[PR] New Station at Clondalkin Fonthill to open on Monday 13th October 2008

[Colm Moore]

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=350

New Station at Clondalkin Fonthill to open on Monday 13th October by Corporate Communications

The existing Clondalkin Station will close after the 20:13hrs Clondalkin – Heuston service on Sunday 12th October.

The new Clondalkin Fonthill station will open for first services on Monday 13th October. A pedestrian walkway and cycleway will run from Clondalkin Station the new station at Clondalkin Fonthill.

Upon opening, Commuters living and working in the vicinity of Clondalkin Fonthill will travel to and from Heuston Station in as little as ten minutes.

The station will be served by Kildare commuter trains with 25 services per day calling at the station. The delivery of the station is ahead of schedule, and offers residents and workers in the Clondalkin Fonthill area with a frequent, reliable, speedy and environmentally friendly commute to the city centre.

Commuters in Clondalkin will see a dramatic increase in service on completion of the Kildare Route Project, in early 2010.

[Mark Gleeson]

Usual PR tripe

Folks in Clondalkin already had a station, admittedly a horrible one. It already is served by 25 trains a day

No mention of real customer service facts, such as the station being staffed, having full accessibility, electronic information displays and so on

[Colm Moore]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1013/rail.html

New train station opens in Clondalkin
Monday, 13 October 2008 17:24

A new railway station on the Kildare commuter line was officially opened by the by Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, in Clondalkin in west Dublin this morning.

The Clondalkin Fonthill railway station replaces the previous Clondalkin station, which closed last night.

The new station offers extra facilities, particularly improved accessibility for wheelchairs and blind and deaf customers.

It also has a 200 space park-and-ride facility for cars.

It is part of the €350m Kildare Route Project.

On completion of the project in 2010, there will be increased services for all stations along the route.

[Mark]

Is the name Clondalkin Fonthill a temp name? Why call it that? Its been on the T21 map as Clondalkin since the start.

RPA call it Clondalkin because they have a planned MW stop called Fonthill.

Why do their idiots not just talk FFS.

[Mark Gleeson]

Interesting change of PR speak as well

[weehamster]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Interesting change of PR speak as well

In what way?

[Colm Moore]

Originally Posted by Mark

Is the name Clondalkin Fonthill a temp name? Why call it that? Its been on the T21 map as Clondalkin since the start.

RPA call it Clondalkin because they have a planned MW stop called Fonthill.

Why do their idiots not just talk FFS.

Actually, RPA call it "Fonthill". http://www.rpa.ie/cms/download.asp?id=569

Fonthill would be a bad name as Fonthill House is north of the N4 at Liffey Valley and Fonthill Road is 5km long from the N4 to N7 at Newlands Cross.

The Clondalkin bit retains the Clondalkin heritage while Fonthill specifies it isn't the old Clondalkin, while telling you what road its on.

Stops on the KRP are quite widely spaced, so there is the potential for in between stations, we might have Clondalkin Cloverhill in 20 years time.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by Victor

Actually, RPA call it "Fonthill". http://www.rpa.ie/cms/download.asp?id=569

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Apologies, I meant to say Fonthill because of the interchange I was referring to.