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Cork to Limerick rail improvements

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    #242
    nigra
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭nigra


    With due apologies if i have missed the answer already in this thread ....but regarding the Limerick to LJ section of Cork to Limerick,  AtkinsRéalis were employed to review options to enhance capacity on the route back in 2022, which could include double tracking of the entire line. Their website states that 'a decision on the optimum approach to increase capacity between Limerick and Limerick Junction – will be completed in the first half of 2023'

    Was this optimum approach ever decided upon? Is this report still being awaited? Or is the ball now in NTA/TII/IR's court?



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    #243
    goingnowhere
    Registered Users Posts: 4,133 ✭✭✭goingnowhere


    Ball with NTA and the minister who struggles with making decisions



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    #244
    gjim
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121601041#Comment_121601041

    So AtkinsRéalis finished the report? Is it available anywhere?



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    #245
    Hibernicis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭Hibernicis


    I mentioned this a few pages back. Atkins were commissioned in November 2022 to provide report which would (1) identify a preferred location and option for the Moyross station and (2) review options to enhance capacity on the Limerick-Limerick Junction route. The report from Atkins was due to be completed in the first half of 2023. Nothing has been heard of this since.

    It's possible but unlikely that Atkins failed to produce the report. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, I'd guess that a draft of the report was submitted to the commissioning bodies and wasn't to their taste.



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    #246
    riddlinrussell
    Registered Users Posts: 978 ✭✭✭riddlinrussell


    This was buried at the bottom of an email I recieved on updates for Dart+ South West. Odd enough place for it tbh.

    AtkinsRéalis have also been appointed to develop location options and design of a potential new station in Ballysimon, Co. Limerick which was identified by the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transports Strategy (LSMATS) as a potential location for a new park and ride train station as part of plans to develop a commuter rail service in the Limerick area.



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    #247
    goingnowhere
    Registered Users Posts: 4,133 ✭✭✭goingnowhere


    Thats the most logical location for a station, right next to the M7 to capture traffic coming into Limerick and also to make rail more attractive towards Dublin as it would avoid the trek into Limerick city for many

    The time lost by the stop can be made up by the higher speed and double track to LJ



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    #248
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,816 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121704148#Comment_121704148

    Most traffic on the M7 wouldn't be going into the city. It would be going to Annacotty/Plassey/Raheen or further afield. This station wouldn't be taking any of these cars off the road. P&R and busses to these areas are needed to do that.

    The most likely place for a station would be where the line passes below the N24 near Morrisons Pub. This isn't anywhere near the above areas of employment though.



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