Rail group gathers 40,000 signatures in bid to reopen rail line

IT will be political suicide for the Government if the Western Rail Corridor is not reopened, the West On Track group has warned.

The group, which was recently formed to reopen the 145 miles of railway track from Sligo to Limerick, has already collected 40,000 signatures for its petition in under a month.

Another 2,000 emails have been sent to Transport Minister Seamus Brennan’s office from the group’s website.