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One of the major themes within the
#RailReview
, as well as being a major concern of mine back when I met with members of the AIRR, is that the review is still using 'passenger demand' as a litmus test for rail development feasibility.
As stated by many, including myself...
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The future of Northern Ireland's railway network, a megathread.
During my meeting with Translink, I met 5 executives who laid out some pretty bold plans.
Those executives were:
- Graeme Smyth
- Brendan Harkin
- Helen Halliday
- Hilton Parr
- Conor McLornan
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The contractors on Fountain Lane have decided that instead of putting the paving stones back in their place, they are now suturing the ground together with tarmac.
@belfastcc
why are cowboy contractors allowed to deface the public realm like this??
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There has been a small issue regarding
#BelfastGrandCentralStation
that I have refrained from speaking upon publically until I got a concrete answer from
@Translink
.
The 'station canopy' or 'train hall' like what you see at Dublin Connoly or Hueston Stations has been axed.
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If every railway proposal in Northern Ireland right now was completed, we would end up with something a little like this.
We must act now to pass legislation to protect our trackbeds from development so that the future of railbuilding is secure.
#RebuildOurRailways
#FTN
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For those of you that have not heard the news, the draft for the All Island Rail Review was published a short while ago.
I am overjoyed to see the huge amount of suggested inprovments for Northern Ireland, some of which I will summarise here.
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After a very productive meeting with
@Translink_NI
today I can happily say that I never expected to hear such enthusiasm for upgrading and expanding our railway network.
Translink want to change how people percieve public transport, we cannot achieve this without a government.
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One thing that brings me great confidence in our joint campaign to
#OpenKnockmore
is that, every time I take the train to Belfast I hear people excitedly murmuring about 'a railway station at the airport'.
People are listening and they support our cause.
#RebuildOurRailways
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The government in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the UK need to ensure that this plan is moved on swiftly.
There is absolutely no legitamite reason as to why we should wait until 2050 for this to be realised, we can do this sooner if we commit major funds NOW.
Irish Rail says the final All Ireland Strategic Rail Review is being published tomorrow.
The draft version, publish in August, called recommended new rail lines from Portadown to Derry, and Portadown to Mullingar via Armagh.
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Good evening everyone, I feel that now is the right time to bring attention back to
#Belfast
#GrandCentralStation
and the one major issue it currently poses.
Belfast Grand Central Station is a project that supposed to be a groundbreaking and revolutionary development...
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Great to hear that Grand Central Station will be opening its doors to rail passengers on Sunday 13th October!
In 10 years time, this station will be offering services to places like Armagh, Belfast International Airport and maybe even Banbridge.
#RebuildOurRailways
Translink say they expect trains to start running at Belfast’s new Grand Central Station in 10 days’ time.
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They key to an economic explosion for Northern Ireland?
Its opening a railway station at Belfast International Airport along the Knockmore Line.
We have 4 years to prepare for the Euros and having direct rail connections from the airport to Belfast would bring untold uplift.
Absolutely fantastic news that the pre-enabling work begins at Casement Park. This is such an incredible opportunity to host Euro2028 and create a home for
@UlsterGAA
.
@allianceparty
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I need to stress that this is almost £2Billion.
Northern Ireland's portion of the rail review would cost about £7Billion.
With this kind of funding every year, the Rail Review would be completed in about 5 years, instead of 25.
Why are our railways not being prioritised?
First announced in 2007, Infrastructure Minister
@JohnODowdSF
is set to provide details of a £1.7bn upgrade to the A5 shortly.
🔴 Follow our live coverage here:
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After months of planning well under wraps, FundTheNINE had its first official meeting with Infrastructure Minister, Mr John O'Dowd.
O'Dowd was joined by represetitives of Translink and the All Island Strategic Rail Review.
#Railways
#PublicTransport
#RailReview
#Belfast
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10 minutes off the train in Belfast.
Saw 4 preachers and 3 people playing the loudest music imaginable. All of them using amplifiers.
Can
@belfastcc
please pass an Amp ban? This is literally the most uninviting look for our capital city.
#AmpBanBelfast
#Belfast
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Currently on the 12:14 from Antrim to Belfast and it is full & standing.
This is why we need the
#CircleLine
.
This is why we need frequency upgrades!
#RebuildOurRailways
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I do not normally use this platform to discuss other matters, but I feel this is appropriate.
