Mr. Hugh Creegan:

No. The curves involved in coming through Tara Street Station, which was a critical connection for us, and then getting down to Charlemont would not allow us to go to the other side of St. Stephen's Green. The previously proposed metro north was to terminate at St. Stephen's Green and did not connect at Tara Street Station. Different options were available, but the decision to connect the DART system to the metro system and the consequent need to run the line close to Tara Street Station dictated an alignment and pushed us out----