1.In best location. 2. Takes users direct to all destinations. 3. Space available for rail. 4. Creates extra capacity on existing rail. 5. All city rail lines fully used, five idle presently. 6. 8. Serves all big venue usage. 9. Direct link to Airport for all Dublin and All Ireland with rail. 10. Express service to Dublin Airport for work, more capacity. 11. Less changing. 12. Faster than via centre. 13. No need for 8,000 workers. 14. At one tenth the cost. 15 In half the time. 16. No value-advantage costs. 17. Uses Standard rail gauge for linking. 18.Better Balanced. 19. Users not taken unnecessary via centre. 20. No major disruption. 21. No lines closed. 22. Eases (M50) congestion. 23. Most buses link this line. 24. More rail lines built later. 25. Aids more Luas lines. 26. Increases bus efficiency. 27. More Park/Ride. 28 More car sharing. 29. Spreads peak times. 30. Aids flexible working. 31. Less city choking. 32. Less repairs. 33. Less delays due to power outage. 34. Multiple Airport accesses. 35. Better for tourists. 36 Faster for users outside centre. 37, East coast Airport link. 38. No unnecessary rail lines. 39. Suits disability users with less changing. 40. No unnecessary walking.41 Suits colleges. 42. Island rail platforms for easy changing. 43. Avoids vested Interests Plans. 44. Less risks. 45 Less duplication. 46 Doesn’t serve areas too near centre 47 No Opportunity congestion. 48. Provides Direct Cork to Belfast line, 49. Aids overall Dublin plan. 50. Aids city Plazas. 51, Aids walking and cycling. 52, Benefits more people. 53 Double trains on all lines. 54. Trebles trains on Belfast line 55. Quadruples train numbers on M50 line. 56 Motorway rail. .
Metro Link underground main flaws
1. In wrong location. No line should be in wrong place.
2. Using different rail gauge, prevents direct linking up.
3. Undermines rail solution by taking all rail via centre.
4.Not linking east coast or N. Dublin to Airport.
5. Needs another line to link that area to Airport.
6. Ignores the rest of the country for Airport access.
7. Doesn’t link work direct on the outskirts of City.
8. Too much disruption.
9. Too long to build.
10. Serves a small area of Dublin.
11. Too expensive.
12. Difficult to expand.
13. Does not serve new Towns.
14. Makes travel day long and unsuitable for many.
15. Draws to many trains via centre.
16. Clogs city.
17. Destroys a great city.
18. Undermines other transport.
19. Leaves too many rail lines idle.
20. Too much changing.
21. Not suitable for disability users.
22. Not ideal for city.
23. Less car reductions.
24. High costs denies other areas.