Proposals for extra train services in North Tipperary...

[Inniskeen]

Originally Posted by Colm Moore

(Footbridge + 2 stairs + 2 lifts) x 2

You are unlikely to have change out of €500,000.

Lets get real here. Why the hell do you need a footbridge in either Roscrea or Birdhill. What is wrong with a Luas style walkway linking the platforms at one end, directly under the supervision of the signalman.

This arrangement applied for years at Newry, whereby a gate was opened by station staff and passengers with luggage or those unable to negotiate the footbridge were conducted across the line when safe to do so.

Such an arrangement at Roscrea and Birdhill would probably be safer than a footbridge given that the risk of being hit by a train is probably much less than that of tripping on the steps of a footbridge.

[Thomas Ralph]

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

Lets get real here. Why the hell do you need a footbridge in either Roscrea or Birdhill. What is wrong with a Luas style walkway linking the platforms at one end, directly under the supervision of the signalman.

New arrangements like this are not allowed under relevant safety legislation. Existing arrangements are grandfathered.

[Inniskeen]

Originally Posted by Thomas Ralph

New arrangements like this are not allowed under relevant safety legislation. Existing arrangements are grandfathered.

Luas is realtively new, there are literally thousands of Luas movements through similar crossings daily.

In any event neither Birdhill or Roscrea could be described as new !

This type of rubbish costs a lot of money. Access the risk, take appropriate mitigation and bobs your uncle, job done.

If the RSC has a problem, then maybe the RSC is the problem.

[dowlingm]

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

In any event neither Birdhill or Roscrea could be described as new !

But if the 2nd platform was signed out of use it might as well have been bulldozed, yes?

[Inniskeen]

Both platforms at Roscrea and Birdhill are entirely intact. The second platform at Nenagh is also intact although the track serving it is long gone.

[Thomas Ralph]

Originally Posted by Inniskeen

Luas is realtively new, there are literally thousands of Luas movements through similar crossings daily.

Different rules for light and heavy railways. Luas crossings are fully flat and there is a speed limit of I think 30km/h going through, plus all Luas trams are all-stops.