Irish Railway Record Society

STATIONS

Enfield    During work on extending the down platform, the 10.30 Pearse-Enfield and 11.50 Enfield-Pearse were substituted by bus between Enfield and Maynooth. This work took place between October and December. The entire down platform was also re-surfaced as part of this work. The up platform is not in use.

Heuston The €117m redevelopment of Heuston, which includes the increase in the number of platforms from five to nine, the new signalling system and the second passenger concourse is expected to be completed on time and approximately €6m under budget. Platform 5 remained closed during the autumn and winter to allow construction of the new auxiliary concourse at the buffers of platforms 6, 7 and 8.

Leixlip Louisa Bridge    Kildare County Council has agreed to lease 0.64 hectares of land opposite Leixlip Louisa Bridge station to CIÉ for use as additional car parking.

Longford   A new lift shaft was under construction on the down platform in December. The lift will provide access from the platform to the adjacent public footbridge, which is attached to the public road bridge and ramps down to ground level. The up platform already has full access for the mobility impaired. Both platforms are being extended to accommodate 8-car railcars, the up at the Dublin end and the down at both ends.

Other Station signs have been much improved following a recent installation programme.

 The remainder of this article appears in IRRS Journal number 153, published February 2004.

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