Restoration of West Cork railway would undo one of Ireland’s 'biggest transport mistakes'

Restoration of West Cork railway would undo one of Ireland’s 'biggest transport mistakes'

A train crossing the Chetwynd viaduct outside Cork city in March 1961. Picture: Irish Examiner Archive/Ref 657L

The restoration of rail services to West Cork would undo one of Ireland’s “biggest transport mistakes”, a commuter lobby group has said.

The Cork Commuter Coalition has launched a major new vision document  which will now feed into the Government's All-Island Strategic Rail Review, which the group said needs to discuss ‘how’ and not ‘if’ rail corridors can be constructed in the most efficient and beneficial fashion.

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