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Whether City Airport wants a halt to be built or not, the Planning Service should have made it a condition of their planning application (for the new terminal) that they wouldn't get permission if they didn't partly fund a new halt. This is called Planning Gain. I'm sure the Tesco nearby was...

The Derry train line may be beside the runway but it is not convenient to the terminal. Quite why the Belfast City Airport wasn't forced to fund a new rail halt as part of a Planning Gain agreement is anyone's guess.

By getting rid of some of the more obscure lines the network was rationalised. But the biggest failure of Ireland has been to squander what viable rail lines they have- something that Britain has been much better at. Some other factors that have contributed to Ireland's decline: -Both...

In terms of Belfast's population, it's around 400,000 in the city proper, with about another 50,000 in Lisburn which is only has half a kilometre of Greenbelt between it and South Belfast. The two other termini within a half hour train journey of Belfast, Carrickfergus and Bangor (and the halts...

Belfast has a few feet left of tram lines in the docks:- http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ll=54.608192,-5.919389&spn=0.003368,0.006899&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=54.608062,-5.919096&panoid=dlrdruezS4pfL5kPmxHo3w&cbp=12,137.34,,2,4.69 Not sure if it was used by trams, trains, or horse drawn...

Though you have to wonder what individual or organisation thought, "you know what, I like the way Google Maps has been up to date enough to include all the existing train stations. But wouldn't it be a great addition for 2012 to include halts that for most people aren't even in living memory."...

Although Google Maps has the problem of listing Northern Ireland train halts that have been closed for fifty years. Tandragee being one example. What's even more surprising is that these icons are a recent addition to Google.

I know the average bus company relishes coming up with policies that make their services less attractive to customers, but it begs the question- why do they consider it a priority to spend many thousands of pounds on technology that is only accurate a third of the time. Unreal time is just an...

It can still be seen in the entrance to Central Station, no doubt that orange marble is bomb proof, and the entrance building is separate from the taller main building so it protects the latter

Fair enough if you think it's a solution looking for a problem. But would you say the same 20, 50, or 100 years down the line when the rails will inevitably need replaced? Anyway, the reason why I came up with the idea is because there's a branch line in the outskirts of London which is...

I've no idea what the lifespan of the current track & trains on the Coleraine to Portrush line is, but when it is due for replacement would it be worthwhile to convert the branch to tram? The main advantage as I see it would be so you could cheaply build several overtaking lanes (it's currently...