FG TD Promises new station in Oranmore

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Not even tendered out that I know of but he needs the publicity and him a backbencher.

Shame he never mention which year ....and what about the equally deserving Crusheen??

http://www.galwaynews.ie/20172-work-begin-on%E2%80%88oranmore-train-station-october

Crusheen already has planning according to WOT boys
Planning Granted for new Crusheen Railway Station

Press Release Tuesday June 14th 2011


The granting of Planning Permission to Iarnród Éireann to construct a new railway station at Crusheen as part of a range of new developments on the Galway-Limerick section of the Western Rail Corridor, has been warmly welcomed by the West on Track campaign.
Iarnród Éireann recently announced that over 250,000 journeys have been made across the Limerick-Galway route since it opened on 30th March 2010, and the construction of the new station at Crusheen together with a major commuter station at Oranmore is expected to attract many more customers to the route. Iarnród Éireann plans to have both stations open during the first half of 2012.
A spokesman for West on Track said that there had been attempts to play down the success of the Galway-Limerick route but that the recent announcements of new services, connections for Dublin and the two new stations served to underline the success of the railway over its first year.
“The construction of Crusheen and Oranmore needs to be viewed in the context of the news that a quarter of a million passengers have travelled on services on the Galway-Limerick route in its first year, availing of commuter and inter-city services. There are now up to 26 distinct services operating daily on Phase 1 of the Western Rail Corridor*. We are confident that the additional new and improved services and connections together with these new stations will lead to continued strong growth across the route leading to further expansion and development in the near future,” said the spokesman.
*5 daily Limerick-Galway (Intercity & Commuter); 1 daily Galway-Ennis (Commuter); 5 daily Limerick-Ennis (Commuter) 2 daily Galway-Athenry (Commuter) using WRC rolling stock. All return. This gives a total of 26 services on the corridor (Mon-Sat)

wellbutty wrote: »

250000 = 4800 per 7 day week = 4100 per 6 day week = 686 per day = 26 people per train...is it still profitable???

Was it ever profitable?

A station and no passing loop. Half measures just like Sixmilebridge which added a minor catchment but retained the capacity bottleneck of a single track section of a track expected to provide bidirectional service at all times.

antoobrien wrote: »

I'll believe when I see it, but the station is due to start construction within the next month.



Considering the earliest train currently gets into Galway at 8.05, it's useless for the factories around town (most of which start their shifts at 8, some earlier).

for this to be a success, they really need to review the timetable - ditto for WRC. Two chances of seeing this happen though.

Why won't the station be located where the current station building is?
The gurrane site seems further away again from the village centre.

Wild Bill wrote: »

Could it be to do with parking - or maybe even possible future development of a commuter line?

It seems to be a good bit off the dual carriage way whereas the former station is just past the Maldron. There's also a huge field located next to the old station. Oh well!

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Why won't the station be located where the current station building is?
The gurrane site seems further away again from the village centre.

Wild Bill wrote: »

Could it be to do with parking - or maybe even possible future development of a commuter line?

It's part of a proposed transport hub for Galway that was proposed as part of the "smarter travel" plan which was rejected by the government as a great of piece fantasy (should be on sale in the sci-fi/fantasy section in Easons imo).