Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann

Photo of Cathal CroweCathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I just think that if the last trains out of Heuston Station at night time brought an extra carriage to Ceannt Station or Colbert station, it would mean that the morning trains could bring them back up to headquarters. I think it could work. I have quite a number of other small points I want to mention.

There is fabulous work going on in Colbert Station in Limerick. The old cargo crane has been there for years. I do not think it was a very old piece of equipment when it became redundant but I would love to know what is happening with this. Surely it could be repurposed. Perhaps it could be used again or perhaps it could be scrapped. There is surely value to it but at the very least, it is an eyesore.

The other issue in Colbert Station is the car parking. The new car park is fabulous, but already it gets filled up. Is anything going to happen in this regard?

We are all green. We all might not be politically green, but we are all living kind of green lifestyles these days. When I get off the train at Colbert station there is a dry waste recycling facility, but there is not the same thing at Heuston Station where there is just a bin. I mentioned this the last time Irish Rail was before the committee. It would be lovely to have rubbish segregation at the other end as well.

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