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Originally Posted by Alan French
I think they have chosen the right humber of stations between Limerick and Galway to start with, but we mustn't fight against requests for more stations.
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The problem there is you get ghost stations like Phoenix Park (no passengers) and Monasterevin (no trains). As stations cost anything from several hundred thousand euro to several million, you have to be careful of the diversion of resources.
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This is an important issue on this line, because there is quite a strong case for a station in the Limerick suburbs, as well as in growing villages like Cratloe.
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From this, you can see
Cratloe is largely bungalows spread out along country lanes - not the basis for a train station. Now if you put in a proper commerical core and a had a population of a few thousand, that would be another matter. At least Sixmilebridge has streets.
Ardrahan can be seen here:
http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publ...&ecom=S1&user= but you'll need to zoom in.
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Those who are looking for more stations are potentially our allies, because they agree with us that road-based solutions are not all they are cracked up to be. If some proposal has to have a lower priority, let's call it that, and not pretend it isn't needed.
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Can I have a Luas stop outside my house please? More people live on my street that in some of these "villages".
2006 populations:
Craughwell + Ardrahan + Gort + Sixmilebridge + Cratloe = 5,931
Athenry 3,205 (4,042 in electoral division)
Craughwell 414 (1,363 in electoral division)
Ardrahan 480 (entire electoral division)
Gort 2,734 (2,782 in electoral division)
Ennis & environs 24,253 + population of west Clare
Sixmilebridge 1,659 (2,034 in electoral division)
Cratloe 643 (1,372 in electoral division)
How about providing for these first?
Swords 33,998
Navan 24,851
Letterkenny 17,586
Carrigaline 12,835
Midleton 10,048
Tramore 9,634
Shannon 9,222
Ashbourne 8,528
Dungarvan 8,362
Cavan 7,883
Nenagh 7,751
New Ross 7,709
Ratoath 7,249
Tuam 6,885
Trim 6,870
Youghal 6,785
Monaghan 6,710
Buncrana 5,911
Edenderry 5,888
Fermoy 5,873
Bandon 5,822
Dunboyne 5,713
Kells 5,248
Passage West 5,203
Newcastle West 5,098
Birr 5,081
Or any of these people who practically have to go to the next town to get a train:
Naas 20,044
Celbridge 17,262
Portmarnock 8,979
Rush 8,286
Lusk 5,236