I remember having a good go at the Metro North on here before, wondering if the project was now little beyond a pipe-dream.
I noticed the official Facebook page for the project was recently updated with this graphic showing the travel distance involved on the line:
There is plenty of debate around the project of course. Anyone with a keen eye will have noticed that Carroll’s gift shop in particular seem firmly opposed to the Metro project, along with other businesses along Westmoreland Street who have been displaying anti-Metro North posters prominently in recent years.
The graphics below are designed to show what the Metro service will look like. What do you think? Of course, the story of King Dan and Big Jim needing to find new homes for the construction period is an aspect I’m not too crazy about…..
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I’d say it probably will. They’re going to have to keep moving landmarks around Dublin while the TBMs are under them.
It’s like a transport system where the different parts are planned by rival gangs who go up to the edge of each others territory. It must be bewildering to people who come from cities like Madrid, Valencia or Vienna that have integrated systems that do radical things like have all the elements join up!
Two years ago in O’Connell the surveyors were out taking measurements for the Luas extension. That was supposed to come down Westmorland St up Cathal Bruagh St, down Marlborough St and across a new bridge beside the Liffey.