Waterford Station closes after landslide!

Pete_Cavan · 14-12-2022 3:56pm

Funding has been approved for the new Waterford station, an integrated transport hub no less, and BAM appointed as contractor;

https://waterfordcouncilnews.com/2022/11/28/bam-appointed-as-contractor-for-north-quays-infrastructure-project/

Is it a bit short sighted to only have two platforms at the new station? That may be enough for now but surely even a third platform would have been sensible.

MyLove4Satan · 14-12-2022 11:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119996143#Comment_119996143

More of this kind of thing please!

Valhalla90 · 09-01-2023 3:37pm

I wonder will Plunkett station be put to any use at all when the new station is operational? Overall the move is better and will be closer to the city centre!

Wanderer78 · 09-01-2023 3:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120086013#Comment_120086013

dont think anything has been announced for its use after the move, has it?

badly needed, will massively benefit the region when done

Pete_Cavan · 09-01-2023 9:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120086013#Comment_120086013

What use could it be put too? Given it is CIE owned, it would make sense to use it as a depot for an expanded city bus service but there probably isn't space for that. If the upper floors were vacant earlier this year, it would probably would have been converted to living accommodation.

Bodan · 12-03-2024 6:40pm

What do you think of the rail service in Clonmel and south Tipperary?

People are being encouraged to express their views on the timetable of trains that serve Clonmel Railway Station. This request was made by the town’s first citizen ahead of a meeting with Irish Rail representatives on March 11. District Mayor Richie Molloy has stated that any suggestions made by members of the public for improvements to the timetable would be raised by council members at the meeting with Irish Rail. He told a meeting of Clonmel Borough District that he always believed that Irish Rail were deliberately trying to run down the station by providing such a poor timetable.

Cllr Michael Murphy said he met a group of students who, because they couldn’t secure private rented accommodation in Waterford, had to commute to the South East Technological University (SETU) in Waterford each day.The train would be ideal for those students but it arrived in Waterford at 11.30am, which was too late. The same applied to people from Clonmel who were working in Waterford.

Cllr Pat English said that the forthcoming meeting with Irish Rail was overdue. The Clonmel station needed a revamp, with the provision of toilets and litter management, and a more passenger-friendly timetable was also needed.Cllr John FitzGerald said “the day is gone” by the time the Clonmel train arrived in Waterford.Cllr Siobhán Ambrose said that it was like “a Clonmel reunion” on the platforms at Thurles and Kilkenny Railway Stations because people couldn’t get a service from Clonmel, unless you were retired or going on a day trip.

The timetable wasn’t conducive to people going to work or hospital appointments, or students going to university.She feared that if the Clonmel station wasn’t used it would be lost.

Waterford Station closes after landslide!

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