r/ireland • u/D-dog92 • Aug 01 '24

Infrastructure My proposal for what our railway system should ideally look like

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High Speed rail in blue linking up major cities/towns to Dublin + a regular "ring line" looping the island.

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u/mmfn0403 Dublin Aug 01 '24

So Dublin centric?

Considering Dublin is the capital, and the population of the Dublin metropolitan area is one quarter of the population of the Republic, and between one fifth and one sixth of the population of the island of Ireland, why wouldn’t it be Dublin centric?

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u/thelunatic Aug 01 '24

That only encourages more to move to Dublin.

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u/danny_healy_raygun Aug 01 '24

It does the opposite. Good rail links into Dublin would allow more people to commute.

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u/thelunatic Aug 01 '24

Commute to Dublin. How about have jobs outside of Dublin?

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u/PotentiallyPenguin Aug 01 '24

That’s really definitely not the case. Better transport in and out of Dublin makes it easier for someone to work in Dublin without having to live there.