Mm let us await the N-S Rail Review, commissioned by both govts. Certainly there is a clear argument for re- instatement of Portadown - Armagh. But beyond that, pure economics come in. The major cost of any railway is the track itself.
I second that last comment. The western rail corridor needs be reopened from Portadown onto Armagh and then onto connecting up with Sligo in the west. Also the line above needs to be reopened too.
It's incredible the stupidity shown then by the politicians who no doubt who profited by the railways closure. That stupidity or more likely the criminal activity of our present politicians continues as the reopening of part or all of the " Derry Road" should have been undertaken with the money available from EU funds. Instead the money has been wasted and thrown away on useless idiotic schemes which defy common sense. Road traffic has hugely increased without the much needed release valve a modern railway offers. Despite several attempts to reopen disused rail lines including petitions etc our present politicians show no interest, more likely the lack of available "bungs" their main interest
They will need to reopen the western rail corridor from Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Donegal into Northern Ireland to cut down on traffic jams, car accidents, road deaths and pollution of course work should begin during the summer.
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