Western Rail Corridor unlikely to proceed
Any prospect of extending the Western Rail Corridor from Athenry to Sligo appears to have receded as Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Greens step up government formation talks. There is no mention of any western rail extension in the Green Party’s manifesto – as it negotiates a viable…
Greenway campaigner says money being ‘wasted’ on bridge
€70,000 the Minister for Transport plans to ‘waste’ putting up a railway bridge that will be never used could be better spent on a feasibility study for the Sligo Greenway Co-op. That’s according to Brendan Quinn of the Western Rail Trail who wants to see the railway-line between Athenry and…
Greenway only realistic option for western railway
The group campaigning for a greenway to be developed along the Western Rail Corridor is claiming a government report shows a greenway is now the only realistic option for the closed railway route. The Western Rail Trail Campaign, which is pushing for a greenway from Athenry, Co Galway to Collooney,…