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Originally Posted by Colm Moore
(Footbridge + 2 stairs + 2 lifts) x 2
You are unlikely to have change out of €500,000.
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Lets get real here. Why the hell do you need a footbridge in either Roscrea or Birdhill. What is wrong with a Luas style walkway linking the platforms at one end, directly under the supervision of the signalman.
This arrangement applied for years at Newry, whereby a gate was opened by station staff and passengers with luggage or those unable to negotiate the footbridge were conducted across the line when safe to do so.
Such an arrangement at Roscrea and Birdhill would probably be safer than a footbridge given that the risk of being hit by a train is probably much less than that of tripping on the steps of a footbridge.