The Dark Hedges' famous trees are at risk of being cut down, all of them.
Instead of banning road traffic from major tourist attraction,
@deptinfra
wishes
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One of my favourite ideas is to reopen the river on High Street.
Belfast could very well have its own little slice of Amsterdam right on the main route to Titanic Quarter.
We need politicians to think outside of the box.
#PedestrianiseBelfast
@FundTheNINE
@TrBrk
Love the ambition for Belfast
Could the Farset be uncovered to transform High Street in this vision?
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An off-topic post, but House of Fraser in Victoria Square Shopping Centre in
#Belfast
is now using facial recognition software.
I thought we as a society decided this was not okay?
#InvasionOfPrivacy
#FacialRecognition
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but taxis are not public transport.
Why taxis are allowed to sit in bus stops, use bus lanes and drive through pedestrian precincts is absolutely beyond me.
#PedestrianiseBelfast
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I seriously cannot wrap my bloody head around WHY
@belfastcc
approved detached housing in the centre of a city that is trying to grow it's population by over 65,000 people?
Not dense, not a good use of land space available, not pedestrian friendly.
We can do better than this.
The Road closed sign was taken. Cameron/McClure street. Thought road was open. Its not...but heres a video of new houses. Guess thats the greenway idea gone. 💡
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Dualling North is the next logical step to increase connectivity between
#Belfast
,
#Coleraine
and
#Derry
/
#Londonderry
.
FundTheNINE believes that alongside reopening major rail routes elsewhere, our existing single track network should be upgraded to increase capacity.
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I will never, ever stop pointing out how Northern Ireland needs to stop the mass-scale construction of single-family homes.
Not only is it going to create problems in decades to come, but we are also a country that must be concious of our small landmass.
Social Housing in Paris vs Social Housing in Belfast.
1 solves a housing crisis, the other secures a few votes.
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This *might* be the last time I post a small construction update for
#BelfastGrandCentralStation
before it opens in a fortnight's time! 😳
But anyway, as you can see the station is very nearly finished!
Doesn't feel like almost two years have passed already does it?
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Some evening thoughts.
Titanic Quarter absolutely needs this type of development to turn it from an empty plain of grass and asphalt to a place of residence and commerce.
Modifying the
#Glider
G2 route into a light rail network would also be a massive leap into the 21st century
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I have been spending the past few days in
#Dublin
, and for the first time I have been able to experience
@IrishRail
's services.
'Lightyears ahead' is how I personally would express the state of their railway network compared to
@nirailways
.
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There is no shortage of contractors in Northern Ireland that would make rebuilding our railway network complicated.
The issue is government support and funding.
By 2040, Northern Ireland can have its mainline network back.
@deptinfra
must develop a reail priority strategy.
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With the taxi monopoly ripping off Belfast during an economic crisis, we need
@Translink_NI
to fill the massive gap in this cornered market by keeping late-night bus and rail services PERMANENT!
These late-night services could provide NIR with a LOT of extra revenue.
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Since the popular topic right now is
#Primark
#Belfast
, we want to try and help you visualise what it would look like if
@belfastcc
&
@deptinfra
turned the area of Castle Street and Royal Avenue into a pedestrianised zone.
Coleraine Town Centre is a brilliant example of this.
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Grand Central Station has probably been the most exciting infrastructure development to follow for the past few years.
Whilst some aspects of the building were dialled back for various reasons, it is still going to be a perfect new addition to Northern Ireland's public transport
First look inside the new Belfast Grand Central Station as it prepares to open on Sunday
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I am thoroughly happy to see
@ANBorough
joining the fight for well needed railway upgrades in and around County Antrim.
The ball is in
@deptinfra
's court, its time to
#OpenKnockmore
#RebuildOurRailways
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I would like to thank the hundreds of people who have expressed their concerns and support to my post regarding the heinous decision to axe 1/4 of Grand Central Station's Design.
I call upon ALL parties to help me fight this seriously terrible change.
#SaveTheCanopy
There has been a small issue regarding
#BelfastGrandCentralStation
that I have refrained from speaking upon publically until I got a concrete answer from
@Translink
.
The 'station canopy' or 'train hall' like what you see at Dublin Connoly or Hueston Stations has been axed.
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#NorthernIreland
will receive NO FUNDING from the next phase of the levelling up scheme due to us having no government.
