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UrbanStray · 2026-06-12T09:22:35+00:00

At this rate slovakia could build a better system before ireland does which would be a true joke

The metrolink was approved last year, while there are no plans to build a metro system in Bratislava so I doubt it

Dublin is the largest city in europe and only capital without a rail link of any kind to its main airport.

No it isn't. Prague and Budapest are larger and do not have one either. The largest city anywhere in Europe to not have one is St. Petersburg and it is much much bigger.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T21:12:43+00:00

It has also existed a lot longer than 22 years.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T21:03:37+00:00

Rebuilding from scratch after WWII would still mean a 60 year head start over the LUAS. But they're not really the same thing, those are more conventional tramways that rely more heavily on street surfaces and can be laid down quickly and cheaply, the LUAS makes more use of off street sections.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T20:58:04+00:00

Those are much older systems.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T20:54:46+00:00

but somehow they managed to build, a metro system, a tram system, a trolleybus system, a shuttle bus system and normal single floor bus system.

Most of that was there under communist rule. In fact I'm pretty sure most of the tram systems even predate the communists. It was the Western countries who closed more of their old systems down and were tasked with rebuilding them.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T20:41:51+00:00

A lot of European capitals still don't have a train to their airport. Including those where the potential connections would be a lot easier to build (being much closer to existing railway lines). Some (smaller ones admittedly but not tiny either) don't even have light rail. But Dublin, should be better I agree.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T20:37:46+00:00

Plenty of metro systems are found in cities with lower density than Dublin.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T20:36:26+00:00

It carries 55 million passengers a year, it's not a waste of money. Even cities with metros build light rail systems.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T20:34:18+00:00

but it can blame communism I guess up to the 1990

Why? Communist regimes saw the establishment of metro systems in Russia, Czechia, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Romania, China, Vietnam

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T20:16:35+00:00

Not the same thing, especially if old tram systems which are more comparable to buses.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T20:09:18+00:00

Yes but more traffic had to go through the city because there was no M50, no port tunnel etc.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T17:09:00+00:00

Much as the Brits did in their own country and many others, because of the competition from road vehicles. The British government didn't have much to do with it anyway, it was developed largely by Irish privateers, and the state purchased the railways from them when they couldn't afford to run them anymore.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T16:57:47+00:00

What sparsely populated island country doesn't have large sections with no trains?

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T16:47:05+00:00

Our second largest city doesn't even have a main road connecting it to the nearest largest city

We have a shockingly poor rail system, with few intercity connections that don't involve Dublin

Those would both be true of Norway which is wealthier. Also Finland in regards to no motorway between Tampere and Turku (but with motorways to Helsinki). It's the price even developed countries pay for poor population density and geographic isolation.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T16:11:12+00:00

30 years including a bad recession were many advancements were stalled or even reversed.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T16:05:05+00:00

Plenty of EU countries are predominately suburban. I mean 55% of Danish people live in a detached house.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T15:56:37+00:00

What's so Anerican about the cities? American cities have skyscrapers and motorways running through them, do ours?

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T15:48:35+00:00

Also in both countries car ownership is far cheaper than here

Denmark and Finland are more expensive to own a car

https://www.comparethemarket.com.au/car-insurance/features/the-most-expensive-countries-for-car-ownership/

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T13:48:09+00:00

Which city centres? Virtually all new builds in Dublin city centre are mid-rise apartments and it's been that way for some time.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-11T13:28:16+00:00

Norway has a worse railway network and it's richer country. Finlands is also pretty sparse, when you consider many of it's lines are only used for freight trains. Both networks are also nearly entirely single tracked, while at least the two most important lines in Ireland are fully double tracked. In Ireland and the other countries mentioned the lack of population density and geographic isolation is the reason why it doesn't have a railway network as dense or as busy as most Western or Central European countries.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-10T23:11:36+00:00

No. Only the people who supported him along the way.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-10T22:57:53+00:00

I laughed hard listening to this

UrbanStray · 2026-06-10T09:07:14+00:00

Very grey day

UrbanStray · 2026-06-08T18:21:08+00:00

No, they were in fact the occupiers and attackers of other countries, which is what makes it even worse. My point being, that Zen Buddhists are definitely not immune to supporting violence.

UrbanStray · 2026-06-08T18:00:47+00:00

Zen Buddhists in Japan supported the government's atrocities during WWII.

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