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The Dublin-Belfast corridor is a term used to loosely describe a geographical area that encompasses the cities of Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
 and Belfast
Belfast

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
 and the area between. The term has been used in papers regarding planning strategies in the area, with the aim of capitalising on the expanding economies of both cities.

Economy
The main economic engines of the region are Greater Dublin and Greater Belfast.






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The Dublin-Belfast corridor is a term used to loosely describe a geographical area that encompasses the cities of Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
 and Belfast
Belfast

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
 and the area between. The term has been used in papers regarding planning strategies in the area, with the aim of capitalising on the expanding economies of both cities.

Economy


The main economic engines of the region are Greater Dublin and Greater Belfast. Greater Dublin produces approximately €70 billion/£55.5 billion (2006) while Greater Belfast produces €14.5 billion/£11.5 billon (2005).

Third level institutions


  • Queen's University Belfast - 27,000
  • University of Ulster
    University of Ulster

    The University of Ulster is a multi-centre university located in Northern Ireland and is the largest single university on the island of Ireland, discounting the federal National University of Ireland....
     - 27,000
  • University College Dublin - 22,000
  • Dublin Institute of Technology
    Dublin Institute of Technology

    Dublin Institute of Technology was established officially in 1992 under the but had been previously set up in 1978 on an ad-hoc basis. The institution can trace its origins back to 1887 with the establishment of various technical institutions in Dublin, Ireland....
     - 22,000
  • Trinity College Dublin - 15,000
  • Dublin City University
    Dublin City University

    Dublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Ballymun and Whitehall, Dublin on the Northside of Dublin in Republic of Ireland....
     - 10,000
  • Dublin Business School
    Dublin Business School

    Dublin Business School incorporating Portobello College is the largest independent college in Republic of Ireland. With over 9,000 students, DBS provides a comprehensive range of full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes....
     - 9,000
  • National University of Ireland, Maynooth - 8,000
  • Dundalk Institute of Technology
    Dundalk Institute of Technology

    Dundalk Institute of Technology formerly Regional Technical College, Dundalk is a 90 acre campus situated in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, halfway between Dublin and Belfast ....


Infrastructure


The main route linking the two cities is along the M1 and N1 in the Republic of Ireland and the A1
A1 road (Northern Ireland)

The A1 is a major route in Northern Ireland. It runs from Belfast via Lisburn and Banbridge to the Irish border with the Republic of Ireland south of Newry, from where the road continues to Dublin, becoming the N1 road and M1 motorway ....
 and M1
M1 motorway (Northern Ireland)

The M1 is a motorway in Northern Ireland. It is the longest motorway in Northern Ireland and runs for 38 miles from Belfast to Dungannon through County Down and County Armagh....
 in Northern Ireland.

There is also the Enterprise (train)
Enterprise (train)

|}File:Lambeg railway station in 2005.jpgEnterprise is the name of the cross-border inter-city train service between Dublin Connolly railway station and Belfast Central railway station in Ireland and is jointly operated by Iarnr?d ?ireann and NI Railways ....
 service connecting the two city regions.

There are three major airports; Dublin airport
Dublin Airport

Dublin Airport , is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. Located in Collinstown, in the Fingal part of County Dublin, it is by far the busiest airport in Ireland - over 23.3 million passengers passed through the airport in 2007....
 (23 million passengers (2007)), Belfast International Airport
Belfast International Airport

Belfast International Airport is an airport located northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland. It is also known as Aldergrove, County Antrim, after the village of that name lying immediately to the west of the 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
Dublin Suburban Rail

File:Dublin Rail Network3.svgThe Dublin Suburban Rail network, , is a railway network that serves the city of Dublin, Ireland, most of the Greater Dublin Area and outlying towns....
 network, Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus

Dublin Bus is a public transport operator in the Republic of Ireland. It operates an extensive bus network of nearly 200 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes in the city of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area....
 network, Luas
Luas

Luas , also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, is a light rail or tram system serving Dublin, the first such system in the decades since the closure of the last of the Dublin tramways....
 tram network, Dublin Area Rapid Transit
Dublin Area Rapid Transit

The Dublin Area Rapid Transit is part of the Dublin Suburban Rail in Ireland, running mainly along the coastline of Dublin Bay on the Trans-Dublin route, from Greystones in County Wicklow, through Dublin to Howth and Malahide in County Dublin....
 and the planned Metro North
Dublin Metro

The Dublin Metro is a planned Rapid transit system for the city of Dublin. The first two lines were set out in the Irish Government's 2005 Transport 21 transport plan: they are known as Metro North and Metro West....
 and Metro West
Dublin Metro

The Dublin Metro is a planned Rapid transit system for the city of Dublin. The first two lines were set out in the Irish Government's 2005 Transport 21 transport plan: they are known as Metro North and Metro West....
.

