Ennis-Dublin will always be more sensible via Limerick than via Athenry. Too much single track running on the Athenry route. Current journey times on the existing network justify this assumption.
I don't think getting people from Gort, Ardrahan and Craughwell to Dublin should be a significant consideration in building a rail link between Limerick (or Cork) and Galway.
What should be a consideration is beating the car journey time by at least 30%. Sadly I don't think that's going to happen.
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