@duponline
we are at a crucial stage where our railways need mass investment and planning, we cannot afford to lose out on more crucial funding.
#LevellingUp
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Between Antrim and Mossley, there is a 12 mile gap that was never meant to exist.
When the Bleach Green line was being reopened in the late 90s,
@Translink_NI
's feasibility study proved a station at Templepatrick was viable and that is what they promised.
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It is great to see this news finally being pushed into the public realm!
The line between
#Portadown
&
#Armagh
is easily deliverable by 2030 alongside the Knockmore Line.
Working on this development sooner rather than later must now be a priority for the
@nirailways
network.
Reopening a railway line between Portadown and Armagh is "operationally feasible", says a new study
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There is no reason for heavy traffic to pas through the centre of Belfast's biggest university.
@belfastcc
&
@deptinfra
need to pedestrianise this street.
#PedestrianiseBelfast
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Absolutely brilliant to see a more substantial funding agreement for the Enterprise service.
I apologise for the 'radio silence' the past few weeks, we are working on a few big things!
#StayTuned
The Enterprise train between Dublin and Belfast will run every hour instead of every two hours, courtesy of a multi-million pound cash injection. It'll be mostly funded by a scheme called, Peace Plus, which pays for projects in Northern Ireland and in border counties.
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Just with how
@ANBorough
is backing the rail revolution,
@lisburnccc
needs to do the same.
We need to ensure the feasibility study into reopening the Knockmore Line is funded, undertaken and completed before 2025.
No more waiting around, its time for action.
#OpenKnockmore
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Good afternoon everyone!
Its been a wee while since I did one of these, so here's a
#BelfastGrandCentralStation
progress update 👀
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So it would appear that the new
#Lurgan
Railway Station is finally going through the planning application process!
I sincerely hope that this new station is reflective of the previous station, as Lurgan deserves more than a concrete box with corrugated steel on top.
#NIRailways
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The Lisbunr Area Renewals do not get enough credit for being the single most important network upgrade in recent years.
It will allow for Lisburn West Station and the Knockmore Line to be added to our network and ensure their addition will not harm current services.
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The end of the line at
#Antrim
.
20 years ago this platform carried trains all over South Antrim, today it lays dormant as a fly tip.
@Translink_NI
, is there any chance we can see Antrim Station tidied up ahead of the feasibility study?
I would gladly take part.
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Belfast Grand Central Station progress update 👇🏻
The metalwork is starting to slowly inch towards the rail station section of the new transport hub 🔩
There also appears to be electricity in the building as there are now some floodlights mounted to the walls 💡
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Later this evening,
#GliderLightRail
will go live to the public.
The video will focus entirely on how trams could be reintroduced to
#Belfast
's congested streets, and how such a service would save you time and money.
Exact release time will come shortly.
#PedestrianiseBelfast
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Blackstaff Square's pedestrianisation cannot come soon enough,
@belfastcc
@LinenQuarterBID
@PoliceServiceNI
every double yellow is currently parked on, cycle lane completely blocked.
We n e e s enforcement!
#PedestrianiseBelfast
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The Glider is better to be phased into a tram network, with the leftover Glider rolling stock being used to expand the BRT network without having to buy new buses.
Belfast doesn't need more roadborne transport, it needs light rail.
#GliderLightRail
#Belfast
#PublicTransport
Work is currently underway on expanding the Glider service further throughout Belfast, with plans for the service to operate a route from North to South Belfast
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Your daily reminder that Translink CEO Chris COnway believes
#BelfastGrandCentralStation
cannot have a train hall/canopy, yet its counterparts in the ROI have had them for almost two centuries.
Even our former main termini had them, it will always remain a mistake to exclude one
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Great Victoria Street Station is now almost entirely demolished and Belfast Grand Central Station sits on the horizon.
But is this new terminus going to be the answer to the issues our bus & rail networks face on a daily basis? 🚉
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#Belfast
#GrandCentralStation
#Railways
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An additional note.
When I met with
#Translink
, I was told that they 'want to remove the priority from cars' and 'create an environment where rail is people's first choice for travel'.
Translink want to change how we percieve public transport in Northern Ireland.
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It is almost parody that getting to the airport in such a weird series of jumping through hoops is put forward by Translink as being 'convenient'.
Imagine how convenient it would be if people from the North West could get on a train that took them TO the airport?
