy Raes.
That's surprising.
They are about the same size and have about the same population.
And the topography, population spread, legacy of historical investment, proximity to other population centres etc.
11k more people in Donegal per 2022 census
Yes, and it's very slightly larger but for the purposes of this discussion they are comparable both in terms of population and size.
Someone doesn't know what an indicator is.
That's also a big problem in Donegal... along with speed limits.
Kerry is surrounded by two counties with relatively high population density and is proximate to two of the country's largest cities.
Similar topography, similar population, Donegal closer to it's nearest city. It seems the main difference is historical investment.
There was a rail link between where I'm from and where I went to college for a number of years. Now, I never took that train because the times were not convenient, the bus was cheaper and saved a considerable walk. The presence of a train didn't stop me leaving that area as soon as I graduated, grads chase jobs, most of those aren't in the likes of Sligo.
Donegal's deficit in historical investment is directly attributable to its relative isolation. Derry isn't even in the same jurisdiction and is a relatively poor city too.
Same conclusions, just different colours.
What, Derry? It's a poor town in a different country with a population of 80,000 or so.
Yea, for 40 years the lunatics in the IRA made sure that most of the border crossings were closed and the only connection to the rest of this country was a small sliver where it met Sligo. Now the same clowns are complaining about lack of investment and infrastructure without acknowledging that they are largely to blame.
