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Limerick-Ballybrophy Closure

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  • #102
    Markcheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,578 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    end of the road wrote:
    the money is there to solve the issues on the rail network. the government do not wish to spend it on it and IE aren't interested in fighting for it.


    Oh ? Where is this pot of cash ..?

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



  • #103
    Idbatterim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,854 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    the money is there to solve the issues on the rail network. the government do not wish to spend it on it and IE aren't interested in fighting for it.
    I agree, they choose to starve it of funding, but that wont change!


  • #104
    GM228
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭GM228


    Very surprisingly in a recent meeting in relation to the forthcoming National Investment Plan review (to be published potentially in March) between IE/NTA/DoF, IE have suggested a plan for a "major spend" to upgrade the Limerick-Ballybrophy/Waterford lines.

    This has come as a surprise and I look forward to reading the proposal when published. Watch this space.


  • #105
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


    This post has been deleted.


  • #106
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,115 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    GM228 wrote: »
    IE have suggested a plan for a "major spend" to upgrade the Limerick-Ballybrophy/Waterford lines.

    they're definitely closing so.


  • #107
    tabbey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭tabbey


    GM228 wrote: »
    Very surprisingly in a recent meeting in relation to the forthcoming National Investment Plan review (to be published potentially in March) between IE/NTA/DoF, IE have suggested a plan for a "major spend" to upgrade the Limerick-Ballybrophy/Waterford lines.

    This has come as a surprise and I look forward to reading the proposal when published. Watch this space.

    It is probably just an option, for consideration by the powers that be.

    Let the government choose from the menu, and take the blame if funding is refused and the service withdrawn


  • #108
    metrovick001
    Registered Users Posts: 420 ✭✭metrovick001


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    While it's a pity to close public transport infrastructure, this line can't be allowed to continue at that cost. A motorway more or less runs alongside it, why would anyone who commutes to Limerick use a crawling train instead?

    I just took a look at the times. The last train out of Limerick is at 16:55. How is anyone working a normal 9-5 in the city going to make that train?!
    That's exactly it....they don't want you to make that train.


  • #109
    CarlosHarpic
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 108 ✭✭CarlosHarpic


    loyatemu wrote: »
    they're definitely closing so.


    Unless they plan to put in a direct curve into the main line so the towns in between are on the Dublin to Limerick services (which would be a godsend for the line) I agree, they are closing it.


  • #110
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,759 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    GM228 wrote: »
    Very surprisingly in a recent meeting in relation to the forthcoming National Investment Plan review (to be published potentially in March) between IE/NTA/DoF, IE have suggested a plan for a "major spend" to upgrade the Limerick-Ballybrophy/Waterford lines.

    This has come as a surprise and I look forward to reading the proposal when published. Watch this space.

    Major Spend sounds like yeah upgrade track and signals but not increase the line speed!

    Have they any plans to "upgrade" parts of current IC lines. IE are good at publishing these grand plans for 90% never comes to pass.


  • #111
    GM228
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭GM228


    Jamie2k9 wrote: »
    Major Spend sounds like yeah upgrade track and signals but not increase the line speed!

    Have they any plans to "upgrade" parts of current IC lines. IE are good at publishing these grand plans for 90% never comes to pass.

    It's a signal renewal programme.

    Yes various plans for other parts of the network.


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  • #112
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    CarlosHarpic wrote: »
    Unless they plan to put in a direct curve into the main line so the towns in between are on the Dublin to Limerick services (which would be a godsend for the line) I agree, they are closing it.

    there would still remain the level crossings to stop this dead. It's doomed.


  • #113
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,759 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    GM228 wrote: »
    It's a signal renewal programme.

    Yes various plans for other parts of the network.

    Ah yes, paper over the cracks. The passenger won't see a blind bit of difference then.


  • #114
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    metrovick001 wrote: »
    That's exactly it....they don't want you to make that train.

    Why does Irish Rail want to cannibalise itself?


  • #115
    CarlosHarpic
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 108 ✭✭CarlosHarpic


    Isambard wrote: »
    there would still remain the level crossings to stop this dead. It's doomed.

    a normal rail operator would be lobbying for a road bridge over it


  • #116
    XPS_Zero
    Registered Users Posts: 910 ✭✭✭XPS_Zero


    loyatemu wrote: »
    they're definitely closing so.

    I was reading a book a while back (Trinity - made into a movie you can get on youtube called 'ByDawns Early Light' about a nuclear exchange and a hawkish successor takes over when they think the presidents dead and he has to wrestle for control - amazing book/movie).
    It starts with the General in charge of STRATCOM the nuclear command and he's thinking about how the computer malfunction and cause fake alerts by mistake. The congressman drag him up to the secret committe and read him the riot act about it, the convo always goes the same way, he says "well the computers are out of date, get me new computers"
    They ask how much a new system would cost
    Then suddenly go quiet and the hearing quickly comes to an end.

    Is this like that? "this is what it would cost to fix this line and nobody uses it HINT HINT"?


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