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Title: Closures - Ireland
Post by: grahame on September 19, 2021, 08:28:29
Sharing from a public Facebook post ... a winding down and closure of many miles of railway lines in Ireland

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Thinking about the gradual winding down of Bord na Móna, it's sad to see the hundreds of miles of railway lines Todd Andrews helped open finally get closed. He probably oversaw the opening of more Irish trackage than William Dargan.

A challenge to some of our members here - to accept the closure of railways, or to celebrate that they're no longer needed for their original purpose, which was far from climate friendly or sustainable.


Title: Re: Closures - Ireland
Post by: Richard Fairhurst on September 25, 2021, 21:09:43
I understand that some of the Bord na Mona railways are being looked at for cycleway conversion, as part of extending the Eurovelo 2 route from Athlone to Galway. Not necessarily the most stunningly scenic route, I'd have thought, but good that they might be remembered in some form.



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