The Irish sea is one of the busiest shipping regions in the world and has the world's largest car ferry—Irish Ferries Ulysses.[16] In addition, half of the air traffic at Dublin Airport is to Britain, with 8,300,000 passengers per annum. The Dublin-London air route is the busiest in the European Union and the second busiest in the world, with about 50 daily flights and 4.5 million journeys per annum. The success of the 15 km Oresund Bridge, inaugurated in 2000 and linking Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark, which has led to important economic integration between the two cities, suggests that the Dublin–Holyhead route may be the most promising.[17] With the addition of high speed rail, such a tunnel could cut journey times from the northern English cities of Liverpool and Manchester to Dublin to under an hour. The combined population of the three metropolitan areas is over 5 million. The question would have to be raised over what gauge to build a rail link as Ireland uses a different gauge to the UK.
2007-01-26 04:53:16
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answered by Anonymous
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Guessing only I would say that it would be a bottle neck location such as the Panama Canal or the Suez Canal.
what do you think?
2007-01-26 04:42:28
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answered by ca_surveyor 7
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