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comcor · 19-11-2006, 13:31

Dublin: Most of the current programme, with the following changes

Dublin Transportation Authority
Build the airport spur from Portmarnock. Continue it to Swords and have it rejoin the mainline near Balbriggan. This would allow Dublin-Belfast InterCities to stop at the airport and allow services from Drogheda and Dundalk. Build a new planned town between the airport and Balbriggan
Scrap the airport Metro.
Build a substantial network of Luas lines to the extent that anyone inside the M50 is never more than 1km from a line
Get the Heuston-Connolly LUAS underground.

Cork:

Cork Transportation Authority
Kent Station to face the Lee
Luas Lines: Kent Station-UCC-CIT-Ballincollig (over Christy Ring [Opera House] Bridge and along the North Channel and the Mardyke. Ringaskiddy-Carrigaline-Airport-UCC-City Centre-Blackpool (or Kent Station switching onto the first line where they cross)
Buses: Bus every 10 minutes on major suburban routes. Tickets for single journey, multiple journeys up to an hour (50% more expensive), multiple journeys to the end of the day (100% more expensive). Tickets usable on LUAS.
Ferry bus to link lower harbour towns (Monkstown, Ringaskiddy, Crosshaven, Whitegate) to Cobh and the suburban rail network

Limerick:

Bus proposals as Cork, but with a bus company for Limerick separate from BE
Metro system developed on the unused rail lines around the city
Demolishing Southill

Galway:

Not really familiar enough with the city to comment, but Athenry suburban seems a no brainer and it should have its own bus company

Waterford:

Times to suit commuting on existing lines into the city (Kilkenny, Clonmel and Rosslare). Development planned along these lines.
Its own bus company (Maybe I should have said get BE out of the business of running city buses everywhere, have these run locally and leave BE to InterCity and Rural buses)

General:

Reopen a lot of rural stations (Buttevant, Kilmallock, Knocklong, Dundrum etc.) and have these linked with 2 car sets timed to feed into the InterCity network.
As a general principle, it should be possible to leave Dublin in the morning and get into Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford before 8:30am. This should apply for trips to Dublin too.

19-11-2006, 13:31	#3
comcor Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cork-Dublin, Cork Commuter and occasionally DART and Dublin-Wexford Posts: 855	Dublin: Most of the current programme, with the following changes Dublin Transportation Authority Build the airport spur from Portmarnock. Continue it to Swords and have it rejoin the mainline near Balbriggan. This would allow Dublin-Belfast InterCities to stop at the airport and allow services from Drogheda and Dundalk. Build a new planned town between the airport and Balbriggan Scrap the airport Metro. Build a substantial network of Luas lines to the extent that anyone inside the M50 is never more than 1km from a line Get the Heuston-Connolly LUAS underground. Cork: Cork Transportation Authority Kent Station to face the Lee Luas Lines: Kent Station-UCC-CIT-Ballincollig (over Christy Ring [Opera House] Bridge and along the North Channel and the Mardyke. Ringaskiddy-Carrigaline-Airport-UCC-City Centre-Blackpool (or Kent Station switching onto the first line where they cross) Buses: Bus every 10 minutes on major suburban routes. Tickets for single journey, multiple journeys up to an hour (50% more expensive), multiple journeys to the end of the day (100% more expensive). Tickets usable on LUAS. Ferry bus to link lower harbour towns (Monkstown, Ringaskiddy, Crosshaven, Whitegate) to Cobh and the suburban rail network Limerick: Bus proposals as Cork, but with a bus company for Limerick separate from BE Metro system developed on the unused rail lines around the city Demolishing Southill Galway: Not really familiar enough with the city to comment, but Athenry suburban seems a no brainer and it should have its own bus company Waterford: Times to suit commuting on existing lines into the city (Kilkenny, Clonmel and Rosslare). Development planned along these lines. Its own bus company (Maybe I should have said get BE out of the business of running city buses everywhere, have these run locally and leave BE to InterCity and Rural buses) General: Reopen a lot of rural stations (Buttevant, Kilmallock, Knocklong, Dundrum etc.) and have these linked with 2 car sets timed to feed into the InterCity network. As a general principle, it should be possible to leave Dublin in the morning and get into Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford before 8:30am. This should apply for trips to Dublin too.