Dublin City Underground Railway

[murrayec]

Hi All

With the recent discussion on the Luas and in that thread the mention of an underground railway for Dublin City- I thought of doing this thread so that some of the people interested in, or against, can view the technical and design aspects of a project like this. Some may find this very boring and not applicable to their argument, but it is real information and has to be considered in the discussion for reasons of;- cost, technical & design ability, build ability, feasibility, and the affect it would have on the City while under construction. Some of these points if not all are the reasons why an underground has been promoted in the past and then abandoned!

So here we go;-

This is a truncated report by the Institute of Engineers of Ireland on what's under Dublin City- some argue that its all rock but the report indicates what's actually there;-

https://www.engineersireland.ie/EngineersIreland/media/SiteMedia/groups/societies/geotechnical/Soils-of-Dublin.pdf?ext=.pdf

This is a lecture by Michael Löffler from CDM Smith discusses the use of underground space as a key factor for sustainable development of densely populated areas. He outlines innovative solutions to these challenges from a number of ongoing and recently completed underground rail projects;-

It's interesting that the Institute hosted this lecture only last year?

Please contribute to this thread with any information you think is relevant and please link to the source of the information that you add, so that we have qualified additions that can be referenced and not just notional personal thoughts- qualified information leads to good understanding of a development like this......

Eoin

 

 

 

Edited March 16, 2018 by murrayec