Treepole wrote: » It's happening alright. The line is obviously in a state of disrepair so firstly the vegetation will be cleared. There will also be structural repairs to be done to a number of the river crossings. Also the existing manual road crossing gates are to be replaced with automatic ones.
elastico wrote: » All they are doing is cutting some trees etc. so that a survey can be done to investigate what structural repairs are necessary and cost of same etc.. They won't go wasting money on automatic gates when they have no customers for the line yet. You have made a mistake here, they are clearing vegetation. The line is not reopening as you stated in post #26. While this is a positive development it must be pointed out similar work was done in Mayo / Sligo 6 or 7 years ago and nothing came of it. It may lead to something though so time will tell.
Treepole wrote: » OK. Time will tell but I am extremely confident that I will be proved right. See you all in 9 months.
Lenton Lane wrote: » The work is to allow a study to go ahead, bear in mind restoration of rail freight is part of Foynes ports plans and that the line has been earmarked as part of the Ten-t core network. So while I am cautiously optimistic that the study will be positive I also note the determination of some to constantly undermine any positive developments on rail.
Lenton Lane wrote: » bear in mind restoration of rail freight is part of Foynes ports plans and that the line has been earmarked as part of the Ten-t core network.
corktina wrote: » an anonymous new member backed up by another anonymous new member...it makes you wonder . Rather than undermine the project, it makes you wonder why someone is trying to talk up the project!
Treepole wrote: » How close are the new mines located to existed rail infrastructure?
Paddico wrote: » Just north of Thurles so right beside at Cork Dublin line
Paddico wrote: » Just north of Thurles so right beside the Cork Dublin line
1huge1 wrote: » The track is still there and trains can technically run on it (though its heavily overgrown with grass etc), but there will have to be a fair bit of maintenance before it can open fully.
Akin to the Phoenix Park Tunnel reopening I imagine.
1huge1 wrote: » Akin to the Phoenix Park Tunnel reopening I imagine.
1huge1 wrote: » but there will have to be a fair bit of maintenance before it can open fully. .
Paddico wrote: » Has part of the rail line or embankments benn destroyed and built upon or is it possible to still run a train on it once its all been re-layed?
trellheim wrote: » Yes, that is one end of the service - but what about the other end ? is Colbert a good place for them to end up ? you'd need to rebuild the Careys rd bridge to put back in the North Kerry line connection without needing a reversal at the Check cabin , but what if you built a spur where the Ennis line crosses the shannon, to UL ?
McAlban wrote: » [Crayonism]Well Rebuilding The Carey's Road Bridge would require demolishing the Irish Rail Sports and Social Club on Carey's Road too. But Hey Irish Rail have loads of land in the Area. Into Colbert is one option. Or Straight onto Castleconnell? With a New Stop out at Annacotty Business Park? Shuttle bus could connect to UL from there. [/Crayonism]
falconio wrote: » Great work! So basically you have two lines RathKeale to Roscrea and Ennis to Tipperary which are largely extant today.
falconio wrote: The hard bit is getting from the current terminus to Cratloe which would have to be underground / cut and cover for a few kms going by that map?
falconio wrote: Limerick seems to have a great basis for a future metro / light rail system. Hopefully the regional cities won't end up like Dublin.
