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Upgrade and Invest in the Limerick – Nenagh – Ballybrophy Railway Line

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  • #2
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,287 ✭✭✭source


    Deedsie wrote: »
    Hi everyone,

    If you could sign and send on this petition to anyone you think might be interested id really appreciate it.



    https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/upgrade-and-invest-in-the-limerick-nenagh-ballybrophy-railway-line?source=twitter-share-button&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=twitter&share=793e2dea-1e56-4ab2-8e14-b2443ec0d8b8

    It should also be noted that the arrival time in Limerick in the morning, and departure time in the evening, do not allow for workers in the city living along the line to use it to commute to work.


  • #3
    Deedsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,272 ✭✭✭Deedsie


    source wrote: »
    It should also be noted that the arrival time in Limerick in the morning, and departure time in the evening, do not allow for workers in the city living along the line to use it to commute to work.

    I agree, there are loads of issues with the line. We are initially focusing on the 3 objectives mentioned in the campaign letter as we think those will be the most beneficial in the shortest period of time.

    If we could improve the speed limits/journey times then that would be a good time to request alterations to the timetable etc


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
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    Signed it there, hope you are successful with the petition though I have my doubts about how committed CIE are to that line. It would be an amazing asset to North Tipp if the station at Annacotty was restored, plenty of people driving in to UL and Plassey, afaik.

    It seems to be an obvious thing to push for but afaik it's never really been seriously sought.


  • #5
    the_blackstuff
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭the_blackstuff


    Does anybody actually use that line? Had a friend living beside it at one point. You could see that the carriages were practically always empty. Hard to know how it could be viable to run anymore.


  • #6
    phog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,336 ✭✭✭✭phog


    I would suggest before they invest money on the track they run trains on it that would get people to Limerick in time to start work and leave Limerick after work. If they can grow numbers with that timetable then it might be worth spending funds on the track to speed up the journey.

    I mean what they've spent on the Limerick Galway route was close to criminal.


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