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Originally Posted by comcor
The DAA would certainly be more interested in a rail link to the rest of the country than to Dublin. One to Dublin would is just going to take people who were flying out of Dublin from one transport form into another. Only if congestion near the airport got so bad that Dubliners would consider flying from another airport (and the nearest is 2 hours away) would it be a priority.
In terms of taking passengers from other airports, the big prize for them is the 7.7m passengers flying out of Belfast Airport, so they would far prefer to see the Belfast line diverted to operate through the airport.
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Diverting the Belfast line through the airport has so much to commend it but is way beyond the current restricted vision for public transport in general and rail in particular. It will happen eventually but not until a small fortune has been expended on plans, enquiries and half baked schemes.