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Originally Posted by philip
Why? Seriously, a surface station at this location would be relatively easy to build. Might cost a bit but you'll never see it on Discovery Channel's "Extreme Engineering"!
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The idea is being backed at the highest levels in the Government apparently - Mary Hearny is behind the plan.
I am still trying to find out about the PPT tunnel part - sounds too incredible to be true but it is great to see CIE themselves bringing the idea up at last. But at the same time I am suspicious this coming from the guy who went to Navan and said the Kingscourt branch would be restored. But I am glad to see this development.
Personally I think the capitalising on the Mater access issue to try and reopen the PPT tunnel line is one of the most intelligent and clever tactics the CIE boardroom have ever shown. I think Dr Lynch played an absolute blinder here and I hope P11 issue a press release putting their full support behind this idea instead of getting hung up on what some minor IE bottle washer/manager said ages ago which matter not as CIE are the real decision-makers in railways in Ireland, not IE management. They are just the go-fers carrying out CIE orders.
Should be interesting to see where this all leads - but the Dorset Street station is a dead cert.