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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.
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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

Works will include the removal of the old track and deployment of new rail track.
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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

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]
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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

Plans for additional stations at Moyross and Ballysimon, more frequent services on the Ennis and Ballybrophy line, and an upgrade of Colbert Station.
(Permalink) Ballybroughy Ballysimon Colbert Eire Ennis Limerick Moyross

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

The company could rebuild the railway from Dublin to Navan in just three years.
(Permalink) Athenry Cork Commuter Rail Dublin Ennis Finglas Galway Limerick Luas Navan Plunkett Rosslare

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