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Originally Posted by jpsartre
Firstly I asked Jim what his thoughts were on the new station planned for Moyress in the regen. plan. He said he'd got an email from somebody about it and thats it. His reply (to the email) was you build it and then maybe we'll get involved. Not an encouraging start though he was keen to point out that the Ennis line was a great success so far and Sixmilebridge was still on course.
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Its all well and good to build a station, but unless it has good patronage it is merely a burden on the system - look at Monasterevin. Now, give them a station and pay for a train and they are much more amenable.
Ideally a station should be in a location with very high density* for both origin (residents) and destination (work/study/leisure) and connect with similar locations. While Limerick has a good rail network, it doesn't match the settlement pattern.
* Very high density does not equal very tall buildings. In the Irish context density is often defined by the presence or absence of udner-used institutional land.