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houstyl · 09-03-2007, 01:48

Might be stealing yer thunder a bit

, but there was an article in this week's Clare People saying that the IE business case for Ennis-Athenry failed - this was found out under an FOI request. A memo from the Sec. General of the Dept. of Transport to Cullen stated that:

-it would fail an economic analysis
-its main use would be through 'connecting' Limerick and Galway whatever that
means
-the journey time would be 1hr 50 Limerick-Galway (my very rough maths
would tell me that gives a line speed on the Ennis-Athenry line of 50-60mph)
but 1 hr 22 between the outskirts of the two cities by 2014 by road
-passenger nos. of 100,000per annum rising to around 200,000 after 5 years

So in conclusion the line was reinstated for purely political reasons. Apparently the relaying of track begins in the summer/autumn.

09-03-2007, 01:48	#2
houstyl New to the board Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 21	Might be stealing yer thunder a bit , but there was an article in this week's Clare People saying that the IE business case for Ennis-Athenry failed - this was found out under an FOI request. A memo from the Sec. General of the Dept. of Transport to Cullen stated that: -it would fail an economic analysis -its main use would be through 'connecting' Limerick and Galway whatever that means -the journey time would be 1hr 50 Limerick-Galway (my very rough maths would tell me that gives a line speed on the Ennis-Athenry line of 50-60mph) but 1 hr 22 between the outskirts of the two cities by 2014 by road -passenger nos. of 100,000per annum rising to around 200,000 after 5 years So in conclusion the line was reinstated for purely political reasons. Apparently the relaying of track begins in the summer/autumn.