Connolly station and Boston sidings to be developed

sporty56

Looks like a fair bit of rolling stock storage space in Dublin soon to be history.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/ci%C3%A9-seeks-partner-to-develop-connolly-station-site-1.3216964

https://www.lisney.com/commercial-properties/development-land-property-in-boston-sidings-grand-canal-quay-south-docklands-dublin-2/21431

ClovenHoof

Gotta fund that union 'gravy'!

end of the road

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Gotta fund that union 'gravy'!

this would be happening even if there were no unions.

anyway by the time CIE are finished the only storage space left in dublin will be gcd and that will be your lot and aftter that, probably lots of dead running to portlaoise or droghida.

loyatemu

end of the road wrote: »

this would be happening even if there were no unions.

anyway by the time CIE are finished the only storage space left in dublin will be gcd and that will be your lot and aftter that, probably lots of dead running to portlaoise or droghida.

Fairview? Bray?

end of the road

loyatemu wrote: »

Fairview? Bray?

for the diesels? bray is a possibility via the extension of maynooth and droghida services, possibly instead of a 10 minute dart? but i can't imagine fairview. remember it's mostly the diesels which would be effected by the loss of stabling space in the dublin area rather then EMUS. but we will have to wait and see. either way whoever can should be intervening to stop the loss of stabling space within the dublin area.

devnull

This is why CIE should never have been allowed to become a commercial property company as well as a transport operator, all of the property should have belonged to the state rather than CIE directly to prevent the situation which we have now where property interests interfere with the future expansion of the railway.

Norrie Thomas

devnull wrote: »

This is why CIE should never have been allowed to become a commercial property company as well as a transport operator, all of the property should have belonged to the state rather than CIE directly to prevent the situation which we have now where property interests interfere with the future expansion of the railway.

Time to transfer the railway infrastructure assets to TII; along with a caveat that any commercial development of land does not interfere with current and future railway operations.

andrewfaulk

Norrie Thomas wrote: »

Time to transfer the railway infrastructure assets to TII; along with a caveat that any commercial development of land does not interfere with current and future railway operations.

The plans for Connolly don't include the existing stabling sidings, only the air space above them so they might be out of use for a while when whatever was being built but they wouldn't permanently be lost to operations.. one of the US stations did something similar while the railway below was still operating!

IE 222

Boston sidings is no great loss if sold and money is put back into infrastructure. They cant cater to the needs of todays demands only fits two 4 car trains.

An interesting place i find is the slip of land on the opposite side of the canal at Docklands station once used by freight. Do IE still own this could easily fit 3 - 4 sidings with two 8 car trains if relayed and connected at Newcome Jct.

end of the road

IE 222 wrote: »

Boston sidings is no great loss if sold and money is put back into infrastructure. They cant cater to the needs of todays demands only fits two 4 car trains.

what's the likelyhood that the money from the sale will actually be put back into the infrastructure? something tells me not so, but then again. i'd rather the railway operator focused on the railway operation rather then other interests which seem to interfere in it's operation. if their other interests didn't interfere in the railway operation and they could be trusted not to slowly sell off bits of the railway to suit their other interests then i'd have a different view.
any stabling space which is at a premium in the capital is a loss in my view. i'd argue it's better to have sidings able to take 2 4 cars then nothing.

IE 222 wrote: »

An interesting place i find is the slip of land on the opposite side of the canal at Docklands station once used by freight. Do IE still own this could easily fit 3 - 4 sidings with two 8 car trains if relayed and connected at Newcome Jct.

if that could all be sorted out, then great, do that as well.

Infini

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Gotta fund that union 'gravy'!

/facepalm.