100 trucks per day on roads if trains axed, say beet growers

AN extra 100 articulated trucks a day will travel the Wexford to Cork road for the next 12 weeks if the freight service provided by Iarnród Éireann is axed, growers warned last night.

The company lost more than €7.6m last year on its freight services and Iarnród Eireann says unless the Government provides finance for the service as part of the ongoing Strategic Rail Study review, it could be under threat.

However, if the train service is suspended, it would put 100 extra trucks on the road every day from next week until the beet season ends at Christmas, growers claim.