RTE 1 NOW!!!

[Dave]

Program about the history of Dublin rail transport and political interferece

[Dave]

The rail bit is finished now but I have to say it was very good. They went through the 1975 DRRTs study, the history of political interference by various Transport Ministers in the 80s, how Transport 21 is just basically a rehash of what was in the 1975 report - Bertie who announced T21 was just 24 when DRRTs was published, how roads investment have always won over rail because there was local votes by building roads. Then at the end he pulled a map out from 1914 which had an underground interconnector drawn between Heuston and Connolly and said maybe a hundred years later it might actually be built.

[Derek Wheeler]

Mr.Vance did the rounds on radio today. He should stick to what he knows. I thought it was a cheap and tacky piece.

By the way, the interconnector in some form dates back to before the loop line was built. The loop line was found to be the cheaper option as mail was more important back then than passengers.

[Mark Gleeson]

Originally Posted by Derek Wheeler

By the way, the interconnector in some form dates back to before the loop line was built. The loop line was found to be the cheaper option as mail was more important back then than passengers.

Goes back to about 1840 is some form or other as a bridge structure down the quays

What we are getting in T21 is actually less than what DRRTS proposed, I've held the book and its most impressive

Why it didn't work, failure to plan development correctly