Hopes for tourism and business boost as Limerick-Galway railway reopens

THE Limerick to Galway rail gateway has been hailed as a huge boost to tourism and commerce in the West of Ireland.

It is the first time in more than 30 years that passenger trains travel between the two cities.

The €107 million, three-year development, involved the construction of three new railway stations and the laying of 58 kilometres of track.