Landmark €50m contract for design of eight Cork commuter rail stations

It includes the design of eight commuter rail stations and a new depot to store a new 150-strong fleet for Cork's €1.6bn high-frequency commuter rail project

The contract includes development of a transport hub next to Kent Station. Picture: Larry Cummins

A landmark contract will be announced today for the design of eight long-mooted commuter rail stations and a new depot to store a vast new 150-strong fleet for metropolitan Cork's €1.6bn high-frequency commuter rail project.

The €50m contract, the fourth on the journey to delivery of the Cork Commuter Rail Project (CCRP), will be confirmed by Transport Minister Eamon Ryan in the city this morning at an event also attended by Iarnród Éireann chief Jim Meade and National Transport Authority chief Anne Graham.