#OpenKnockmore
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Remember what they took from you.
This map shows the peak of the
#Trolleybus
network in
#Belfast
before closure in 1968.
The trolleybus was killed by the private car.
Electric cars are not the 'future', environmentally friendly public transport is.
#PedestrianisingBelfast
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FInally, Translink has a few announcements to make 'shortly', but I won't spoil the suprise, you'll just have to wait and see what great things they have in store for
#nagrul
&
#anemyllab
😉
#RebuildOurRailways
#OpenKnockmore
#translink
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People who have only ever lived with and around cars tell you that people 'don't want to cycle to work'.
Yet in this 1960s photograph, it clearly illustrates how Belfast used to have a mass cycling culture as shipyard workers would cycle to work every day.
#PedestrianiseBelfast
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The Northern Ireland economy would be massively boosted by having half hourler services to all stations via dual track.
Then, freight rail and freight hubs to better connect our two islands economically via rail and sea.
#RebuildOurRailways
#DuallingNorth
Imagine a country where the 2 biggest cities are connected by a single line of train track, limiting services and stifling the economy? You won't hear
@JimAllister
talk about this though.
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Lets all take a moment to understand how vital
@Translink_NI
is to our daily lives.
I wish all of their employees the absolute best in securing their needs, it is time to start properly funding our public transport infrastructure starting with rail.
#Strikes
#Railways
#Belfast
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I call upon
@CEOTranslink_NI
&
@deptinfra
to do whatever it takes to revert this massive error.
I even have good faith that our friends over the border at
@Dept_Transport
would be willing to assist if we are incapable of monetarily supporting the Weavers Cross project.
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Daily reminder that when the Glasgow Subway first opened in 1896, the city had the same population as Belfast does today.
Our political leaders just have their heads in the wrong jars 🤷🏻♂️
#RebuildOurRailways
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Above all else, let's remember what railway line we need reopened above all others.
After all, it still exists.
#Knockmore
#KnockmoreLine
#RebuildOurRailways
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There will soon come a day where a train will pull into Platform 3 at Antrim and take passengers to the International Airport and Lisburn.
#OpenKnockmore
#RebuildOurRailways
This unused siding at Antrim Train Station could be the 1st stop on the Circle Line without disrupting existing Belfast-L/Derry services.
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Northern Ireland's railway network now has technology that was considered 'modern' in the 1990s.
Now all that we need are ticket barriers at more major stations, and better services across the network.
#RebuildOurRailways
The first self-service ticket machine at a Northern Ireland train station has begun operating, with more to follow this week.
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What even is this?
As insignificant as it might first appear, we seriously need some kind of legislation to stop tarmac sutures from ruining the public realm.
Also this bike lane makes zero bloody sense, it joins the footpath then the road like 2 or 3 times 🤦🏻♂️
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Popular opinion: taxis should be banned from all bus lanes in Northern Ireland.
They are not public transport.
Can we have a conversation about taxis filling up our bus lanes?
Yes, currently they are allowed to use them.
But should they be?
@DublinCommuters
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So me and my partner got into Belfast at 21:00 on the Enterprise service.
We walked to the Europa Buscentre to get our rail replacement bus home, only to be told the last one was at 9pm. No main service busses either.
@Translink_NI
what on Earth are we supposed to do now?
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Out with the old! 🚉
For those that are still unaware, Great Victoria Street Railway Station closed two weeks ago today!
These photos I captured this afternoon show the current demolition progress of the railway station as work to open Grand Central Station continues.
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@CarsRuinedCity
What is even more interesting is how motorists would look at that motorway and deem that it is 'better' because it is full.
A lot of anti-cycling rhetoric here in the UK uses that kind of logic to 'prove' cycle lanes are 'emtpy', when in fact they are just very efficient.
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I have said this time and time again.
First we must rid the Westlink sliproads from Belfast, then bury or demolish the Westlink.
Whilst that is underway, we invest HEAVILY in public transport with a major focus on rail journey times and reliability/efficiency.
#PedestrianiseNI
These aerial images (from ) of Belfast's Westlink dramatically show how massive roads within cities cut them apart - and how finding ways to soften that divide, in this case by covering the road and creating a park, can reconnect detached parts of the city.
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With Belfast
#GrandCentralStation
, a serious change needs to be made to make getting to and from the station as safe as possible for cyclists and pedestrians.
