Irish Rail Map

davidlacey

http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=115&n=126

Why do Irish rail have closed lines on their infrastructure maps? I realise these lines have never been officially closed but why bother still have them listed especially when no maintenance goes on, on these closed lines?

LoonyLovegood

I can understand sections where there's track...is there even any track left on the WRC past Athenry?

CTYIgirl

CTYIgirl wrote: »

I can understand sections where there's track...is there even any track left on the WRC past Athenry?

Yeah the track is still there, severed in some places but mostly intact.

Fred Swanson

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brokenarms

All bridges are also keep safe to use for the public.

Judgement Day

Perhaps it's like the South Vietnamese army at the end of the Vietnam War, there are people drawing salaries for teams of area managers, p.way crews etc. for phantom lines such as Ballinacourty...:D

gobnaitolunacy

Write IE a strongly worded letter.

brokenarms

brokenarms wrote: »

All bridges are also keep safe to use for the public.

Even on lifted lines too. There's modern IE bridge signs all along the North Kerry.

gobnaitolunacy

Karsini wrote: »

Even on lifted lines too. There's modern IE bridge signs all along the North Kerry.

Exactly. What Brokenenglish was trying to say.

Losty Dublin

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The last train over the line was an inspection car which passed over it in 2006.

I can't quite understand why the line to Ballinascourty is on the map. In the main it's not directly owned by Irish Rail, it's missing the Suir lifting Bridge, the Waterford bypass cuts over it in places, it's currently home to the Waterford and Suir while the spur built for the barytes plant in Ballinacourty was legally abandoned some years ago so the line g.

Many of the bridges carrying railways on abandoned lines are still in the ownership of CIE so Irish Rail has a duty of care on them; that's why the signs are up on them.

davidlacey

Losty Dublin wrote: »

The last train over the line was an inspection car which passed over it in 2006.

I can't quite understand why the line to Ballinascourty is on the map. In the main it's not directly owned by Irish Rail, it's missing the Suir lifting Bridge, the Waterford bypass cuts over it in places, it's currently home to the Waterford and Suir while the spur built for the barytes plant in Ballinacourty was legally abandoned some years ago so the line g.

Many of the bridges carrying railways on abandoned lines are still in the ownership of CIE so Irish Rail has a duty of care on them; that's why the signs are up on them.

They have a duty but dont fulfil that promise, just look at the kingscourt line...

Losty Dublin

davidlacey wrote: »

They have a duty but dont fulfil that promise, just look at the kingscourt line...

The duty of care is to ensure that a bridge doesn't block or endanger the road. Shamefully some road users don't share the same duty or care to these bridges as well

brokenarms

Karsini wrote: »

Even on lifted lines too. There's modern IE bridge signs all along the North Kerry.

I used to work with the IR bridge gang and went to some strange places to repair bridges.
Full size trees growing in the middle of the line. Yet the safety of the bridge had to be maintained incase some farmer or walker fell into the water. In the claiming society we live in, it is quite understandable. If you do see a problem with a disused bridge I would urge you to report it to IR. Im not sure about your case as they may not own the land anymore. Who knows.

LoonyLovegood

Karsini wrote: »

Yeah the track is still there, severed in some places but mostly intact.

Ah, I didn't realise this. I also didn't realise how recently that track was in use. You learn something new every day!

davidlacey

i could be wrong but the cobh line is non existant on the map..

davidlacey

davidlacey wrote: »

i could be wrong but the cobh line is non existant on the map..

I think you're right, I don't see it myself.

roundymac

So is Cork city. The "green line" appears to turn somewhere around Blarney and go direct to Youghal.:eek:

rainbowdash

What's the little spur off the Dublin cork line just where the green and blue meet?

Captain Chaos

rainbowdash wrote: »

What's the little spur off the Dublin cork line just where the green and blue meet?

Is that not a per way yard/depot that use a spur of a closed line as a large head shunt?

Fred Swanson

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davidlacey

Fred Swanson wrote: »

It is. It uses about a mile or so of the closed Portlaoise-Kilkenny line.

was that another victim of the 60s destruction of non profitable railways?

Fred Swanson

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rainbowdash

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Pity they couldn't do it properly and show the Limerick cement works, Dublin docklands tracks and the aforementioned Cobh section!

Captain Chaos

rainbowdash wrote: »

Pity they couldn't do it properly and show the Limerick cement works, Dublin docklands tracks and the aforementioned Cobh section!

And the Howth branch.

davidlacey

never knew south wexford line went from rosslare europort , sure IE probably dont know any different