Talk:Harcourt Street railway line
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[edit] ? Andrews
Didn't one of the Andrews play a major part in closing the line in favour of the "cheaper" bus public transport option. I cannot remember his first name but I'm sure someone can help me out and add the info.--Play Brian Moore 18:08, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
That would be Todd Andrews, apparently the line was losing about £50,000 per annum with falling passenger numbers. Even today, the old line still runs through a long stretch of virtually uninhabited countryside between Carrickmines and Shankill. I think CIE were obliged under a 1954? Transport Act to reduce their subvention and to eventually run at a profit. Of course, as history shows, this never happened. See "Mac Aongusa, Brian (2003). The Harcourt Street Line - Back on Track. Curragh Press." where this topic is dealt with in detail. Suckindiesel 19:58, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
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- The things is, the luas is totally packed by the time it gets to Dundrum stop in the morning going towards the city. Adding another 7.5 KM to that is recipe for disaster, even if it does run through partial countryside. Frequency cannot be improved either according to Garret Fitzgerald.--Play Brian Moore 12:44, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
You can bet that it won't remain open countryside for much longer. This last bit of undeveloped land has been opened up with the building of the final piece of the M50. The next Luas terminus will be at Cherrywood, adjacent to Dell. This is set to become another "new town". The apartment building has already begun i.e. Tullyvale. Watch out for the flyover between M50 Junction 16 (Cherrywood) and Junction 15 (Carrickmines). Currently it goes nowhere, sitting at the end of Lehaunstown Rd., itself a bohreen, but I suspect not for long
Don't worry, there will be plenty of passengers by the time the extension is finished. There are 2 definitions for passenger capacity, seated and crush. Which do you think you'll experience then at Dundrum? Suckindiesel 20:27, 31 May 2007 (UTC) Getting a little mixed up with my geography Suckindiesel 20:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pix swap
Have reviewed the revision history of this article & can't find the " missing Brides Glen picture" which was substituted. Have therefore replaced the original, which I prefer anyway Suckindiesel 17:01, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
