Irish Rail

[Stacky]

You sure about that?

The reason I ask is it's been related previously that strips of land from farms would have been sold originally to the railroad and said strips of land then were owned by the railway company. BUT many years subsequently, after the railways were no longer being run, in many cases farmers took adverse possession of the land. The railway companies didn't care much about strips of land that were of no use once the railways stopped running there, and didn't kick up about people using land which belonged to the railway, and after I think it's 12 years unbroken possession the farmers in question had "squatters rights" and would need to be compensated to relinquish said strips of land.

Depends on which line and what if any legal agreements took place at the time. The Western Greenway had lots of these legal issues especially at crossing points but they were all resolved one way or the other be it financial or legally. You can even walk some of these old rail corridors to this they as they are still in existence more so in areas like Cork where they were shut in the 1960's but still used for excursions/freight into the 70's or 80's.

 

[flyingspud]

The farmers and residents do not own the land where the former railway ran (See other greenways progressing across the State).

Currently Irish Rail do not have a business case for re-instating rail on those routes and they can revert to rail in the future if required and the need is there.

They do.
CIE sold it to them when the west cork was closed and lifted.
It's theirs fair and square.

 

[Stacky]

They do.
CIE sold it to them when the west cork was closed and lifted.
It's theirs fair and square.

Not all of it though and a lot of the farmers just took the railway tracks and sleepers* as they could not afford to buy it all outright in the 60's.

Why bother when you can just graze etc on it for free?

Now they will get the same deal as the farmers got on the Western Greenway.

 

[flyingspud]

Not all of it though and a lot of the farmers just took the railway tracks and sleepers* as they could not afford to buy it all outright in the 60's.

Why bother when you can just graze etc on it for free?

Now they will get the same deal as the farmers got on the Western Greenway.

No, CIE lifted and took those for reuse or sale.
There was nothing left for farmers to "take". They wanted the trackbed off their hands and remove their liability. Adjacent landowners were invited to purchase the sleeper and rail less land for a nominal sum.

If you mean the Achill greenway, you are comparing low value bogland and rocks where the old trackbed still existed physically to prime farming land where in many cases there is nothing but disjointed scraps of the old railway route left. Even there, there was an objection in Newport, you can't go through the old tunnel, you have to go around it.

 

[Dogwide]

Irish Rail pays out €31,000 for train delays

The average refund was just over €17, but Irish Rail said that in the period since January 2023 99.9% of services ran without major delays

www.irishexaminer.com

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

Anyone have any idea how busy the car park in Kent Station is on a Saturday?



I know its normally full weekdays.

No idea sorry

 

[Meridian]

Anyone have any idea how busy the car park in Kent Station is on a Saturday?



I know its normally full weekdays.

That place is a joke and the reason being is that shower in that ridiculous looking hotel that you can't even drive too.
The hotel has no car park, I am not sure who thought that was a good idea, so what they do is leech off the Kent Station car park.

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

That place is a joke and the reason being is that shower in that ridiculous looking hotel that you can't even drive too.
The hotel has no car park, I am not sure who thought that was a good idea, so what they do is leech off the Kent Station car park.

Moneytalks

 

[flyingspud]

Office crowd using it as well. Should only be restricted to bona fide train users given the level of abuse. Fuck the hotel too, fucking ugly pox of a yoke.

 

[Matlock]

Anyone have any idea how busy the car park in Kent Station is on a Saturday?



I know its normally full weekdays.

I use it a few times a year when heading to Dublin for Saturday meetings. It is absolutely grand at 7am, tons of spaces. Don't know what it is like later in the morning.