Metro North?

Does that mean that the Dublin Airport stop will be out beside the Great Southern? Stupidity is it does, the airport can only expand one way.... away from the new stop rather than towards it. That stop is far enough away as it is!
 
This link shows the map of the Metro Norths selected route
http://www.transport.ie/upload/general/8316-0.pdf
Does anyone know where Nevinstown is just south of the Swords stop?
I thought the stop just south of the Swords stop was going to be airside offices/Boroimhe !!
thanks
 
landlord said:
I thought the stop just south of the Swords stop was going to be airside offices/Boroimhe !!
thanks
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I think all routes apart from the Eastern route stop on the road between Airside/Boroimhe. I think the route is (well should be) planned under the airport. It was the eastern route that would have stopped outside the airport down around the airport roundabout.

I'm glad they haven't gone with the eastern route anyway.
 
landlord said:
Does anyone know where Nevinstown is just south of the Swords stop?
I thought the stop just south of the Swords stop was going to be airside ..
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A quick bit of Google Maps-ing informs me that Nevinstown Lane is just south of Airside Retail Park. Behind Tulip Hotel.

HTH
 
onekeano said:
The only problem now is that that buffoon Cullen is in charge of it! Maybe a little reshuffle by Bertie might help this to happen.....
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Yes Cullen has a terrible track record. i couldn't get over this gut from the University of Westminster doing the rounds this morning on radio saying you need to run a railspur to serve rail users North and South.

Would this guy have ever tried to come into town from Dublin airport some morning? The traffic is brutal. The rail line Northbound is at capacity as it is. Try getting a communter train to Lusk/Balbriggan/Drogheda.

At last a bullet has been biten and people have realised that extra capacity is needed to match airport/population/commuter growth rather than try to re-jig current infrastructure that has been bending under pressure for years now.
 
Arthur Daley said:
The rail line Northbound is at capacity as it is.
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I'm sure the people from Platform 11 would disagree. There is plenty of capacity on the rail line for more service, the rolling stock is the problem.
 
Does anyone know where exactly in Swords the metro stop will be?
I heard that it was going to be beside the Pavillions shopping centre, but i haven't seen anything definitive written down.
It would be nice if it was within walking distance for me :)
 
Bluetonic said:
I'm sure the people from Platform 11 would disagree. There is plenty of capacity on the rail line for more service, the rolling stock is the problem.
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It's hard to see how they could squeeze more arrows and darts onto the line from Pearse to Howth junction, plus add this 'heathrow express' style train to serve the airport adequately. The money is there to add Metro/luas lines and never mind short termist penny pinching Dublin needs about 6 more lines like this to have a proper public transport infrastructure.
 
JOE90 said:
Does anyone know where exactly in Swords the metro stop will be?
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The line of the route, from the map, appears to match the line of the N1, i.e. east of The Pavilions. Possibly within walking distance ?
 
Yeah it follows the old N1, what was the Swords bypass, beyond Pavillions on to the Seatown roundabout and Lissenhall.
 
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