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Waterford to New Ross to be revived

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    #122
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,832 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Just make a greenway out of it already. Oh right...no money.


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    #123
    deisegreenway
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭deisegreenway


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Just make a greenway out of it already. Oh right...no money.

    Big news last week...CIE approved the conversion to a greenway, along with the Red Bridge outside New Ross. It's all on the Wexford Echo and New Ross Standard websites (can't post links).


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    #124
    Ted_YNWA
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    deisegreenway wrote: »
    Big news last week...CIE approved the conversion to a greenway, along with the Red Bridge outside New Ross. It's all on the Wexford Echo and New Ross Standard websites (can't post links).

    Here is the link deise

    http://www.independent.ie/regionals/newrossstandard/news/3m-red-bridge-walkway-boost-30847046.html


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    #125
    man98
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    That's disappointing.


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    #126
    corktina
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    man98 wrote: »
    That's disappointing.

    What else would you do with it? the line has been disused for many years, New Ross is a small town with very little to offer in the way of passengers or freight. It's not as if it's the Rosslare line biting the dust (finally)


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    #127
    whisky_galore
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    deisegreenway wrote: »
    Big news last week...CIE approved the conversion to a greenway, along with the Red Bridge outside New Ross. It's all on the Wexford Echo and New Ross Standard websites (can't post links).

    Just an abandonment order from CIE to formally wash their hands of it I would imagine.
    Money still has to come from somewhere to develop it. Still a greenway is more realistic than putting it back as a working railway or some of the more laughable preservation ideas that have been floating about over the last 2 years or so.


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    #128
    man98
    Registered Users Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭man98


    Well what good would a green way do. I don't see the merit of them.


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    #129
    whisky_galore
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    man98 wrote: »
    Well what good would a green way do. I don't see the merit of them.

    Oh just little things like encouraging local people to get up and about without risking getting a slap from a car, maybe attracting people to the area who otherwise might not, and God forbid, may even spend money locally?

    Preferable to having big trees growing up through it.

    I have walked it, looked like a complete mare to work, built on the cheap with rollercoaster-like sharp bends and steep gradients.


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    #130
    man98
    Registered Users Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭man98


    If they want to get up and about use the Enniscorthy line ;) . And there won't be many going up the line on a wet day in November ...


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    #131
    corktina
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    you obviously know little of the cycling and walking fraternity. I suggest you google


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    #132
    end of the road
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    corktina wrote: »
    What else would you do with it? the line has been disused for many years, New Ross is a small town with very little to offer in the way of passengers or freight. It's not as if it's the Rosslare line biting the dust (finally)
    well in fairness i can't see hords of cyclists coming to it either. nothing of sceenic beauty along there i believe.

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #133
    end of the road
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    corktina wrote: »
    you obviously know little of the cycling and walking fraternity. I suggest you google
    oh i think he does. even as a greenway the line has little to encourage people to cycle along it. for a local amenity it might do but i'd be very surprised if it got anything more then a few locals

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #134
    corktina
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    It's not just about the scenery though. It's a way of life for the cycling/walking people...they do it for it's own sake.

    New Ross is quite a tourist town now, with the famine ship to visit (and the Red Bridge part of the plans should be spectacular) and Waterford a major centre too...that people may want to visit both is very likely and they may choose to cycle or walk from one to the other. It's actually quite a pleasant part of the Country.


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    #135
    man98
    Registered Users Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭man98


    New Ross isn't great, the highlight of it probably bring that apartment block without the roof. Also it would have to stop well outside of Waterford because of the Rosslare line. And I've been along the line, someone's built a shed on it.


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    #136
    corktina
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    Amazingly nowadays bikes and pedestrians can use normal roads as well as Greenways. New Ross may not be Las Vegas but with a Greenway it might improve some bit. Greenway better than a disused derelict railway isn't it?


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    #137
    whisky_galore
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    man98 wrote: »
    New Ross isn't great, the highlight of it probably bring that apartment block without the roof. Also it would have to stop well outside of Waterford because of the Rosslare line. And I've been along the line, someone's built a shed on it.

    'Well outside Waterford'....In fairness, it's hardly light years from the city centre, assuming one managed to cycle all the way from New Ross.

    The countryside around there is pretty, not spectacular, but what do you expect...herds of Wildebeest sweeping majestically over the savannah?


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    #138
    deisegreenway
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    It would stop at the abbey in Ferrybank, 52.263791,-7.101567 on Google Maps. This is very near the city, even more so when a pedestrian bridge is eventually built 200m away.

    Even if nothing more comes out of this project in the next 5 years, it'll be great to have plans in place, ownership issues resolved and have the route protected.


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    #139
    flyingsnail
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    Short piece about turning into a greenway on RTE

    https://amp.twimg.com/v/c4a1bb45-d77b-44a0-bc7a-7d30e9981d23


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    #140
    end of the road
    Registered Users Posts: 28,997 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    flyingsnail wrote: »
    Short piece about turning into a greenway on RTE

    https://amp.twimg.com/v/c4a1bb45-d77b-44a0-bc7a-7d30e9981d23
    is there anything worth cycling to see on that route?

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #141
    whisky_galore
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    end of the road wrote: »
    is there anything worth cycling to see on that route?

    What do you expect in the South East Wexford/Kilkenny region? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the Seringeti?


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    #142
    Del.Monte
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    The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. :D

    ****



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    #143
    man98
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    end of the road wrote: »
    is there anything worth cycling to see on that route?

    I'd cycle along it in the hope of seeing an 071 on the track :pac:


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    #144
    end of the road
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    What do you expect in the South East Wexford/Kilkenny region? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the Seringeti?
    considering i live in the bluddy place, no . i however have never been along that particular route so wanted to know was there anything worth seeing if it was to open as a greenway. is that okay with you?

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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    #145
    savagethegoat
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    What do you expect in the South East Wexford/Kilkenny region? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the Seringeti?

    Torquay perhaps?


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    #146
    n97 mini
    Registered Users Posts: 8,295 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    Bungalows. Apparently Wexford has one of the highest numbers of one-offs.


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    #147
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users Posts: 12,104 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    Greenways aren't really about scenery. More to do with safe walking and cycling. As for this plan, I'm all for greenways once there's legal provision made for converting it back to a working railway in the future.


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    #148
    h.gricer
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭h.gricer


    end of the road wrote: »
    is there anything worth cycling to see on that route?
    There is nice views, https://www.flickr.com/photos/73238117@N02/8637549953/ and here https://www.flickr.com/photos/73238117@N02/8637544943/in/photostream/ these views are near Glenmore.

    Regards
    hg


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