No, it wouldn't leave Heuston empty. remember DARTs not going to Kildare, so that's a bunch of trains that cant use the Interconnector.
Throw in up to 6 Commuter trains per hour to/from places like Athlone and up to 6 Intercities per hour from 2008.
You couldn't send more than 10 TPH over the Phoinex Park Line and even that is probably pushing the envelope. That still leaves roughly 2 TPH that have to stay in Heuston.
The redeployment of trains to Connolly and the Docks would be for premium trains, such as the CDE Intercity could go to Connolly station terminal. Also, Commuter trains that are known to be the most utilised could be sent to Islandbridge and the Docklands.
Some stuff would stil terminate in Heuston such as lower-priority Commuter trains and lightly used or experimental Intercity services could terminate there also such as Mayo direct services.
But that is off topic.
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My question is, if this were done, and there was an interchage somewhere near Glasnevin, what would the likely effect of 20TPH interchanging with the Metro be on the Metros ridership?
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