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Unread 31-08-2012, 07:25   #20
James Howard
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Originally Posted by Traincustomer View Post
Personally I think a shuttle bus linking Edgeworthstown station to Edgeworthstown, Granard and surrounds (and possibly Abbeylara) could work.
That would be an excellent idea particularly if they could make it all payable in the one ticket. Another possibility would be to run something like Granard - Edgeworthstown - Athlone Station which enable a stack of other options but you would then need two buses.

Such a bus would be very attractive to commuters. In my case, I could probably park a bike in Carrickboy and save myself 400 euro per year in parking charges and possibly get away without running a second car. I would have no bother paying at least 500 quid a year for this service - which would be 1000 if in the taxsaver scheme.

It would probably need to be a minibus though which is something that Bus Eireann aren't terribly good at running. But there is an existing North Longford community transport scheme that could possibly run that.
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