[article] Rail plans on the wrong track

[Derek Wheeler]

Originally Posted by why_does_planning_suck

yes i would accept that. But you as a group are making it your business to represent the consumer in all matter rail. It is clear that it was obvious that the was no connection between the two routes. It remains doubtful that there will be a connection in the future.

If this had been raised at the planning application stage for the train station it might have changed things.

I assume that you will make a submission to the luas extension enquiry. You should ask for the tram stops to be moved. With this in mind there are two simple alterations that would not change the timetable for the luas. First move the spencer dock stop so that is lies over the future rail track. Or second remove both the mayor square stop and the spencer dock stop and replace them with a single stop just to the west of the canal , on mayor street. Then the tram stop would be very close to a possible train station underneath.

Continued support for this joke is not an option.

The history of the deals in spencer dock are reserved for my book.

As for Luas, its planned stop will be adjacent to the Interconnector/spencer dock stop on the Mayor street extension. The current "temporary" station site was a closely guarded secret within the mafia that is CIE/IE/Treasury Holdings. Not much we can do, when IE don't want to engage with us...unlike the RPA, despite our criticism of them.

Sorry you feel that we let people down. But you know, this is a funny game and I personally never give up. Big shocks for IE are ahead. We won't go away and we believe that there are many ways to skin a cat.