Rail Users Ireland Forum - View Single Post - Cork-Dub Vs london-Paris

MrX · 05-09-2007, 01:35

Just to give you an idea of the scale:

London Metropolitan area : 12,629,020
Paris Metropolitan area : 11,695,134
Brussels Metropolitan area: 2,129,024

Republic of Ireland (all of it) : 4,239,848

Dublin's the 73rd largest European metropolitan area with a population of 1,036,724

Cork doesn't even rate in the top 200.

So comparing Eurostar and the Cork-Dublin-Express is a bit pointless.

If you want to compare it with something, perhaps a line between some of the middle sized German cities would be a good comparison.

Or, take a look at the Scandinavian countries
E.g. compare it to Copenhagen -Aarhus (Denmark's capital to second city)

Trying to compare an Irish service to Paris-London is just totally ridiculous.

05-09-2007, 01:35	#6
MrX Really Regular Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 585	Just to give you an idea of the scale: London Metropolitan area : 12,629,020 Paris Metropolitan area : 11,695,134 Brussels Metropolitan area: 2,129,024 Republic of Ireland (all of it) : 4,239,848 Dublin's the 73rd largest European metropolitan area with a population of 1,036,724 Cork doesn't even rate in the top 200. So comparing Eurostar and the Cork-Dublin-Express is a bit pointless. If you want to compare it with something, perhaps a line between some of the middle sized German cities would be a good comparison. Or, take a look at the Scandinavian countries E.g. compare it to Copenhagen -Aarhus (Denmark's capital to second city) Trying to compare an Irish service to Paris-London is just totally ridiculous. Last edited by MrX : 05-09-2007 at 01:38.