Re: Cork-Midleton Railway
Iarnród Éireann has published advertisements in local and national newspapers today to commence the Railway Order process for the restoration of rail services on the Cork-Midleton rail line.
Services proposed on the route would be initially peak services every 30 minutes between Midleton and Cork, with the potential to expand to every 15 minutes as demand increases. Off-peak services would operate hourly, and all services would be operated by commuter railcars. It is envisaged that the line would reopen in 2008.
The project proposes:
– upgrading track on the disused Glounthaune to Midleton line, through provision of a single track with a passing loop at Carrigtwohill
– providing a new signalling system
– provision of two new stations at Midleton and Carrigtwohill, including car parking facilities, lifts and footbridges
– the replacement of five level crossings with four new overbridges and one underbridge, including overbridges on the Cork-Glounthaune section of line
– other infrastructure work including bridge, boundary and drainage works
The Railway Order process, the equivalent of a planning permission process for a rail scheme of this type, provides for a Public Inquiry to be established to establish the final scope of the project, and rule on Compulsory Purchase Order powers for Iarnród Éireann.
Full details of the project will be on display in seven locations in Cork, Carrigtwohill and Midleton (see below) to allow the public and interested parties to study the plans and make submissions if they wish. Information will also be available on line at http://www.irishrail.ie/midletonproject .
The Midleton line works are part of a wider programme of investment to expand Cork area commuter services. New stations are also planned at Dunkettle on the Cork-Cobh/Midleton line; and Blarney and Blackpool/Kilbarry on the Cork-Mallow line.
originally posted by paddyinthehouse
Original shopfront image originally posted by Devin
An Taisce have appealled to ABP against the decision by CCC to grant permission for the retention of a new shopfront on Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork. The shopfront belongs to the new Butlers Chocolate store/cafe adjacent to the GPO. The ‘original’ Buckley Bros. shopfront used vitrolite- a material which is no longer produced. See ‘vitrolite shopfronts’ thread for more.
It’s good to see the renewal of the streetscape on Grand Parade going ahead speedily. The first of the new stonework has been laid in the past few days and workers are currently dismantling and removing the Berwick Fountain temporarily.
Finally for now, does anybody else think that the new wall and railings erected in front of The Counting House at Beamish and Crawford are a disgrace? The wall is just poured concret, the railings themselves are terribly designed which has resulted in the need to install chunky metal barriers between the top of the wall and the bottom of the railing. If you havent seen it already, take a look next time you’rte passing. It looks like a monumental cock-up.!
