Metro North doomed after report favours DART project

THE prospect of the multibillion-euro Metro North system ever being built appears doomed after a key state agency said it was inferior to another major rail project — the DART Underground.

A report by the National Transport Authority has recommended that the DART Underground “represents the most beneficial public transport project within the Dublin area, with its benefits impacting over a wider area”.

The NTA report, seen by the Irish Examiner, states: “If only one of these two large projects can proceed, the better project for the region is DART Underground.”