Amazing work lads. Great that the line with the least used station on it is being cared for! *(also why did i think we were getting third/fourth rail)*
@@IESpotter I thought it was Carrick-on-Suir. Cloughjordan would be up there though. A little ironic given the eco-village located there. I guess if you went to the village to have a look it would be full of cars.
@@edwardkelly3425 Apparently, I can't include links. On November 29th, North Tipperary Rail Partnership stated on Twitter that 2 further miles will be upgraded in February of next year.
Good to see a line whose existence has seemed to hang by a thread for decades receiving substantial investment. Ditto the line to Foynes. Maybe jumping the gun here, but the bit of the All Island Stategic Rail Review which grabbed my attantion was the North West .... well, that and freight. Right behind comments about the WRC too.
didn't realize they used so many concrete sleepers compared to the wooden ones,i guess for stability,anyone know do they weld the rail pieces on site, great job
I'm surprised that they even did this, seeing as this line was scheduled to close in 2018 and the fact that half of the stations on this route have only one platform.
There shouldn't be any reason to not repair and reopen the entire West Corridor from Limerick to Claremorris, or the Waterford to Wexford líne with this kind of equipment (and minimal man power).
Waterford station could be used to full effect as a container depo from ship to train you have it right their and the station is dead most of the time .look at new Ross lines taken up and a nice swing bridge not in use why I’ll never know it will take more trucks off the road people and cargo will travel if you put the lines back dow up all went on a frenzy to rip up not all about the big city’s anymore
@@clonSanG Waterford Port is part of Irish Rail's freight expansion plans. Indeed freight between Ballina and Waterford is an ongoing success. Rosslare Europort is rightfully not part of plans for the time being. Rosslare is a RoRo port where rail freight makes no sense at present. If rail passenger numbers grow dramatically, as I hope they will, then Waterford to Rosslare will reopen in future.
@@toyotaprius79 If budget wasn't a concern then I would agree with you. However, Waterford is already a LoLo port. It doesn't make much sense to convert Rosslare to LoLo given its proximity to Rosslare. They are going to increase passenger service frequency. I think that's more important at the moment.
It won't make a difference there's too many speed restrictions on the line to improve timetable you should be able to do the journey in at least 50mins to an hr but instead it's taking 2hrs
That's just not feasible. It's not possible to do it in 50 minutes. Even if it had full grade separation and was 160km/h all the way you still couldn't do it in an hour. It's 92km long with 5 stops between each terminus. Every stop adds I'm guessing at least 6 minutes and the train needs at least 6 minutes to accelerate and slow down at Limerick and Ballybrophy. ~36 minutes to cover 92km at 160km plus 6 x 6 minutes is 72 minutes and even that may be unrealistic.. These aren't EMUs (ICR 22000 the current train has too low a max speed for this exercise) . 5x 7 minutes plus 6 minutes is probably more realistic. 77 minutes. That would be a very respectable time in my opinion.
Good to see some investment in public transport however, to make the Irish Railway really justify this investment, we must see every 30 mile radius ( as near as practical ) , to have a rail station that can deal with freight deliveries because, the Irish population cannot have a good functioning railway with only 5 million + population to justify the investment needed to have a reliable railway all over the island . These Stations must have a cargo spur so that deliveries at night can be dealt with easily, the population should be able to get a Irish wide use “ Bus & Rail pass” for no more than €1000_1200 per Year ( €900 per year with an agreement not to buy a Car !) This is the only way the needed investment can be justified in railway renewal as the Rail must at least not lose nationally more than €1 per year .
Lovely to see such work going on, well done 👍
Well done guys our trains matter
Amazing work lads. Great that the line with the least used station on it is being cared for!
*(also why did i think we were getting third/fourth rail)*
What is the least used station?
@@IESpotter I thought it was Carrick-on-Suir. Cloughjordan would be up there though. A little ironic given the eco-village located there. I guess if you went to the village to have a look it would be full of cars.
@@jgcondron yeah, I searched it up and it said Carrick-On-Suir. If I'm honest I was surprised it wasn't Gormanston.
