Phoenix Park Tunnel Photos

Originally posted by Graham Hickey

Another ludicrous feature of Connolly is how you have to get off the Enterprise service at the far end of the station, walk the whole way down its massive platform, then all the way back up the other side to get the DART, also resulting in terrible congestion in the mornings.

I’m surprised the Victorians never built a footbridge or underpass, God knows all the work THEY undertook is the only saving grace of our network 160 years later.

They did, there was a wooden bridge that ran from Platform 2 to Platform 5 as least as late as the 1980’s. I remember crossing it and the dirt of the glass I have never forgotten to this day, I would swear that it hadn’t been washed since the Steam Trains were replaced.

It ran from Platform 2 to Platform 5 with only access from either to each other.

It was a good quality painted timber structure with typical Victorian ‘neo gothic’ proportion and detailing such as champhered detailing around the panes.

It is the loss of minor features such as this that take the quality away from Stations. But given it disappeared in the late 80’s its hardly surprising, at least it didn’t make the early 90’s when it probably would have been replaced with a PVC structure!!

Enough of that PVC king stick to selling windows you obviously do it very well,

BTW Serious transport issues,

Did anyone see the piece in the paper today about the ‘IFSC Business Association’ (Never heard of them before) stating that they don’t want Luas at any cost down on their patch?

I’m with the RPA on this on, the scale of Luas as a transport solution is ideally suited to this project.

I also feel that the RPA have probably learned a great deal from their Harcourt St nightmare. A few more penalty clauses ought to do the trick along with a few bonuses for early completion.