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Londonderry’s railway Station is now moved back to the refurbished B&NCR built station, which was originally closed in 1980. The “Egg Boxes” (my avatar) are now closed and will be demolished in due course, to create a bus interchange. Fuller details here...

The Rosslare - Waterford section of the railway from Rosslare to Limerick Junction, mothballed by Irish Rail since 2010 as a cost-cutting exercise, has a serious proposal by Wexford County Council to have a greenway installed on the formation. This proposal allegedly has the support of Irish...

I notice that it is now possible again to plan journeys from GB to Irish Rail stations on the NR planner. I've also asked about NI Railways connections so let's see if they are back soon as well. https://twitter.com/archivedelver/status/917332622996623365

Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but I notice that the NRP app doesn't give Irish connections in detail anymore. My local station is Londonderry (LDR) but can't show a through connection to GB. A small detail, as of course it is possible to use Translink and Irish Rail online to get the...

It appears that there is a real possibility that the mothballed freight only line from Limerick to Foynes could be reinstated for the use of freight traffic from the Port of Foynes on the Shannon Estuary. There is a very interesting article at the following link discussing this...

On the train from Euston to Holyhead yesterday morning, a woman was reduced to tears after being told that her ticket to Ireland was apparently invalid. She had brought a ticket to Dublin at Epsom station some two days previously. Apparently she was told by the booking office clerk that he...