Additional Platform at Limerick J

Inniskeen · 27-05-2015, 20:47

If a 2nd platform is provided at Limerick Junction, it will be a simple affair probably serving trains travelling towards Cork only. Platform arrangements in respect of Waterford and Limerick trains are most unlikely to change although a second terminal platform would be relatively easy to provide if a more useful service were to be provided on the Waterford line.

Big disadvantage will be the loss of cross-platform interchange for passengers travelling from Dublin to Limerick or Waterord. Ideally the Limerick (and perhaps Waterford platform) would be between the mainlines thus facilitating cross platform interchange in all directions. This would be afundamental change and require a major re-build which I think is not going to happen. Existing signalling scheme envisages 2nd platform opposite the existing mainline platform.

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27-05-2015, 20:47	#13
Inniskeen Really Regular Poster Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 951	If a 2nd platform is provided at Limerick Junction, it will be a simple affair probably serving trains travelling towards Cork only. Platform arrangements in respect of Waterford and Limerick trains are most unlikely to change although a second terminal platform would be relatively easy to provide if a more useful service were to be provided on the Waterford line. Big disadvantage will be the loss of cross-platform interchange for passengers travelling from Dublin to Limerick or Waterord. Ideally the Limerick (and perhaps Waterford platform) would be between the mainlines thus facilitating cross platform interchange in all directions. This would be afundamental change and require a major re-build which I think is not going to happen. Existing signalling scheme envisages 2nd platform opposite the existing mainline platform.