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by roryisok 3113 days ago
You also have to account for dealing with traffic and pedestrian crossings, lights, planning etc. The Dublin tram was a new line across existing streets. This funicular probably doesn't cross any roads.

Also things take longer and cost more in Ireland. Case in point, near my house the local council had to dig up a road and lay some pipe to channel a stream underneath. This took two months. In the UK they put a train tunnel under a motorway in 72 hours