Cork suburban rail project wins Irish planning award

PLANS to develop a new commuter railway station on Cork’s northside have been approved.

The station, to be built just outside Blackpool, is a key part of the suburban rail network element of the 2001-2020 Cork Area Strategic Plan (CASP), which won a national planning award on Thursday.

Cork County Council took the Irish Planning Institute’s (IPI) Planning Achievement Award for its work on developing a suburban rail network around the city as part of CASP.