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The news has been welcomed in Derry after long delays. Funding to upgrade the railway line between Derry city and Coleraine has been confirmed by the Department for Infrastructure. The civil engineering work involves renewing the entire track between the Co Derry villages of Castlerock and Eglinton and is pencilled in for completion before 2028.
(Permalink) Coleraine Cúil Rathain Department for Infrastructure Derry Doire Londonderry Track replacement |
Dealing with the queries on the Sunday service, the group Chief Executive explained the issue was the need for additional investment.
(Permalink) Coleraine Derry Londonderry NIR Londonderry: Translink Northern Ireland Railways unit 3002 just departed from Londonderry with an evening train to Great Victoria Street, Belfast on 30th July 2018. This view is from the Peace Bridge over the riv ... Coleraine: A Portrush shuttle service meets a Belfast - Londonderry train at Coleraine station on 6 March 2018. |
'We are on track to deliver the Zero Emission project on Foyle Metro by the end of the summer 2023'.
(Permalink) Derry Foyle Metro Londonderry Translink |
Councillors in Derry and Strabane have voiced their opposition to a housing development which could hamper the chances of future rail expansion in the North West.
(Permalink) Derry Londonderry Strabane |
The North-West Transport Hub in Derry has won yet more accolades in the recent Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA) awards, winning in categories focusing on Sustainability, Living Places and Conservation. This follows recent success for the project in the National Railway Heritage Awards, where the project won 'Best Overall Entry' and the EU REGIOSTARS Award for 'Enhancing Green Mobility in the Regions'.
(Permalink) Derry Doire Londonderry Waterside National Railway Heritage Awards Royal Society of Ulster Architects |
Local rail campaigners 'Into The West' are calling on anyone who wants better infrastructure to participate in a public consultation on the new All-Ireland Rail Review Strategy.
(Permalink) Derry Donegal Into the West Tyrone |
The new North West Transport Hub project in Derry's Waterside has won another top award. It scooped the prestigious Best Overall Entry award at the National Railway Heritage Awards in London. The facility, planned and delivered by Translink and completing during 2020, has been a £27.5m investment, with funding received from the EUs INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
(Permalink) Derry Londonderry Waterside |
Those involved in the West Ulster Rail Initiative (WURI) are preparing a submission to the inter-governmental review of all-island rail. The purpose of the meeting is to measure the support for rail in Donegal which would link up the Atlantic Rail Corridor [ARC] from Limerick to Sligo, with Derry.
(Permalink) Atlantic Rail Corridor Derry Eire Letterkenny Limerick Londonderry Northern Ireland Sligo West Ulster Rail Initiative |
Several services have been 'standing room only' on the Derry to Belfast service
(Permalink) Belfast Derry Into the West Londonderry Train capacity |
The social housing body behinds a new flats complex along a former railway line said they are surprised by concerns raised by Into The West after a successful appeal against a decision not to grant planning permission for it.
(Permalink) Derry Into the West Londonderry Planning Strabane |
Campaigners pushing for new rail lines from Derry have met with the Republic's Minister for Transport to discuss their proposals.
Members of the Into The West group met with Eamon Ryan, who is also the leader of the Green Party in the Republic, on Friday. Among the topics discussed were a proposed new rail service from Derry to Letterkenny and a new direct rail line from Derry to Dublin. Into The West was founded in 2001 to campaign against a Stormont decision to close the Derry-Belfast railway line west of Coleraine. (Permalink) Ballyshannon Bundoran Derry Donegal Dungannon Letterkenny Londonderry Omagh Sligo Strabane Stranorlar |