Varadkar derails €2m stop for village of 864

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has baulked at the €2.1m price tag put on a rail stop to serve a village with a population of 864 people.

Varadkar derails €2m stop for village of 864

Earlier this year, Clare County Council gave the go-ahead for the rail stop in the village of Crusheen, 10km north of Ennis along the Western Rail Corridor.

The works are part of planned upgrading works on the under-performing €106m Rail Corridor that was opened in 2010 between Ennis and Galway.

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