Madam, – Regarding the collapse of the rail viaduct over Broadmeadow Estuary, Co Dublin, I wonder if the Government and Iarnród Éireann aren’t missing an opportunity.
Don’t the Defence Forces have a fully functional Engineering Corps, designed to tackle problems like this (albeit during times of war)? Has anyone thought to ask them if they could put up a heavy-duty pontoon-style rail bridge in a few days, to take the strain off the main engineering work that will take months? – Yours, etc,
Madam, – Taking a positive stance on the recent collapse of the rail viaduct in Malahide, I will now have a seat on the train when I get on at Howth junction, an experience I have not had for years. Long may it continue. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – Since beginning commuting on the Belfast to Dublin line in 1981, the analysis among passengers, during delays or stoppages in the service, has consistently pointed to the inadequacy of a single train line linking the whole east side and north of the country with Dublin.
The fact that 20,000 extra people will now be using our already busy roads is an indictment of the lack of a joined-up rail network where alternative rail routes might now be available, as they were in the early part of the last century, via towns such as Navan and Kilmessan, into and out of Dublin. – Yours, etc,