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Plunkett station in waterford new exterior

  • 01-08-2009 6:19pm
    #1
    ow2h7nft1me9i4
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    Has anyone else seen the new exterior of the waterford train station? I got off the train the other day and was a bit shocked when I saw it. Unfortunatly the insde is the same old **** :(
    I read nothing in the papers about it or heard anything on WLR. Usually that kind of thing would be the talk of the town. Or am I missing something?


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  • #2
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Its that way for a good few months now. Its an alternative to the complete refurbishment which is put on hold due to the economy. The exterior looks a lot better and the inside was given a small clean up also.


  • #3
    ScabbyLeg
    Registered Users Posts: 219 ✭✭ScabbyLeg


    Any pics?
    Hopefully they never get to build that concrete monstrosity and rethink it before any new development goes ahead.
    They should bring the rail line over or under the road right to the quayside (still the ferrybank side) and build the new station there- on the site of that crumbling mill or whatever it is- build a rail station with a mix of retail outlets like on the continent.


  • #4
    ow2h7nft1me9i4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 112 ✭✭ow2h7nft1me9i4


    Ahhhh right. Yeah I knew it was supposed to be completly redeveloped but when I saw the exterior was just changed I was thinkin' "Oh this means its not gonna be redone properly for at leat another million or so years" :p

    Looks decent though. Much better than it used to.

    I cant find pics of it online at all. If I come across any I'll post em :)


  • #5
    magick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭magick


    i really wish they would build it as close to the orginal station as possible, the old station was beautiful until it was replaced by the Soviet Block


  • #6
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,815 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    It would have been ideal if they could have brought the rail line under the N25 and relocate the station on the river side of the N25, as scabbyleg suggested, with shops and other amenities.

    And perhaps a nice, sleek modernist covered/weather proof pedestrian bridge to cross the Suir and connect with the city centre.

    Still, we can dream...


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  • #7
    Pac413
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭Pac413


    Willa Yellow Vagrant wrote: »
    when I saw the exterior was just changed I was thinkin' "Oh this means its not gonna be redone properly for at leat another million or so years" :p
    Or at all :rolleyes:

    But hey, I think it's fine the way it is. Too much money is being poured into frivolous aesthetic changes these days.


  • #8
    sunnysoutheast
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,072 ✭✭✭sunnysoutheast


    Did they get rid of the model railway which used to be in the room on the right as you go in?

    SSE


  • #9
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    sunnysoutheast wrote: »
    Did they get rid of the model railway which used to be in the room on the right as you go in?

    SSE

    Sadly, all that is now gone.


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