Apparently there is a Station "Planned" at Oranamore...

FlameoftheWest

Look at the route map on the Limerick-Galway railcar:

http://thewanderersirishrailphotos.fotopic.net/p63957164.html


What's the deal with this then? Just a bit of graphics for the day?

DWCommuter

If Planning permission is granted this year then it will be opened next year. But this was talked about well before the WRC got the green light. WOT didn't give a flying **** about it. Lets be honest it should have been up and running tomorrow, when all these empty trains from the WRC start ploughing through it.

As usual, the whim outweighs the need.

My prediction is Oranmore won't happen.:eek:

KevR

DWCommuter wrote: »

My prediction is Oranmore won't happen.:eek:

I think it will eventually happen but it will be too late* and it won't be implemented properly**. They will make a mess of it. The station, as well as the town of Oranmore itself, will never live up to its full potential.



*Money will be wasted on planning a P&R at Doughiska or money will be wasted actually building a P&R at Doughiska :eek:! More unnecessary and uneffective bus lanes will be thrown in random places around East Galway City. Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford will all come out of the recession stronger than traffic choked Galway because those other cities all have important transport improvements coming onstream during the downturn. The other cities will be ready seize upon any economic up-turn will Galway will not.

**They will build the station without a proper P&R (not enough spaces), no connecting/integrated bus services to industrial estates in East Galway, no integrated ticketing....etc.

yer man!

Apparently a station with 100 spaces is being planned near the overpass bridge on the dual carriageway connecting oranmore to doughiska. a single platform with one ticket machine format is earmarked. I's say this will go ahead assuming all planning is granted smoothly. There's a lot of pressure to open this station as the seasonal park and ride in the race course seems to work taking in about 100 cars a day so an all year round quick rail park and ride service would make perfect sense. Also the funding is there for this station as the total budget hasn't been spent on phase I as of yet so fingers crossed if this opens then this train may start making some decent money.

Hungerford

DWCommuter wrote: »

My prediction is Oranmore won't happen.:eek:

Both it and Crusheen are due to be built in time for the 2012 election. They need Oranmore to perk up passenger numbers especially if the rest of the line north of Ennis is doing as badly as we suspect.

FlutterinBantam

Barry Kenny said on RTE that Oranmore would happen.

Transportuser09

FlameoftheWest wrote: »

Look at the route map on the Limerick-Galway railcar:

http://thewanderersirishrailphotos.fotopic.net/p63957164.html


What's the deal with this then? Just a bit of graphics for the day?

Its a route map. Its purpose should be obvious.

KevR

yer man! wrote: »

Apparently a station with 100 spaces is being planned near the overpass bridge on the dual carriageway connecting oranmore to doughiska. a single platform with one ticket machine format is earmarked. I's say this will go ahead assuming all planning is granted smoothly. There's a lot of pressure to open this station as the seasonal park and ride in the race course seems to work taking in about 100 cars a day so an all year round quick rail park and ride service would make perfect sense. Also the funding is there for this station as the total budget hasn't been spent on phase I as of yet so fingers crossed if this opens then this train may start making some decent money.

Thanks for the info!

But, as I feared, they are going to make a complete mess of it.

lord lucan

Transportuser09 wrote: »

Its a route map. Its purpose should be obvious.

I think he meant why was Oranmore on the map when it hasn't been built yet?!

Transportuser09

lord lucan wrote: »

I think he meant why was Oranmore on the map when it hasn't been built yet?!

I see what you mean. Maybe it saves on having to produce a new map; its a least a good sign that the intent to provide a station is there. I do recall the maps on the DART/Dublin Commuter were upgraded to include Docklands and Phoneix Park long before these stations opened.