You’d be fairly lost going from Heuston to Stephens green to druncondra
The line goes under the Phoenix Park to get from Heuston to Connolly
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That was the one I’m thinking off. It was discussed on here during Covid I think
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Yeah it’s operational last few years
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They’ll miss the fry in Heuston Station.
Not many options up around Drumcondra I’d have thought.
A few on a non all Ireland final day in fairness. Lovely little cafe next to the Centra alongside the train station called Nellies…fine brekkie and lunch there
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Cuala did something similar with chartering a Dart for one of their games in Parnell Park. The Dalkey crew wouldn’t venture Northside on their own
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No capacity in Connolly so they can only use it on a Sunday seemingly
I travelled through it on occasion in the past on a special match train. When I went to university I remember mentioning the tunnel under the Phoenix Park in passing to a Dublin friend and he would not believe me, he’d never heard of it.
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The newbridge to grand canal dock train uses it the whole time
Interesting exchange on the ‘quiet’ carriage on the Dublin-Cork train yesterday. Phone rings and the owner answers it and starts talking. Immediately another lad leans across the aisle, says this is a quiet carriage and is greeted with murmurs of approval. The guy on the phone looks bemused, mumbles something but puts it away. For the first time ever in my experience there was total silence to the Junction…only broken by my snores having partaken in a heavy lunch a few hours earlier.
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It goes during the week. They’ve actually had operational constraints at weekends that stopped it’s use (cc @Little_Lord_Fauntleroy).
It is going to form the backbone of the new DART line to Heuston. Brand new underground station at Spencer Dock will alleviate capacity issues at Connolly and the new Cross Gunns station will link with DART West and Metrolink. There is also a new station in the hopper for Cabra, although this does not form part of the DSW project.
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Irish Rail did not want to open properly it as they wanted DART Underground built. So they used to almost pretend it didn’t exist.
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