Metro (insert favorite name here) is coming again

Mark Gleeson · 21-03-2018, 19:53

Looks like another PR gig tomorrow in Dublin

Despite having a route, planning permission, we are going to drop all that and start again.

Usual talk of 60m platforms, as always living in the current and not the future

James Shields · 21-03-2018, 21:33

It's all about appearing to do something without ever doing anything, isn't it? I don't believe the current government has any intention of ever building Metro.

I hope one day we'll have a government that see mass transit as essential to the future of the city.

Mark Gleeson · 22-03-2018, 09:35

What we know of the Metrolink www.metrolink.ie (yes the website is legit and owned by the NTA) engineering wise won't work...

Its basically the original Metro plan which as we all know had to be radically redone to actually work so we basically shredded everything and are starting fresh again.

essoII · 23-03-2018, 00:23

Massive interchange at Glasnevin between MetroLink and the two IR lines seems like a good idea.

Is ridiculous that it was totally redesigned. Here's to three years in the planning black hole.

Mark Gleeson · 23-03-2018, 10:03

Great idea, but it was ruled out last time around.

The drawings do not show an Irish Rail station

James Shields · 23-03-2018, 12:19

I think the idea of an interchange station at Whitworth (presumably they can't call it Phibsborough because the name is already taken by the Green Line) is the one good part of this plan.

Any idea why it was ruled out the last time?

21-03-2018, 19:53	#1
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Metro (insert favorite name here) is coming again Looks like another PR gig tomorrow in Dublin Despite having a route, planning permission, we are going to drop all that and start again. Usual talk of 60m platforms, as always living in the current and not the future __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

22-03-2018, 09:35	#3
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	What we know of the Metrolink www.metrolink.ie (yes the website is legit and owned by the NTA) engineering wise won't work... Its basically the original Metro plan which as we all know had to be radically redone to actually work so we basically shredded everything and are starting fresh again. __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

23-03-2018, 10:03	#5
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	Great idea, but it was ruled out last time around. The drawings do not show an Irish Rail station __________________ Unhappy with new timetable - let us know

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21-03-2018, 21:33	#2
James Shields Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Drogheda, Ireland Posts: 1,275	It's all about appearing to do something without ever doing anything, isn't it? I don't believe the current government has any intention of ever building Metro. I hope one day we'll have a government that see mass transit as essential to the future of the city.

23-03-2018, 00:23	#4
essoII Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Co. Wicklow Posts: 124	Massive interchange at Glasnevin between MetroLink and the two IR lines seems like a good idea. Is ridiculous that it was totally redesigned. Here's to three years in the planning black hole.

23-03-2018, 12:19	#6
James Shields Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Drogheda, Ireland Posts: 1,275	I think the idea of an interchange station at Whitworth (presumably they can't call it Phibsborough because the name is already taken by the Green Line) is the one good part of this plan. Any idea why it was ruled out the last time?