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

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Originally Posted by Colm Moore

MN would still serve all the stations from St. Stephen's to Ballymun - that is lots of people who currently don't have a rail service.

Not really though, is it?

For one thing, the Sligo line already serves a good portion of the area.

Also, the population would be lower than on a line that ran from Kent Station through Cork City Centre onto UCC (13,000 students) and CIT (17,000 students) to Ballincollig, but that's not even being considered for a tramway.

The line only makes sense if it connects up Dublin Airport and Swords, but if there's a cheaper way of doing that.