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11-11-2020, 04:17 | #1 |
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Sixmilebridge to Shannon rail study money announced
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11-11-2020, 11:42 | #2 |
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Why is it that lobbying for railway investment is in inverse proportion to any likely ratio of benefits to costs?
At the moment any money spent on this study would be better given as a direct support to Shannon as it struggles to survive with minimal traffic. |
11-11-2020, 11:50 | #3 |
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This was studied previously and thrown out
Sadly Shannon is just too small an airport to justify a rail link, it has ZERO scheduled passenger flights today and likely to remain depressed in demand for 3-5 years.
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To my mind, getting Shannon Town/Industrial Estate, and if a way could be found to effectively squeeze it in, Bunratty* plus additional Ennis line stations at Moyross (LIT) and The Parkway are the way to make it work. If calling it an airport train is how you get the budget for it, well, that’s showbiz... *Bunratty implies a Cratloe alignment which is significantly shorter as a Limerick-Shannon option but I can’t see an effective way to thread the line through Shannon from the east without a northern detour - perhaps someone else has sharper eyes. But Sixmilebridge seems to me a detour too far to be effective as a service given the limited likelihood of significant speed increases on the existing line, even if routing via open country and the N19 right of way does have a lower degree of difficulty. |
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01-12-2020, 20:48 | #5 |
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Airport rail
Yes Shannon is to small for a rail link, Dublin needs one. Kerry has one it's Farranfore, 600 metres form the airport as good as any other airport station for walking. I did see it once advertised in Are Lingus as a rail connected airport.
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