Cork lines could be running by 2008

COMMUTER lines to Midleton and Blarney in County Cork could be up and running by 2008, Transport Minister Seamus Brennan said yesterday.

Speaking at the launch of the Strategic Rail Review, Mr Brennan said experts had found the Cork commuter lines would be the most profitable of the ten new proposed routes.

The rail review recommends that the Cork commuter lines should be given priority for development because the region has presented the best case for a new line that would be surrounded by planned industrial and residential schemes.