The rocky road to . . . . Collooney railway station
A Sligo councillor is calling for it to be made safer for people to walk from Collooney to the train station on the outskirts of the town. Cathaoirleach of the Sligo/Drumcliffe Municipal District Cllr Thomas Walsh says parts of the route are damaged and uneven in many parts with flooding…
Collooney train station waiting room reopened following vandalism
The waiting room at the Collooney railway station has been re-opened. It was closed a month ago due to vandalism which Gardaí still believe was caused by a group of young adults. As a result of the vandalism, parts for the disabled main door had to be replaced, new fire…
Petition calling for Greenway connecting Collooney to Athenry receives over 18,000 signatures
A petition calling for the old railway from Collooney to Athenry to made into a Greenway has now received over 18,000 signatures and growing. It’s organised by The Western Trail Campaign which is a community campaign made up of people from Sligo, Mayo and Galway. The group hope to turn…
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…
School bus and railway services may come under threat
School bus and railway services will come under threat if industrial action goes ahead following the breakdown in talks between Bus Eireann and trade unions. SIPTU and the NBRU had been meeting with officials from the semi-state company in an attempt to resolve a pay dispute. In a statement Bus…
Brexit shouldn’t affect North West railway
The outcome of Britain leaving the European Union shouldn’t stop attempts at getting a train line connecting the North West with Northern Ireland. Independent TD and OPW minister of State Sean Canney submitted a proposal to the National Transport Authority last week which called for the creation of a rail…