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Originally Posted by Jister
Any update on the station at Sixmilebridge going ahead or when it will be open?
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The station in Sixmilebridge will re-open in May 2009 more than likely. IE are having an information evening this evening on the Limerick-Galway Line:
http://www.clarefm.ie/news.php?section=news
http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Li...-on.4504840.jp
Limerick to Galway line on track for next May
Date: 18 September 2008
By David Hurley
FOLLOWING the successful roll out of the Limerick to Nenagh commuter rail service last month it has been confirmed that direct train services between Limerick and Galway are expected to be up and running by May 2009.
Up to 14 daily services will operate between the two cities when the new service commences following the completion of the €106.5 million redevelopment of the Ennis-Athenry rail line.
"It is very good news and it will help us to form another leg of the Atlantic Corridor which will give train services from Cork, Limerick and Ennis through to Galway," said Jim Gallivan, business development manager, with Iarnrod Eireann in Limerick.
The existing single track between Ennis and Athenry is currently being replaced as part of the project, which is being funded under Transport 21.
Around 18 miles of track have already been replaced and the remainder will be upgraded by early next year at which point testing of the track will begin.
Mr Gallivan said he hopes there will be seven daily services in each direction when the service begins in ten months' time. The trains will serve Limerick, Ennis, Athenry, and Galway, as well as new stations at Sixmilebridge, Gort, Ardrahan, Craughwell, and Oranmore.
It is over 30 years since there was a regular rail service between Limerick and Galway and the new service also promises to provide passengers with connections to Heuston Station in Dublin.