@@jgcondron cloughjordan is used everyday as its a stop for the ballybrophy
Takes a very patient person to drive that 743 ;)
Well done. Roll on February.
More works scheduled for February?
@@edwardkelly3425 Apparently, I can't include links. On November 29th, North Tipperary Rail Partnership stated on Twitter that 2 further miles will be upgraded in February of next year.
How do those temp outer rails stay stable just sitting on the ballast?
Good to see a line whose existence has seemed to hang by a thread for decades receiving substantial investment. Ditto the line to Foynes. Maybe jumping the gun here, but the bit of the All Island Stategic Rail Review which grabbed my attantion was the North West .... well, that and freight.
Right behind comments about the WRC too.
didn't realize they used so many concrete sleepers compared to the wooden ones,i guess for stability,anyone know do they weld the rail pieces on site, great job
Thanks, had a look at that, it's quiet a ritual with the big tin set on fire
I'm surprised that they even did this, seeing as this line was scheduled to close in 2018 and the fact that half of the stations on this route have only one platform.
Why the Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan does not to reopening the railway lines
There shouldn't be any reason to not repair and reopen the entire West Corridor from Limerick to Claremorris, or the Waterford to Wexford líne with this kind of equipment (and minimal man power).
I'm sure that this will happen. It's just a question of when. This line will be the test case.
Waterford station could be used to full effect as a container depo from ship to train you have it right their and the station is dead most of the time .look at new Ross lines taken up and a nice swing bridge not in use why I’ll never know it will take more trucks off the road people and cargo will travel if you put the lines back dow up all went on a frenzy to rip up not all about the big city’s anymore
@@clonSanG Waterford Port is part of Irish Rail's freight expansion plans. Indeed freight between Ballina and Waterford is an ongoing success.
Rosslare Europort is rightfully not part of plans for the time being. Rosslare is a RoRo port where rail freight makes no sense at present.
If rail passenger numbers grow dramatically, as I hope they will, then Waterford to Rosslare will reopen in future.
@@jgcondron build it and they will come.
I'd rather not wait for something shut in 2010 to come back by 2040
@@toyotaprius79 If budget wasn't a concern then I would agree with you. However, Waterford is already a LoLo port. It doesn't make much sense to convert Rosslare to LoLo given its proximity to Rosslare. They are going to increase passenger service frequency. I think that's more important at the moment.
How about twin tracks for a more frequent service.
It won't make a difference there's too many speed restrictions on the line to improve timetable you should be able to do the journey in at least 50mins to an hr but instead it's taking 2hrs
That's just not feasible. It's not possible to do it in 50 minutes.
Even if it had full grade separation and was 160km/h all the way you still couldn't do it in an hour.
It's 92km long with 5 stops between each terminus. Every stop adds I'm guessing at least 6 minutes and the train needs at least 6 minutes to accelerate and slow down at Limerick and Ballybrophy.
~36 minutes to cover 92km at 160km plus 6 x 6 minutes is 72 minutes and even that may be unrealistic.. These aren't EMUs (ICR 22000 the current train has too low a max speed for this exercise) .
5x 7 minutes plus 6 minutes is probably more realistic. 77 minutes. That would be a very respectable time in my opinion.
Need better public transport reopened all closed railway lines along the island of Ireland. 24 hour trains in summer & St. Stephen's Day trains.
now just add another track
Good to see some investment in public transport however, to make the Irish Railway really justify this investment, we must see every 30 mile radius ( as near as practical ) , to have a rail station that can deal with freight deliveries because, the Irish population cannot have a good functioning railway with only 5 million + population to justify the investment needed to have a reliable railway all over the island .
These Stations must have a cargo spur so that deliveries at night can be dealt with easily, the population should be able to get a Irish wide use “ Bus & Rail pass” for no more than €1000_1200 per Year ( €900 per year with an agreement not to buy a Car !)
This is the only way the needed investment can be justified in railway renewal as the Rail must at least not lose nationally more than €1 per year .