Re: Re: developments in cork

I said it before and I’ll say it again…. Light rail is not the way in our city. Can you imagine them digging up our newly refurbished Patrick St. to put down a few tracks, espeically after all the trouble it caused in Dublin. Trolley Buses would be the best option… one tiny little overhead cable, smaller than that of the Luas and no fumes… even better no tracks, which means they can go anywhere in the city. They are dirt cheap to run and highly efficient. And we should be thankful for what we have, just think of the thousands that come to work every day by train from Cobh and the other east suburbs, which will also run all the way to Midleton, Carrigtohill etc. by 2008. Not to mention the amount of people from Mallow that commute to work by train. We are luckier than other Irish cities in that we actually have a suburban train linking up the satellite towns of Cork, which I’m sure places like Limerick and Galway would die for. I read more about the planned WaterBus service in the Echo the other day to run from Passage into the city. Sounds like a good idea.

See Page 7 for a picture previously posted of a Trolley Bus in use in the U.K.