Decision “needs to be made” on Western Rail Corridor says campaigner
A decision ‘needs to be made’ on what to do with the Western Rail Corridor. That’s according to Peter Bowen Walsh, a spokesperson with West on Track, a community based campaign for re-opening the passenger and freight line between Limerick and Sligo and, eventually extending northward to Donegal and Derry.…
Greenway campaigners says rail group’s document should be ‘read with a health warning’
A group lobbying for a a greenway on an old and now unused rail line through the west and north west of the country says a document produced by another group lobbying for the reopening of the line for trains needs to ‘be read with a health warning.’ The Western…
New report supports restoration of Western Rail Corridor
A new report says there is almost certainly a strong business case for the restoration of the 74.5 kilometre railway line from Claremorris in County Mayo to Collooney in County Sligo. The conclusion is in a new 210-page report by economist Dr John Bradley who examined the reopening of the…
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,…