Your man there flat out telling yarns about connectivity to a.port. Yes we have really good bus service.

There are so many railway lines in Northern Ireland that should be rebuilt.

Large swathes of Northern Ireland have had no train service since the 1950s. It's really time this issue was addressed.

Class makes connolly and heuston station look 3rd world 😅😅😅shiitholes especially connolly 😅

I’m not even from Fermanagh but the way they’re talking about “the costs not adding up” makes my blood boil, talking as if they’re a business. Is somewhere like Enniskillen going to generate the same money as Belfast? Obviously not, but the people there pay taxes just like people in Belfast and deserve a rail network nevertheless. Sick and tired of government being run more like a business rather than actually serving the public.

Let's close the Tories down for good. The damage they have done to public services in unbelievable

Reopening of the Western Rail Corridor would connect Connacht & Ulster by train. Reopening of the Athlone to Mullingar railway line would shorten train journey's from Mayo, Roscommon & Galway by train to Dublin and reopening Loughrea link & Connemara too would cut down on Traffic Jams in Galway.

This is great news but please don't let Translink have anything to do with it.

Why have they left a small gap between the new wide bypass line around Dublin and the centrally-located lines to/from Cork, etc.? Could've had direct north-south trains without having to go through Dublin.

What about Buggleskelly? Hasn't had a rail service since Will Hay filmed "Oh! Mr Porter" 😢

I had a bit of the iron infusion last weeks ago and last two months ago. Even though I fainted after the iron infusion, I still had a wonderful time!!

At least Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are doing a better job than the island of Great Britain 🤷‍♂️

Don't worry Fermanagh, you won't be the odd one out on the island of Ireland. It's unlikely the other counties like Cavan and Monaghan will get a rail line either going by past transport proposals that ended up being scrapped.

Excellent proposals.

And do you really think that these proposals will really make a change to the environment? They'll just be as many cars/hgv's on the road as there is now. Also, where I like to travel to and when I like to, public transport doesn't cater for me and I'm sure many others.

Stating the obvious should been dome 25 years ago

I love this plan. I have been suggesting that Belfast International should have a rail link that I have been campaigning for since 2017. Also let's encourage rail freight to come back to Northern Ireland as well. I hope to see to see Enniskillen and Fermanagh be added into the NECNI (North East Corridor Northern Ireland) network. I really want to help these out with more ideas and make this work to benefit all of the people.

Northern Ireland should have never gotten rid of its Rail network. Enniskillen used to be covered, but this is exciting.

Talk is cheap, I would be surprised if 25 % of this is done

Sligo to Armagh via Ennskillen makes prefect sense !

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Another thing that should be implemented if the government wants people to use public transport is not only to reopen and improve rail services, but also to improve bus services all over Ireland. There are many parts of Ireland that have no railway (or an infrequent service) and an infrequent bus services (some only going once or twice a week). Then the government don’t know why few people in rural Ireland use public transport and drive their own cars everywhere. If the service is there and is frequent (at least once an hour) and runs early in the morning and late into the evening/night, then people will use public transport. They may lose money to start with but eventually they will recoup their loses. Not everywhere is going to have a railway in close proximity to them. They will need better bus services to compliment the railway system.

I don't think this will happen because the railways have been closed for years I have no money either the government so I don't think it's happening

No electrification then?

Hoping your donors decide to give on a yearly or semi yearly schedule. How often can one give safely?

Reducing carbon emissions by providing faster links to airports. Anyone else notice an oxymoron?

Im sure if you ask the Brussels EU they'll fund it. 30 billion is alot of money, but the UK seems to be broke for the foreseeable future. I can't see London throwing their weight behind this level of investment. they can't seem to even build a proper high speed train in england.

Good news. Hope the two governments follow through on the whole ambitious plan. Just don't expect £31 bn to be the final cost! Shame about the Fermanagh 'snub' - I remember watching a show about their closed railway which highlighted the museum in Enniskillen.

Fine. But what about Craggy Island? It desperately needs rail service. ☮

Sounds exciting - do hope it goes ahead ❤😊

Keep Both Stations, Great Victoria Street Would The Siding For The Belfast Central Station

Brilliant dublin train will come in hear

They could do it 200 years ago, they can do it now

Grand Central Station will be a new era for Belfast’s trains, but also a throwback to the days when trains were respected enough to have grand buildings built for them.

How are people that thick allowed to vote 😢

Hello Shaun - literally live a mile away in somptingb

We are doomed... look at all these plebs! Completely oblivious/uneducated... If Voting made a difference, they would not let us do it... They have no idea about the WEF, Agenda 2030 and the China Style system they want put in... The Green Agenda rubbish, Central Banking Digital Currency system, Digital IDs, Carbon Foot print tax... We are done for...

Hilton Parr from the Falls :D

They've got short memories - most of the original station (which opened in 1839 and was rebuilt in 1848), was demolished in 1968 leaving only the outer ends of a couple of platforms - and they also closed in 1976, after which the site was completely cleared. The station that's just closed has only been there since 1995 - which was just 19 years when I was at school! It is 185 years since the first train arrived there, but they've only been doing so for 166 of them - and the newsreader seems to think it's 200...!!

It wasn’t 200 yrs of service for GVS,GVS closed in April 1976. After a feasibility study was commissioned in 1986 it was agreed that a new development on the site, incorporating the reintroduction of the Great Northern Railway, was viable. The new station was opened on 30 September 1995. No trains in GVS for twenty yrs.

Get.the.airport.line.open

I remember going to Derry via Dungannon in 1964 I think, just before it closed, you could see all the infrastructure being pulled down along the way. It was a disgrace! Cheers from Australia.

nice to see this possibly re-open! I pass the abandoned Ballinderry station on the bus to school

would definitely approve reopening the knockmore line

Why underground railway station doesn't build in Belfast???

Can’t be part funded by the EU because of Brexit.

Can we have a train service to central and western NI from Grand Central? That would be nice!

Northern Ireland are really organised in terms of improving transport services and modernising the train station also in Belfast

Very nice. If more people travel by train and less people travel by road, the wear and tear on the roads, caused by tires slapping the road should go down and the bills for repairing pot holes should reduce. Modal shift from road to rail will also reduce traffic jams and make journey times for the remaining motorists better. So an investment in rail is also an investment in roads.

Last time I was waiting for the Belfast Dublin train , The railway staff at Belfast were appalling, The lift were out of order, And the only man helping carry the bags of the passengers with disabilities,and helping them down the stairs was a security guard,A Blackman, while three railway workers checked tickets, Belfast train and bus station staff are the most unfriendly people,on the planet, now you will get both under the same roof, 🤔🙉🙈🙊🕊️🕊️