Date: 24/01/2011

UNLESS IRELAND invests in higher-speed rail to compete with faster journey times on new motorways, it will face a “progressive closing of the [railway] network” in the near future, according to a leading transport expert.

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Expert says State must invest more in high-speed rail

Irish Times

UNLESS IRELAND invests in higher-speed rail to compete with faster journey times on new motorways, it will face a progressive

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