Foynes Line

The bus service to Moyross is very good. Ya you will get a few delays at peak time but it's a quality service. There's a bus every 15mins and another one every hour that will pass that station.

And presumably not actually have a building anyway

Looks like a combined level crossing, interlocking and GSM-R equipment room

The temporary station has no buildings, just a scaffold framework and a platform surface and some extras

Is a park and ride at Patrickwell of any value?

Guess it still doesn't solve the issue at Colbert in terms of the train having to reverse in but could it help demand on a possible future train service?

Hoover up traffic from Kerry and Cork commuters

And similar at Annacotty Business Park to get Dublin approach and Cratloe for western?

Not from Limerick as you can probably tell but curious if these are feasible. It's always going to be a chicken and egg in terms of infrastructure vs demand. We're normally chasing with the infrastructure. Could approach this with Instruction first and then zone the lands around the stations for high density housing

The main employment hubs in Limerick during the week are at Raheen and Castletroy so there could be an argument to be made to build a rail network linking Raheen/Castletroy and maybe an argument to extend such a line to Patrickswell for a P&R to catch N20/N21 commuter traffic to these areas.

The CIÉ owned building in the way is now on the derelict site register, so demolishing it would save money…

I'm not saying there is high density. But this high density housing would need to be built to justify a rail line.

Having said that you could start building high density and roll out a service in tandem

Most of the building blocks for a railway are ready there.

You dont need to re-wire a building to make it for public use. you just need to do a few upgrades like fire system and emergency lighting.

The referred piece in the Limerick Leader says that the proposed of a direct link via the old North Kerry curve would cost €35m. And he appears to want it just for the Ryder Cup (1 week)!! The link is advocated by a local councillor: councillors are just about the most irresponsible people you can find.

TD not councillor and it's not just for the Ryder Cup. He said it would be "getting something positive out of the Ryder Cup" not for it. Normal enough for politicians to look for lasting legacies from these types of tournaments.