[Article] DART airport plan on track as Metro North hits the buffers

comcor · 06-05-2011, 09:06

Greater Cork area has a population of 190,000 according to the CSO (and I'm not sure if that figire includes Ballincollig, but we'll say for argument that it does).

My point is that if you take out Swords and the airport, the population along a line that has a route like that is greater (as is the number of students at third level institutions) than the route between Glasnevin and Ballymun.

From Drumcondra south, there is the Sligo line, the LUAS and no great walk to get to the DART.

Swords and the airport get a service under the alternative proposals anyway.

BTW I'm not claiming that a line along that route should be built in Cork, just using it to illustrate that possibly the argument for it in terms of transport on the northside of Dublin isn't as financially strong as some may believe.

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06-05-2011, 09:06	#11
comcor Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cork-Dublin, Cork Commuter and occasionally DART and Dublin-Wexford Posts: 855	Greater Cork area has a population of 190,000 according to the CSO (and I'm not sure if that figire includes Ballincollig, but we'll say for argument that it does). My point is that if you take out Swords and the airport, the population along a line that has a route like that is greater (as is the number of students at third level institutions) than the route between Glasnevin and Ballymun. From Drumcondra south, there is the Sligo line, the LUAS and no great walk to get to the DART. Swords and the airport get a service under the alternative proposals anyway. BTW I'm not claiming that a line along that route should be built in Cork, just using it to illustrate that possibly the argument for it in terms of transport on the northside of Dublin isn't as financially strong as some may believe.