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Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson
2500 extra passengers say 1250 cars allowing for a small amount of multiple occupancy bus transfers and new users, allowing 5m for each car and clearance front/rear (most popular car is a Ford Focus is 4.3m long). Parked end to end thats 6.2km long no one is going to tell me that won't make a serious difference
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Typical car occupancy is 1.25, although the Mummy brigade may increase this.
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If you want to see level crossings with traffic Merrion Gates sees 16 trains an hour, in comparison Maynooth line it will be 18 in two hours. In fact more cars crossed Merrion Gates after the DART was introduced than before thanks to better traffic management
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Table comparing Clonsilla and Coolmine to Sydney Parade.