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19/01/2023 Limerick - Foynes railway reopening contract awarded [Railway Gazette] Rehabilitation of the Limerick - Foynes line to enable freight services to restart is set to begin in February, after Iarnrod Eireann awarded John Sisk & Son a contract for the first phase of work. (Permalink) Foynes Limerick Limerick: Following removal of the car park in front of Limerick station a few years ago the building now faces on to an attractive open pedestrian area. On 29th July 2021 it was devoid of pedestrians due to t ... Douglas Blades 29/07/2021 Foynes: The abandoned station at Foynes, County Limerick, in 1991. Bill Roberton //1991 Railway Gazette
14/11/2022 Irish Rail starts works on Foynes-Limerick rail line [Railway Technology] Works will include the removal of the old track and deployment of new rail track. (Permalink) Foynes Limerick Limerick Check Junction: View from a passing train of Limerick Check cabin in 1988. To the left, the Foynes branch veers to the west past the wagon shops. Mothballed in 2001, fourteen years later the line was being cleared o ... Bill Roberton //1988 Foynes: The ultimate PW trolley - Foynes, Co Limerick, 1988. Ian Dinmore //1988 Railway Technology
05/08/2022 Limerick to Foynes railway reopening plan [Railway Gazette] Eire: Iarnrd ireann has invited expressions of interest in rehabilitation works for the re-opening of the line from Limerick to Foynes on the Shannon estuary. [Article requires subscription. -RS] (Permalink) Foynes Limerick Foynes: The abandoned station at Foynes, County Limerick, in 1991. Bill Roberton //1991 Foynes: The ultimate PW trolley - Foynes, Co Limerick, 1988. Ian Dinmore //1988 Railway Gazette
21/06/2021 New report finds strong business case for restoration of Galway to Mayo rail link [Connaught Telegraph] A major report published today by economist Dr. John Bradley has found that there is a strong business case for the reopening of the railway from Galway to Mayo as part of the wider Atlantic Railway Corridor at a cost of E154 million. (Permalink) Claremorris Foynes Galway Tuam Connaught Telegraph Atlantic Economic Corridor