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![]() We have had the expected dates in the members area since last Tuesday. As usual only a days public notice to the first event. RPA gave considerably more notice for Metro North
Just to note the Alexander Hotel is not on Merrion Square, its on Fenian Street. (Top of Westland Row, go left, pass Gingerman Pub on your left, Davenport Hotel on right, cross Cumberland Street, you have arrived at your destination)
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Should there be a "super stop" either on the Kildare and/or Northern lines to transfer from InterCity to local services? For Enterprise services, is the main objection to the Dogheda stop (a) the stop / time delay or (b) the potential overcrowding? |
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![]() Donabate would be a good candidate for a superstop if Enterprise, DART and Metro North (extended beyond a Lissenhall field) all served it.
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Did Frank not write an article a few weeks back opposing this because of the loss of some trees in Stephens Green during construction? Quote:
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![]() 6m internal diameter, that's 19'8 - how much clearance from rail to wire/tunnel is that likely to be? The Mount Royal tunnel in Montreal has a 14'6" height limit but AMT are ordering the same reduced height multilevel coaches as New Jersey Transit - although they are locohaul push/pull not EMUs.
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![]() Are they planned on removing the TBMs in St. Stephen's Green?
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![]() Thats really a matter for the contractor.
With Metro North the suggestion is that the TBM be parked in a stub tunnel and stripped, leaving the lining in place. Interconnector is a bit more up in the air. (Not! - pun!) |
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![]() The TBMs will be buried. it is cheaper to leave them in the ground then to dismantle them and dispose of them later.
Metro TBMS will stay under St Stephen Green. Interconnector TBM will be buried also. Problem is each machine is individually designed for a project and the projected ground conditions. It is not that easy to sell them second hand! |
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![]() Surely there is an abundance Ocean's 13 type situations out there, where TBMs are required to create an artifical earthquake. Or has Hollywood lied to me again?
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![]() we shall be using them to build our large, retro-style undergound headquaters.
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Problem is each machine is individually designed for a project and the projected ground conditions. It is not that easy to sell them second hand![/quote]Actually one of the Port Tunnel TBMs was reused. Last edited by Colm Moore : 16-08-2008 at 13:51. |
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![]() It think that's quite a good promotional piece and certainly sets in stone the importance of this piece of infrastructure. Very well establishes the idea of the expanded dart network. Well done IE. But follow through with those expansion figures!
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![]() Sunday Times today has a suggestion about increasing use of the Phoenix Park tunnel. Can't find it online though.
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![]() Here is the article
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![]() someone on archiseek.com already destroyed this loopy journalist:
"one problem is: why in the name of all that's bad and unholy would anybody coming from the Kildare direction go on a 25 min magical mystery tour to a docklands timbucktoo station when they can get the Luas from Heuston to OCS taking 10 mins. IE has surveyed this and 90% plus said they would get out at Heuston and get the Luas. In reality you could walk to OCS quicker from Heuston than going via the PP tunnell (speed redtricted lines) to Docklands and then finding your way back to the CC. IE has already scrapped the off peak Clonsilla trains to Docklands because the trains were arriving with no passengers. Nobody wants to go there. Neither does anybody other than the one passenger and his dog want to go to Phibsboro from Heuston. If you knew anything about this part of the city this would be clear to you. Nor can the PP trains get into Connolly which has no capacity for more services.. This author of this 'hold on I have the answer to everything' article could have saved making himself look like a fool if he'd made a phone call to IE for their take on it." |
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