You come along and take 10 words from thousands, and use it as an attempt to discredit me, and the content of my message

dermo88 wrote:

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The mind boggles.

The comparison with Amsterdam Schipol is not quite appropriate either. The station at Schipol is relatively far away from the main Airport terminals, and Amsterdam Schipol is a much larger Airport anyway. Heathrow (for example) was relatively badly served until the advent of the Thiefrow Express. There is also no accounting for the fact that... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (DublinCorkTGV) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/32589 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:06:44 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/32500/t/Metro-North.html#reply-32500
Mainline connectivity to Dublin airport would be a huge public transport advance but only if adequate capacity were provided to run fast, frequent services. Forcing existing mainline passengers to change to DART at the M50 or Drogheda in order to access the city centre would herald the end of mainline services in Ireland as... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Wilkinstown) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/32500 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:58:50 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/32485/t/Metro-North.html#reply-32485 secondlaststop wrote:

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I go along with the 'heavy rail' connection and suggest that an integrated approach taking the wider city needs into account. That is, there should be a Mainline hub on the M50. The Northern Mainline should branch off the GNR north of the Estuary - near Donabate and swing under the Airport to terminate at the M50 station - or run through to the GSWR. Thus the link is made between Belfast, the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MidlandDeltic) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/32485 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:39:41 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/32401/t/Metro-North.html#reply-32401 Construction of Metro North set to be delayed

Sunday Business Post, August 09, 2009 By Nicola Cooke

It may be early 2011 before heavy construction work begins on the proposed Metro North rail line because of delays caused by requests for further information by An Bord Pleanála.

An oral hearing into the proposed multi-billion euro light rail line between St Stephen's Green and Swords in Dublin began in April, but was suspended after An Bord... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrailwaynews) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/32401 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:38:59 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/32208/t/Metro-North.html#reply-32208 feeds@yuku.com (secondlaststop) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/32208 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:22:26 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/30861/t/Metro-North.html#reply-30861 feeds@yuku.com (Redstarcastles) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/30861 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:44:09 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/30856/t/Metro-North.html#reply-30856
The comparison with Amsterdam Schipol is not quite appropriate either. The station at Schipol is relatively far away from the main Airport terminals, and Amsterdam Schipol is a much larger Airport anyway. Heathrow (for example) was relatively badly served until the advent of the Thiefrow Express. There is also no accounting for the fact that Amsterdam Schipol serve a much bigger hinterland in the Randstad conurbation, and then add on the High Speed rail links to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (dermo88) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/30856 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:03:36 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/30821/t/Metro-North.html#reply-30821
Moreover, it will not ensure the airport's future as a vital travel hub, a new planning report argues.

A Spatial Vision for Dublin was published yesterday at the Stephen's Green Hibernian Club, by members of the Dublin City Business Association, which commissioned the report, and author Hendrik van der Kamp.

Although Metro... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrailwaynews) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/30821 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:41:37 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/30799/t/Metro-North.html#reply-30799
http://www.railsceneireland.fotopic.net/c1707495.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Csalem) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/30799 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:09:44 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/29532/t/Metro-North.html#reply-29532
If the Irish public have to underwrite the risk we might be a case for going back to the old traditional State procurement mechanism, or simply simply offer fixed rate Government Bonds to raise funds. The HSBC/Alstom are advocating an integrated approach as in Reims

Maybe it is time for the Govenment to abolish the RPA, and require CIE to co-ordinate Dublin's bus and rail services or set up an independent Dublin Transport Authority.

In my opinion the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Mayner) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/29532 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:53:32 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/29479/t/Metro-North.html#reply-29479 State must back metro financing, says bidder

FRANK McDONALD, Environment Editor, Irish Times 14th April 2009

THE GOVERNMENT would have to underwrite the financing risks associated with the public-private partnership (PPP) project for Metro North if it is to be built, according to one of the consortiums bidding for the contract.

Stephane Kofman, who heads the specialist investment division of HSBC, told a lunch meeting in Dublin organised by the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrailwaynews) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/29479 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:11:39 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/28603/t/Metro-North.html#reply-28603
Metro North is a very significant project with massive long term benefits and, assumming some semblence of stability and growth is restored, will , I am sure, be built. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Wilkinstown) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/28603 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:35:21 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/28595/t/Metro-North.html#reply-28595 See here

However I cannot forsee a demand for housing into the medium and longer term given the number of half-finished homes lying idle about the place. The funds needed to complete this project do... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (UKTrainSpotter) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/28595 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:02:26 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/reply/28585/t/Metro-North.html#reply-28585 The Railway Gazette

Four bids to build Dublin Metro North

04 Mar 2009



IRELAND: The Railway Procurement Agency received four tenders on February 27 for the PPP contract to build and maintain the 18 km Metro North light rail line from St Stephen's Green in central Dublin to the airport, Swords and Belinstown.

The bids reflect a substantial decrease in construction costs, which are estimated to have fallen 20% since the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrailwaynews) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/sreply/28585 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:06:54 GMT http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/topic/1384/t/Metro-North.html Final details of rail-metro interface not yet resolved

by TIM O'BRIEN
IRISH TIMES
03 MARCH 2009

Iarnród Éireann and the developers of Metro North have not yet resolved final details of how the two rail systems will interface at St Stephen's Green and Drumcondra station, it has emerged.

Speaking at the opening day of a Bord... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (irishrailwaynews) http://irnirishrailwaynews.yuku.com/topic/1384 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:57:13 GMT