Boost for Western Rail Corridor as new station gets approval

THE €106 million Western Rail Corridor was given a boost yesterday when a new station on the route got the green light.

Clare County Council has given the go-ahead to Iarnród Éireann to construct a station at Crusheen, 10 kilometres north of Ennis.

The granting of permission comes as figures for the corridor’s first year show that the numbers using the line are falling short of those anticipated in its business case.