The Grovsner Road Westlink connection needs to be removed, with the Grosvenor Road becoming a two lane road (1/2)
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Belfast needs more of this, a LOT more.
Especially around Royal Avenue and where the now abandonded Bank of Ireland sits.
Oh and lets not forget the Garfield Bar.
We must preserve and restore our built heritage.
Scaffolding coming down on the bar & block and premier inn on donegall street. Looks really well!
@DavidNevin
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This is fabulous to see!
There are places just like this all over the UK that have bustling, lovely archways with businesses of all kinds where locals and tourist alike can shop and relax.
Hope to see more of this in the future!
#PedestrianiseBelfast
Lanyon Place. A new proposal submitted to open up 8 archways underneath East Bridge Street and use them for community business space - creche, gym, cafe, offices and pedestrian access to the Market
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Yesterday was another stupendous example of rail travel being the A1 mode of transportation for public events.
Coleraine Railway Station was packed with about a thousand eager passengers for the NI International Airshow on Saturday.
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I had the pleasure of meeting
@oharamal
&
@Lesleyveronica
yesterday to discuss the future of public transport for Northern Ireland and primarily, ensuring the feasibility study into reopening the Antrim - Lisburn railway line goes ahead sooner rather than later.
#OpenKnockmore
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Sligo, a town with a population just two thousand more than Larne, is going to have it's railfreight capabilities re-established.
Larne on the other hand, a port that deals with a huge portion of Northern Irish imports and exports, still has no railfreight integration.
Reopening the
#westernrailcorridor
will connect Sligo’s main industrial quarter via its
#railfreight
facility directly to the southern ports reducing costs and
#greenhousegas
emissions
@sligococo
@IrishExporters
@IDAIRELAND
@peterburkefg
@Entirl
@isme_ie
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There are ways to help these trees, yet politicians wish to conduct works on the road instead?
BAN. THE. CARS.
I have been upset with poor decisions before, but this one quite literally takes the cake as the worst response to an easily fixable issue.
#SaveTheDarkHedges
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Double yella lines?
Just park on the pavement!
Seriously though, we need to stop treating roads as something that must be kept clear at the public's expense.
📸📍Bedford Street
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...to have the trees cut down to 'protect public safety'.
What would protect public safety would be the removal of the real problem, cars.
@CausewayCouncil
MUST do the right thing and protect this vital asset to Northern Ireland.
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@BBCNewsNI
This is an absolute joke of a waste of public fund.
Instead of investing in alternatives to motorcar transport like railways, they continue to prop up the red herring of car centred development and induced demand.
This will only end badly for everyone 🤦🏻♂️
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Lastly, speaking of the Weavers Cross project, allowing this mistake to slip through the cracks only opens up the wider possibility of Weavers Cross suffering the same cutbacks and poor changes to benefit pockets rather than citizens.
WE NEED COMMITMENT.
#SaveTheCanopy
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@hazr198
GP: 'hey so y'know how we did everything we could to shoot down a transport project that promoted green travel?'
Public: 'yeah?'
GP: Yeah, well, you see, we now just realised that was a HORRIBLE idea, so we support it now'
Public: 'y-you realise it's too late now, right?'
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If you have not heard already,
@Translink_NI
is getting almost £5Million from the UK government to conduct vital feasibility studies across the country.
This is absolutely perfect news, and it coincides with Translink's future rolling stock plans.
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Think about this for a second, Cork, a city with a population that is roughly 1/5 that of Belfast's is getting a €2.5Billion (£2.1Billion) Light Rail project.
Now, Cork may be about 60+sq km larger than Belfast, but the population deficit still begs the question, why?
Eamon Scullion
@JacobsConnects
outlines Cork light rail. City spending two BILLION on 18km route running every 6mins. Doesn’t complete to 2035. Why? Well Cork first spending €500m upgrading buses. A city half size of Belfast with €2.5b on public transport. Come on NI - wake up!
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@IsMiseStiofan
@TransLink
@Translink_NI
@deptinfra
@GreenPartyNI
@allianceparty
@uuponline
@duponline
@sinnfeinireland
@SDLPlive
@CircleLineBT
Protection from wind, rain, heat , cold and whatever other kind of elements our celtic weathersystem can throw at us.
Small platform canopies cannot protect from anything more than overhead rain and directly top-down sunlight.
