Askeaton Station Co Limerick

corktina

corktina

i'd give my right arm to live in an old railway station.... I think I'd be tempted to have some rolling stock on those rails though....

dregin

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corktina

heaven! and cheap too

gobnaitolunacy

I happen to know who lives in Askeaton, when an IE work party was sent to remove the LC gates and put up ugly security fencing instead they banded together with a few in the village and told them where to go.

corktina

good for them, they aren't the prettiest gates, but better than the new order!

RikkFlair

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

I happen to know who lives in Askeaton, when an IE work party was sent to remove the LC gates and put up ugly security fencing instead they banded together with a few in the village and told them where to go.

They've certainly kept that part of the line from getting too overgrown, in comparison with the rest of the line! They also may have trains running past their house again at some stage...

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/business/go-ahead-for-limerick-to-foynes-road-to-be-defining-moment-1-5461382

But the company also remains committed to re-opening the rail link from Limerick to Foynes as part of its masterplan. “Agreement has been reached with Iarnrod Eireann to carry out preliminary planning and environmental studies which will bring us to the tender stage for the reinstatement works,” Mr Keating said. “We have committed €150,000 to this preliminary planning stage, which will be concluded late next year.”

corktina

I read that an upgrading of the road from Foynes to Limerick is on the cards

Losty Dublin

corktina wrote: »

I read that an upgrading of the road from Foynes to Limerick is on the cards

Adare is to be bypassed soon; is it in conjunction with it's scheme?

flyingsnail

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Adare is to be bypassed soon; is it in conjunction with it's scheme?

I doubt it, while the railway to Foynes goes through Adare the road from Limerick to Foynes does not go near it.

corktina

Apparently not linked to the Adare bypass (Presumably) M21 scheme....improvements to the direct route... I don't think that is good news for re-opening the rail line

dowlingm

corktina wrote: »

I read that an upgrading of the road from Foynes to Limerick is on the cards

Pity the line wouldn't be diverted through the median on the upgraded coast road via the Castlemungret track given the roundabout route via Adare.

corktina

I don't think they are planning THAT much of an upgrade that it would be dual carriageway

dowlingm

That's kind of the point though - NTA should be doing an alternatives analysis for upgrade options before deciding how much capacity to build the new bits to. Am sure the coast road doesn't meet spec in places and needs widening but rail restoration via the old route or a straighter one might create more total capacity ex Foynes within the same budget envelope. But if it's NRA's call alone they have no brief to consider a hybrid approach.