Belfast

The city is served by the Belfast Suburban Rail
Belfast Suburban Rail

The Belfast Suburban Rail Commuter rail in the United Kingdom serves the metropolitan area of Greater Belfast and some of its commuter towns with three lines....
 network and Metro (Belfast)
Metro (Belfast)

Metro is the trading name for bus company Citybus in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a subsidiary of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, within the common management structure of Translink , along with Ulsterbus and Northern Ireland Railways....
 bus service.

Population


Greater Dublin: 1.7m
  • Dublin city
    Dublin City

    Dublin City can refer to any of the following:*Dublin capital of the Republic of Ireland.*Dublin City F.C. association football club*Dublin City , a constituency represented in the United Kingdom Parliament between 1801 and 1885....
     - 505,000
  • Tallaght
    Tallaght

    Tallaght is the largest town, and county town, of County of South Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It was one of the earliest settlements in the southern part of the island, and one of medieval Ireland's most important monastic centres....
     - 103,000
  • Blanchardstown
    Blanchardstown

    Blanchardstown is a growing outer suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The area is located 10 km north-west of Dublin City and covers most of the An Post postal district Dublin 15....
     - 60,000
  • Clondalkin
    Clondalkin

    Clondalkin is a village and suburb 10 km west of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, situated in the administrative County of South Dublin. The name is also used in relation to the area's religious parishes....
     - 43,000
  • Lucan - 37,000
  • Swords
    Swords

    A sword is a cutting/thrusting weapon made of metal. Sword or swords may also refer to:* Swords, Dublin, Ireland* Suit of swords, a suit in Latin-suited playing cards and Tarot decks...
     - 37,000
  • Drogheda
    Drogheda

    Drogheda is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Republic of Ireland, 56 km north of Dublin. Drogheda is the largest town in Ireland, recently surpassing its neighbour Dundalk....
     - 37,000
  • Dundalk
    Dundalk

    Dundalk is the county town of County Louth in Republic of Ireland, situated close to the border with Northern Ireland. It takes its name from , Dalga's Fortification home closely associated with the famous mythical warrior C?chulainn, and was granted its charter in 1189....
     - 37,000
  • Bray
    Bray

    Bray is a town in north County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. It is a busy urban centre and seaside town of approximately 32,000 people, making it the fourth largest town in Ireland ....
     - 30,000


Greater Belfast
Greater Belfast

Greater Belfast is an area surrounding and including Belfast in Northern Ireland.It generally is taken to include North Down, Lisburn, Castlereagh and parts of South Antrim including Newtownabbey and Whiteabbey....
: 579,276
  • Belfast
    Belfast

    Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
     city - 275,000
  • Bangor
    Bangor, County Down

    Bangor is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of 76,403 people in the United Kingdom Census 2001, making it the most populous town in Northern Ireland and the third most populous settlement in Northern Ireland....
     - 76,388
  • Lisburn
    Lisburn

    Lisburn is the third-largest city in Northern Ireland, south-west of and adjoining Belfast. An Anglicise version of the Irish name, Lisnagarvey, is used in the title of schools and sporting clubs in the area....
     city - 70,000
  • Castlereagh - 65,000
  • Newtownabbey
    Newtownabbey

    Newtownabbey is a large urban area in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, to the north of Belfast. Newtownabbey Urban Area includes a large number of smaller towns and villages, including Carnmoney, Ballyduff, Glengormley, Jordanstown, Monkstown, County Antrim, Rathcoole and Whiteabbey....
     - 60,000
  • Carrickfergus
    Carrickfergus

    Carrickfergus is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 27,201 people recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2001....
     - 30,000


Statistics

Region Population Area !
Greater Dublin1,700,0006,980km² 
County Louth
County Louth