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#BelfastGrandCentralStation
continues at pace today, as the ground floor concrete seems to be nearly finished, and road tar laying & compacting machinery has arrived on site 🏗️
#Belfast
#NorthernIreland
#Railways
#Trains
#Buses
#Transport
#Infrastructure
#Construction
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Our next video series
#GliderLightRail
is now officially in pre-production.
This new video series will be very complex to make and will likely take a considerable amount of time to plan & record before even part one is released.
Further details in the adjoining tweets 👇
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I don't think people realise how revolutionary The Loft Lines are going to be for Titanic Quarter and Belfast as a whole.
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With
#Stormont
returning, it is imperative that the relevant parties' infrastructure spokespeople help push for reform within the DFI and secure a new transport strategy that prioritises public transport over motorcars.
We now need to work towards mass rail reintegration...
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A rather long overdue update on
#BelfastGrandCentralStation
's construction progress 👀
The work site is now very full of things going on since the completion of the Busway Bridge 🌉
The glasswork is now almost turning the corner onto the front of the building's facade 🪟
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Some genuinely positive news folks!
@JohnODowdSF
&
@deptinfra
have quite literally just teased railways expansion in Northern Ireland. We hope this trend continues!
#RebuildOurRailways
#CircleLine
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Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of meeting with
@PhillipBrett21
, my first interaction with the DUP.
I stressed the importance and urgency of restoring power sharing so projects like reopening the Knockmore Line & Armagh rail connections can take place.
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Hi everyone,
Just posting a personal update on my absence from all social platforms.
I have unfortunately contracted Covid-19, which has left me in a rather poor mental and physical state.
Hoping to return to normality in the coming weeks.
#RebuildOurRailways
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So far,
@JohnODowdSF
has announced a road scheme for the A1 costing almost £150Million.
That is HALF of what it will cost to connect Belfast International Airport to the railway network.
Mentions of rail remains to be seen.
#RebuildOurRailways
#Infrastructure
#Stormont
#Debate
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These are photographs from Facebook, this is where we're at in 2023.
I understand freedom of expression, but this is the worst example of it yet. If you're a graffiti artist in Belfast, can't you find something less important to spray? These trains are vital to hundreds of (1/2)
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Not railway related, obviously, but just like our railways we have lost so much of our built heritage from all sorts of influences from poor policies to terrorism.
We cannot allow this outstanding beacon of Ulster's architectural past to be left in the history books.
#SaveCRC
Belfast's Crumlin Road Courthouse is in peril. For how much longer do we accept its decline?
#SaveCrumlinRoadCourthouse
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This was one of the biggest things I mentioned in my
#PedestrianiseBelfast
video.
I am absolutely thrilled to see Blackstaff Square get plans for full pedestrianisation!
The
@LinenQuarterBID
has put forward a proposed vision of what Blackstaff Square in Belfast could look like. It's a concept developed with
@OGU_Arch
as part of
@ImagineBelfast
It would include a meeting space, pavement cafe and more pedestrianised areas
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There is two months left until Translink's feasibility study into reopening the Knockmore Line commences.
As always, my main priority is ensuring that no matter the result, the three original stations along the line return upon reopening.
The local community must come first.
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Almost 100 signatures already!
Again, I am very grateful for all of the support this has recieved, please spread the word far and wide so that together we can prevent
@Translink_NI
from continuing with this ill-judged decision!
#SaveTheCanopy
#WeNeedCommitment
#Belfast
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I still wholeheartedly stand by this.
The M1 should not have sliproads that feed heavy traffic straight though Belfast's City Centre.
#PedestrianiseBelfast
With Belfast
#GrandCentralStation
, a serious change needs to be made to make getting to and from the station as safe as possible for cyclists and pedestrians.
The Grovsner Road Westlink connection needs to be removed, with the Grosvenor Road becoming a two lane road (1/2)
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Our next three videos on YouTube are going to be;
-Reopening the Knockmore Line
-Replacing the Glider with Light Rail
-Rebuilding County Down's Lost Railway Network
And in that order 👆🏻
#RebuildOurRailways
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Next year it will have been 20 years since the
#Antrim
to
#Lisburn
railway line was closed.
In 2003 they had a reason for closure, but now in present day those reasons are no longer valid.
@Translink_NI
@deptinfra
@JohnODowdSF
It is your duty to reopen this line before 2030
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