But that would leave Heuston basically empty, would it not? I see no problem using Heuston as much as possible for IC services. Anyone coming from Cork etc. won't mind being able to descend a flight of stairs to a DART to Stephen's Green etc. It's as good as you'll get in London arriving into every mainline station there. Even plenty of european cities are like that.
I would like outer commuter trains to be able to use the Drumcondra line someday and Sligo/Maynooth use the Midland but this only needs to happen if there are serious numbers of Kildare outer commuter trains wanting to get to Connolly.
The plans today are DART to Hazelhatch but I'd rather extend to Kildare and let them use the interconnector directly to St. Stephen's green than spend money on two new (pretty expensive) stations on the Midland Line (you'd need to build a twin for Drumcondra too).
In the context of a DART to Kildare you're only talking Portlaoise and Carlow commuter trains that might be diverted to Connolly/Spencer Dock. I think the Drumcondra Line could actually take those in it's stride.
In an ideal world I'd like to see what you're suggesting Sean but I don't think it'll happen until well after T21. The good thing about T21 is that it'll get many more people used to good connections and then people will demand the sort of extras you mention. At the moment 95% of people don't expect us to ever be like a proper european city and as things start to be delivered this will change. I can't wait until everyone in Dublin is screaming for improvements.
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