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25-03-2016, 17:04 | #1 |
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Has there ever been a study done investigating the feasibility of adding a spur off the line just South of Borris in Ossory to the main line South of Portlaoise? What would it cost? It seems like the best option by far to make the line viable and supporters of making the line viable again should be campaigning for such a study to be done?
I dont expect this to happen in the medium term but if an active and vocal campaign began to advocate for it maybe someday it could happen. |
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Improving the existing infrastructure would be much more useful.
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What is the current setup for this line for signalling and level crossings? Are these still all manual or have they largely been sorted out? If they're still stuck needing a couple of dozen people just to keep the line open, it's hard to see any long-term future for the line.
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All level crossings bar one are manually operated (and there are a lot!). Last edited by berneyarms : 27-03-2016 at 19:11. |
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Is there anyway to find out exactly how many level crossings there are? Is there a GIS map viewer or anything?
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There are a reasonable number of accommodation crossings on top of that. Last edited by berneyarms : 27-03-2016 at 19:13. |
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Thanks for the reply. Do the accommodation crossing impact on journey times to the same as the level crossings do? Has there ever been an attempt to automate the level crossings or remove them completely? |
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This is a work in progress: http://product.itoworld.com/map/258?...ullscreen=true vehicle crossings (automatic, manual or accommodation) in green, pedestrian crossings in blue. ITO World is based on OpenStreetMap, which is a work in progress. The Irish Rail data is generally more complete, but is variable in quality.
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Wow there is so much to it. Limerick to Birdhill has so many level crossings it would need massive investment. As would Nenagh to Ballybrophy. All very depressing. What would be the best use of money to invest in the line though? |
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My assumption would be that the appreciable service improvement would be the improvement of journey time, which would increase customers which would eventually result in a profit for the line that could be invested in the increased maintenance costs of employing new staff etc or improving other parts of the line such as the level crossings etc I'm not in anyway advocating this in the short to medium term but if the line is to be made viable people interested need to decide what the most important approach to make the line viable is and speak with a unified voice about it. Last edited by Deedsie : 26-03-2016 at 16:18. |
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