Group claims airport rail link will save billions

A TRANSPORT campaign group claims it could provide an alternative rail system to the proposed metro link to Dublin Airport that would save the Exchequer billions of euro.

Platform 11 estimates that its proposal for an over-ground link to the airport, incorporating existing railway track, could be built for just €350m.

The group points out that its AirRail Express option would provide a link cheaper and sooner than the revised €2.5 billion cost of the Government’s metro plans.