County Louth is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland. The county town is Dundalk.County Louth is affectionately called "the Wee County" being the smallest county in Ireland having a total area of only 821sq kilometres ....
110,000820 km² 
Total for Republic part:1,810,0007,800 km² 
(Greater Belfast)
Greater Belfast

Greater Belfast is an area surrounding and including Belfast in Northern Ireland.It generally is taken to include North Down, Lisburn, Castlereagh and parts of South Antrim including Newtownabbey and Whiteabbey....
(700,000)960 km² 
County Antrim
County Antrim

County Antrim is one of six Counties of Northern Ireland that form Northern Ireland, and one of nine counties that historically and geographically constitute the Province of Ulster....
600,0002,844 km² 
County Down
County Down

County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....
516,0002,448 km² 
Total for Northern Irish part:1,116,0005,292 km² 
Grand Total3,000,00013,092 km²


City & County Council areas


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

    Dublin City can refer to any of the following:*Dublin capital of the Republic of Ireland.*Dublin City F.C. association football club*Dublin City , a constituency represented in the United Kingdom Parliament between 1801 and 1885....
     - 505,000
  • Fingal
    Fingal

    The County of Fingal is an area in Republic of Ireland. It was formed from part of the historic County Dublin....
     - 240,000
  • Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
    Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

    The County of Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown is a administrative county in Republic of Ireland formed from part of the old county of County Dublin....
     - 198,000
  • South Dublin
    South Dublin

    The County of South Dublin is a county in Republic of Ireland, with its county town located in Tallaght. South Dublin achieved county status in the 1993 Local Government Act, and more formally in the 2001 Local Government Act....
     - 246,000
  • County Wicklow
    County Wicklow

    County Wicklow is a Counties of Ireland on the east coast of Republic of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. The county is bordered by the Irish Sea and the counties of County Carlow, County Kildare, County Wexford, as well as two parts of what was County Dublin, County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and County of South Dublin....
     - 126,000
  • County Kildare
    County Kildare

    County Kildare is an Republic of Ireland county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church of the oaks ....
     - 185,000
  • County Meath
    County Meath

    County Meath is a county in Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, County Meath, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the courts of the Republic of Ireland....
     - 162,000
  • County Louth
    County Louth

    County Louth is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland. The county town is Dundalk.County Louth is affectionately called "the Wee County" being the smallest county in Ireland having a total area of only 821sq kilometres ....
     - 110,000


  • County Antrim
    County Antrim

    County Antrim is one of six Counties of Northern Ireland that form Northern Ireland, and one of nine counties that historically and geographically constitute the Province of Ulster....
     - 600,000 (incl. Belfast city - 275,000)
  • County Down
    County Down

    County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....
     - 500,000 (incl. Lisburn city - 70,000)


See also


  • Economy of Dublin
    Economy of Dublin

    The Economy of Dublin is centralised in the capital city of Republic of Ireland. As such, Dublin is the largest city and the country's main economic hub....
  • Economy of Belfast
    Economy of Belfast

    The economy of Belfast, Northern Ireland has changed dramatically since 1600. Belfast's expansion from a town to a city in the nineteenth century was funded by trade through Port of Belfast....
  • Cork-Limerick-Galway corridor
    Cork-Limerick-Galway corridor

    The Cork-Limerick-Galway corridor links the Republic of Ireland's second, third and fourth largest cities. Cork , Limerick and Galway cities, all located on the western seaboard have a total population of just over a million people and a population density of 51/km?....
  • Central belt
    Central Belt

    The Central Belt of Scotland is a common term used to describe the area of highest population density within Scotland. Despite the name, it is not geographically "central", but in fact in the south of the country....
     Scotland (Glasgow-Edinburgh)
  • Oresund Region
    Oresund Region

    Properly spelled with diacritics, the ?resund or ?resund Region is a transnational region in southern Scandinavia located by the shores of the Oresund strait and connected by the ?resund Bridge....
  • Tricity
    Tricity

    Tricity is an urban area consisting of three Polish city: Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot. They are situated adjacent to one other, in a row, on the coast of the Gdansk Bay, Baltic Sea, in Eastern Pomerania Pomerania , northern Poland....
     Poland
  • List of European city regions
    List of European city regions

    The following is a list of European city regions consisting of more than one city in each region.*Oresund Region, population 3.5m, Copenhagen & Malmo...


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