GALWAY-LIMERICK LINE DELAYED UNTIL SUMMER

Date Published: 19-Jan-2009

A rail link between Galway and Limerick, which had been scheduled to open last year, is now due to open this Summer.Coen Holdings had lodged an appeal against the County Council's decision to grant permission to Irish rail to build a new station in Gort, which had delayed the Western Rail Corridor.However agreement was reached between the two parties and the appeal was withdrawn.Irish Rail says retendering for the works due to the withdrawal of the planning objection was just one factor leading to a delay in reopening the route.Spokesperson for Irish Rail, Barry Kenny told Keith Finnegan that people should be able to travel by train from Galway to Limerick by the end of the Summer.