Dublin-Belfast corridor Totally Explained

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The Dublin-Belfast corridor basically consists of the area between the three cities of Dublin and Belfast and Lisburn located on the eastern seaboard of Ireland with a population of just under 3 million people and a population density of 229/km²
This region is the most heavily populated on the island. Dublin is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland while Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland.
The distance between both cities is 160km (100mi) the equivalent of a 2-hour car journey.

Economy

The main economic engines of the region are Greater Dublin and Greater Belfast. Greater Dublin produces approximately 70 billion euro (2006) while Greater Belfast produces 11.5bn(14.5bn euro) sterling (2005).
The total wealth produced in these two city regions is 84.5bn euro(67bn sterling) making it second only to London in Ireland and Britain.

Infrastructure

The M1 motorway links the two cities which is called M1 motorway (Republic of Ireland) and M1 motorway (Northern Ireland).
   There is also the Enterprise (train) service connecting the two city regions.
   There are three major airports; Dublin airport (23 million passengers (2007)), Belfast International Airport (5 million passengers(2007)) and Belfast City Airport (2 million passengers (2007)) which together deal with 30 million passengers each year.
   Dublin
   The city is served by the Dublin Suburban Rail network, Dublin Bus, Luas trams, Dublin Area Rapid Transit and the planned Dublin Metro.
   Belfast
   The city is served by the Belfast Suburban Rail network and Metro (Belfast) bus service.

Population

Greater Dublin: 1.7m

Dublin city - 505,000
Tallaght - 103,000
Blanchardstown - 60,000
Clondalkin - 43,000
Lucan - 37,000
Swords - 37,000
Drogheda - 37,000
Dundalk - 37,000
Bray - 30,000

Greater Belfast: 700-800,000

Belfast city - 275,000

Bangor - 76,000

Lisburn city - 70,000

Castlereagh - 65,000

Newtownabbey - 60,000

Carrickfergus - 30,000

Statistics

Region	Population	Area !
Greater Dublin	1,700,000	6,980km²
County Louth	110,000	820 km²
Total for Republic part:	1,810,000	7,800 km²
(Greater Belfast)	(700,000)	960 km²
County Antrim	600,000	2,844 km²
County Down	516,000	2,448 km²
Total for Northern Irish part:	1,116,000	5,292 km²
Grand Total	,000,000	3,092 km²

City & County Council areas

The city and county council areas covered by the corridor are:

Dublin city - 505,000

Fingal - 240,000

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown - 198,000

South Dublin - 246,000

County Wicklow - 126,000

County Kildare - 185,000

County Meath - 162,000

County Louth - 110,000

County Antrim - 600,000 (incl. Belfast city - 275,000)

County Down - 500,000 (incl. Lisburn city - 70,000) ==

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