Pronunciations aside, this is a clear and concise explanation of the plans for public transport in Dublin. Much easier to understand than most of the official stuff over here. Thank you and well done.
Sadly most this will never be build. We’ve been listening to these empty promises for decades. Sure Cork might be lucky to get its Luas by 2050, just in time for my OAP card lol
At last,some of my ancestors are going to elevated into the 21st century! Having the Beeching anti-railway and transit fiasco,now like Los Angeles,Dublin is doing a revival of all that was good! Thank you from the US,its nice that the Green Machines are enlivening the city,and the countryside! Thank you 😇 😊!
I do love the fact there is virtually no transport in Ireland, if you live anywhere but Dublin. Cork or Galway a bit better than the rest of the country, otherwise transport is rubbish and Train services are a joke. Moved over 15+ years ago and can say transport is still as bad if not worse from when I was younger over here, 45+ years ago. I live by car, 5 mins from Waterford City, walking will take 45 mins? yet, on a Sunday, no Bus service. So, if you don't have a car your up the creek without a paddle. BTW, I love the pronunciation. Somethings in Ireland you take with a pinch of salt, as a rule, once they complete things it' costs everyone an arm and a leg to use it.
Great video. And don’t worry, Irish places are hard to pronounce. The construction will hopefully start soon because it has passed planning. The history was a very useful addition. I’ve made a railway history video for Dublin if anyone wants to see it in more detail.
Very interesting stuff. The DART+ plans look great, and the Metrolink looks very similar to the Copenhagen metro. I just hope the Irish government and the city of Dublin finds a better way of financing it than what we did in Copenhagen…
(for context Copenhagen is billions in debt to the national government due to them only providing a loan to build the metro, off which 2/3rds are to be paid back in fare profits, and the final third is through profits from land sales along the corridors, which has been extremely problematic, as the land has never been sold for high enough value, causing the agencies to propose more metro lines to more development sites in the hopes that they'll cover the cost, and so the cycle continues. It has bcome a ponzi scheme by this point, its ridiculous ngl)
Great video, nobody here in Dublin seems to care about the future shape of our transport infrastructure, I do, but given that I am 71 and the inertia with regard to infrastructure development, other than roads, I despair of travelling on any of it, except perhaps the battery/pantograph darts. Keep up the good work.
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Pronunciations aside, this is a clear and concise explanation of the plans for public transport in Dublin. Much easier to understand than most of the official stuff over here. Thank you and well done.
Sadly most this will never be build. We’ve been listening to these empty promises for decades. Sure Cork might be lucky to get its Luas by 2050, just in time for my OAP card lol
Great video! I know next to nothing of Dublin's public transport and the algorithm has given me your video. Well done and it's very ambitious.
Poor unloved???
At last,some of my ancestors are going to elevated into the 21st century! Having the Beeching anti-railway and transit fiasco,now like Los Angeles,Dublin is doing a revival of all that was good! Thank you from the US,its nice that the Green Machines are enlivening the city,and the countryside! Thank you 😇 😊!
I do love the fact there is virtually no transport in Ireland, if you live anywhere but Dublin. Cork or Galway a bit better than the rest of the country, otherwise transport is rubbish and Train services are a joke.
Moved over 15+ years ago and can say transport is still as bad if not worse from when I was younger over here, 45+ years ago. I live by car, 5 mins from Waterford City, walking will take 45 mins? yet, on a Sunday, no Bus service. So, if you don't have a car your up the creek without a paddle.
BTW, I love the pronunciation. Somethings in Ireland you take with a pinch of salt, as a rule, once they complete things it' costs everyone an arm and a leg to use it.
I was in Dublin in 2017 when they were extending the green line, they had to temporarily split the red line in two, was really annoying. xD
Great video. And don’t worry, Irish places are hard to pronounce.
The construction will hopefully start soon because it has passed planning.
The history was a very useful addition. I’ve made a railway history video for Dublin if anyone wants to see it in more detail.
Good video, could you do something similar about cork?
Very interesting stuff. The DART+ plans look great, and the Metrolink looks very similar to the Copenhagen metro. I just hope the Irish government and the city of Dublin finds a better way of financing it than what we did in Copenhagen…
(for context Copenhagen is billions in debt to the national government due to them only providing a loan to build the metro, off which 2/3rds are to be paid back in fare profits, and the final third is through profits from land sales along the corridors, which has been extremely problematic, as the land has never been sold for high enough value, causing the agencies to propose more metro lines to more development sites in the hopes that they'll cover the cost, and so the cycle continues. It has bcome a ponzi scheme by this point, its ridiculous ngl)
Great video, nobody here in Dublin seems to care about the future shape of our transport infrastructure, I do, but given that I am 71 and the inertia with regard to infrastructure development, other than roads, I despair of travelling on any of it, except perhaps the battery/pantograph darts.
Keep up the good work.