As a railwayman of thirty years I can see that you had the same problem that we had on British Rail. It came in the shape of a Balloon head called Dr Beeching,he did more damage to the railway,in the form of line closures than the Luftwaffe.
Beeching was a figurehead. The real evil was Lord Latham, who also destroyed all trolleybus and all but one tram networks in the UK. All because his family owned an asphalt company.
Its sad to see what we had, even if the lines had to close the government did absolutely nothing to preserve any of the trains or the track beds for a heritage walkway.
There was a delegation to Lenster house when Desi OMallay was minister for transport. They demanded that the Limerick line should remain open, when asked how they travelled to Dublin, there reply was Classically Irish, By Car of Course. Retired Irish Rail Craftsmen
I understand that Todd Andrews justified closing down the Harcourt Street line from Dun Laoghaire to Harcourt Street (now largely occupied by the Luas Green Line) by claiming it was only used by Protestants and solicitors. However, I may be mistaken in my recollection, so would welcome any corrections if appropriate.
"CIE cancelled the last train, so the last train was actually the one before!" Umm, surely the last train was still the last train, though not the one that it should have been.
The last train was the one before. No video/narration needed, the statement alone has to be and could only be Irish. Forward March 8/2022. Think we'll try steam again oil is to expensive.
@@themadfarmer5207 We need to stop Car Accidents, Road Deaths, Traffic Jams & Pollution as 24 hour trains in the summer months & limited St. Stephen's Day trains too.
They would love to see a cycle track along every rail line. Athlone to Mullingar will never open again. Galway to Clifden will never open again. Oh forget it. None of them will ever open again. Permanent way mostly sold off for a song. Beautiful latticed bridge over the Corrib sold for shillings
Ha..they were like portaloos on wheels...c.I.e..great crack... the buses..making the rent..mister have ye any bus rolls...how long will the next bus be mister..same lenght as this one..ha ha..go ahead..cie canteen..couple of pints on the break..where wud ye get it..bananaman..all gone..never forgotton..the dont take things too serious days..loved them yippeeeeee.
