IE given €5 million to repair infrastructure

RonanM123

€2.8 million - Cork station roof.
€1 million - Rock Face in Waterford.
€1.15 million - Pease roof and other stations
€500,000 - depot building renewal works

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/storm-damage-5m-in-emergency-funding-for-iarnrod-eireann-30003927.html

Glad to see nothing productive is actually being done in Waterford all. It's fine to close the station if the rive rises 2 meters. :mad:

They want to replace the roof in Pearse but they need €12 million for it.

dublinman1990

I agree that €5 million is not a huge sum of money to carry out repairs.

But I thought it would have been more to get repairs on the lines that were closed because of yesterday's storm like Ennis and Athenry and the local lines in Cork.

Can I ask what type of damage was done yet again to Pearse Station in Dublin. Other than the indo, there is very little coverage of it in the media.

What other railway stations got involved in yesterday's storm damage apart from Cork and Waterford?

Jamie2k9

dublinman1990 wrote: »

I agree that €5 million is not a huge sum of money to carry out repairs.

But I thought it would have been more to get repairs on the lines that were closed because of yesterday's storm like Ennis and Athenry and the local lines in Cork.

Can I ask what type of damage was done yet again to Pearse Station in Dublin. Other than the indo, there is very little coverage of it in the media.

What other railway stations got involved in yesterday's storm damage apart from Cork and Waterford?

The only problems yesterday were lots tree's down, speed reduced because of wind and no electricity along routes. Tralee and WRC were most affected by power with most of the LC not operational. They had staff at a number of crossings on Waterford route this morning because of no power.

cbl593h

RonanM123 wrote: »

€1 million - Rock Face in Waterford.

And I got told off about my allegations regarding nil/lack of investment in said rockface.................

Hilly Bill

dublinman1990 wrote: »

I agree that €5 million is not a huge sum of money to carry out repairs.

But I thought it would have been more to get repairs on the lines that were closed because of yesterday's storm like Ennis and Athenry and the local lines in Cork.

Can I ask what type of damage was done yet again to Pearse Station in Dublin. Other than the indo, there is very little coverage of it in the media.

What other railway stations got involved in yesterday's storm damage apart from Cork and Waterford?[/QUOTE]

Roof of N3 Parkway got damaged .

relaxed

Ennis-Limerick is closed since the beginning of this month, any chance they might consider a long term solution for that?

LXFlyer

Well to be fair - they raised the railway line by 60cm (almost 2 feet!) since the last flood.

The water is higher above the rails than before.

Losty Dublin

relaxed wrote: »

Ennis-Limerick is closed since the beginning of this month, any chance they might consider a long term solution for that?

The flooding on the Ennis-Limerick is caused from a lack of drainage on Ballycar Lough. The problem lies on lands which are not railway owned so it isn't Irish Rail's responsbility. The below link gives an insight into why the flooding occurs, who it affects, who is responsible for causing and remedying it and how it can be alleviated.

http://www.shannon.ie/meetings/shannon-electoral-area-meetings/minutes-of-the-adjourned-meeting-of-shannon-electoral-area-committee-of-clare-county-council-27th-march-2012-17453.pdf

Victor

lxflyer wrote: »

Well to be fair - they raised the railway line by 60cm (almost 2 feet!) since the last flood.

It floods most years. Irish Rails aid it was raised in 2003.

Losty Dublin wrote: »

The problem lies on lands which are not railway owned so it isn't Irish Rail's responsbility.

In fairness, the land has always been known to flood - it is surrounded by hills. this from about 1840. http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,541434,669630,6,7

Losty Dublin

Victor wrote: »

In fairness, the land has always been known to flood - it is surrounded by hills. this from about 1840. http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,541434,669630,6,7

Which was aggravated by the actions of the former Board of Works to the extent that flooding is now a regular long term issue at the site affecting the line and local farmlands. It's the OPW problem to address and nobody else's.