Re: Re: Metro North

Can I ask if anybody knows why the Metro North was not planned to go underground as far as Ranelagh in order to join up with the segregated section of the Green Luas, thus making one continuous line going from Swords to Sandyford? Wouldn’t this avoid a lot of the controversial works on Stephen’s Green? Surely the cost of this could be made up at least partially by scrapping the BX Luas line and building the loop at the end of the line overground instead of underground? So is it just stupidity or is there a good engineering or planning reason for it? Can the Metro North be joined up with the Luas in the future, or will the extensive work on a terminus at Stephen’s Green preclude that?