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Limerick-Foynes Rail Line

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    #122
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,646 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Itsdacraic wrote: »
    or was the interviewee stating speculation as fact?

    Yes, they were.


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    #123
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    well there is supposed to be a re-opening of the line proposed for freight to Foynes port but it all went quiet a while back. It was mostly for ore from a mine in Tipperary so it really doesn't have any bearing on the WRC debaclé


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    #124
    marmurr1916
    Registered Users Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭marmurr1916


    Isn't there a motorway planned from Limerick to Foynes?


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    #125
    corktina
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    not a motorway, an improved N road...jeez they can't even build one to Cork!


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    #126
    Treepole
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭Treepole


    The rail line is reopening. Work has already started on repairing the track.


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    #127
    Markcheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,428 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    Does anyone know if it's for ore to go yes or something else ?

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    #128
    Treepole
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭Treepole


    Markcheese wrote: »
    Does anyone know if it's for ore to go yes or something else ?

    It's being reopened by a private company. Don't know anything about whether or not it's for ore.


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    #129
    flyingsnail
    Registered Users Posts: 2,752 ✭✭✭flyingsnail


    Treepole wrote: »
    The rail line is reopening. Work has already started on repairing the track.

    Where has work started on the track?


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    #130
    Treepole
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭Treepole


    flyingsnail wrote: »
    Where has work started on the track?

    Local sources tell me that the line clearing machines have arrived in Foynes.


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    #131
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    working on the line to re-open it or simple maintenance? I can't place any credence on the claim that work has started to re-open the line with out evidence and corroboration


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    #132
    Sheldons Brain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭Sheldons Brain


    There is clearly work at Foynes, but no mention of the railway.
    http://www.merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/Releases/Minister_Donohoe_welcomes_%E2%82%AC38m_investment_by_Shannon_Foynes_Port_Company.html


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    #133
    Treepole
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭Treepole


    corktina wrote: »
    working on the line to re-open it or simple maintenance? I can't place any credence on the claim that work has started to re-open the line with out evidence and corroboration

    Ok, we'll see.


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    #134
    Lenton Lane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭Lenton Lane


    Treepole wrote: »
    Ok, we'll see.

    Line has to be cleared first before any work begins.


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    #135
    Treepole
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭Treepole


    Lenton Lane wrote: »
    Line has to be cleared first before any work begins.

    Clearing the line is work and it has commenced with a view to re-establishing it as a freight route to be operated by a private company.


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    #136
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    I'm not so sure. They cleared the WRC a couple of years ago and the New Ross to Waterford.


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    #137
    Treepole
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭Treepole


    corktina wrote: »
    I'm not so sure. They cleared the WRC a couple of years ago and the New Ross to Waterford.

    Believe what you want. I'm telling you what's happening.


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    #138
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    can I ask why you decided to launch this news on here as a brand new member?


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    #139
    Treepole
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭Treepole


    corktina wrote: »
    can I ask why you decided to launch this news on here as a brand new member?

    I was googling for news on the line reopening and came across this thread and decided the enlighten you. I'm sorry I did now.


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    #140
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    why so? if it's true it's of a lot of interest. Noone else has reported it in all the forums and fb pages I'm a member of though, so I'm a little sceptical


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    #141
    Treepole
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭Treepole


    corktina wrote: »
    why so? if it's true it's of a lot of interest. Noone else has reported it in all the forums and fb pages I'm a member of though, so I'm a little sceptical

    Well consider yourself fortunate to be one of the first in your groups to know so. Its only the reopening of a train line, I don't see what I would have to gain by making it up.


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    #142
    the dark phantom
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    corktina wrote: »
    why so? if it's true it's of a lot of interest. Noone else has reported it in all the forums and fb pages I'm a member of though, so I'm a little sceptical

    Maybe they were keeping the news as a surprise for you.


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    #143
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    that would be a nice surprsie!

    Any photos treepole?


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    #144
    Ben D Bus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,110 ✭✭✭Ben D Bus


    And in related news

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0216/680673-foynes-port/


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    #145
    Poxyshamrock
    Registered Users Posts: 4,826 ✭✭✭Poxyshamrock


    A letter sent to residents along the line recently.

    image.jpg


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    #146
    Lenton Lane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭Lenton Lane


    corktina wrote: »
    can I ask why you decided to launch this news on here as a brand new member?

    May I ask the relevance of that question?


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    #147
    Aard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    Let's get back on topic and leave the meta-discussion.

    If anyone has a problem with a particular post please use the report post button.

    As always, please do mot reply to this message on-thread.

    - Moderator


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    #148
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    Poxyshamrock wrote: »
    A letter sent to residents along the line recently.

    image.jpg

    Thank you...so it's a study rather than work strted...as I suspected.


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    #149
    Treepole
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭Treepole


    corktina wrote: »
    Thank you...so it's a study rather than work strted...as I suspected.

    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.


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    #150
    [Deleted User]
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    Robertstown viaduct is most likely still a problem, it was a contributory factor as to why the line was closed in the first place.


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    #151
    Treepole
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭Treepole


    How close are the new mines located to existed rail infrastructure?


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