Sixmilebridge Railway Station

A view of the now derelict Sixmilebridge Railway Station which closed in the early 1960s. It will re-open in 2009 as one of several stops on the new Western Rail Corridor linking Limerick with Galway. This railway station will serve the inhabitants of Sixmilebridge, Quin, Newmarket, Cratloe and Shannon.

For info on the station:
http://www.westontrack.com/news194.htm

For info on Sixmilebridge:
http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/sixtown.htm

This video reached 1,216 hits on 11/08/2009, and is my most successful video. I can only conclude that there must a serious number of trainspotters on YouTube!

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[oliverjumelle]

will the station not have to be manned for people with travel passses?

[jratt2]

Apparently not oliverjumelle. I've heard nothing about the employment of staff. With the current public service staff embargo in place I hope they are not required to 'man' the station anyway!

[jratt2]

You don't know the Ennis timetable perschance?

[Caoimhin81]

Saw at the weekend they are starting to put the platform at SMB railway station in place beside the tracks, looks to be a bit further up the track towards Ennis from the old railway station house.

[jratt2]

Don't know if I thanked you for the timetable - if not, thanks!

[ashod111]

John Crowe is Fine Gael, and he's not corrupt.

[myjugsarehuge]

That is one empty railway track crying out for a train to come by.

[Takkies2000]

you got a fine ass jen....in other news the station car park is.....getting there

[jratt2]

Well, I hope that the train schedule suits me and that the ticket prices make it cheaper than driving, because I'm looking forward to using this service to get to work.

[Caoimhin81]

Money was ringfenced for this project before the recession hit so it was always going to go ahead. I would have my doubts tho on the quality of the service once it re-opens given the current economic climate. The end of the summer is 3 months away, they should be able to put down some tarmac and paint some white lines by then! Will be good when the station re-opens tho as it will save time for me as opposed to getting the train from Ennis. SMB is closer

[jratt2]

It was a Council employee, not a Councillor. Although the reopening of the station is a council initiative, this person is not directly involved in the project.

Interesting about the car park, they'd want to get a move on! If they don't sort that out soon, perhaps the end of the summer as an opening date is already out of date. Given the economic climate, I'm still surprised the project went ahead at all.

[Caoimhin81]

I wouldn't trust what a Clare County Councillor has to say about it, he/she wouldn't know when Irish Rail are going to open the railway station. Irish Rail have stated it will be the end of the summer (August/September) when they will re-open the station. they don't need to use the station house anyways, a ticket machine will be fine. Planning permission for the car park and other works has not been given yet. Search planning application number 098002 on the clare co council website for info.