There is a basic dishonesty about the entire WRC set up.
From the linked article:
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Although about 200,000 people live within 10km of stations on the Limerick-Galway railway line, passenger traffic is relatively low, particularly in the mid-section between Ennis and Athenry, which only re-opened in 2010.
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However, the majority just travel on Limerick-Ennis and Athenry-Galway services, with only around 34,500 travelling on the Ennis-Athenry section.
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What is the WRC anyway? It is the bit that was re-opened in 2010. The other bits existed already. That is what was campaigned for, that is what the money was spent on, that is what was re-built and opened. No matter what you do with the other, older and more developed parts, this bit will leak the money you make on them.
There is a campaign for opening a line to Donegal. It will get the same backing as the WRC. This at a time when the Enterprise is keeling over and they cannot afford to fix it. This at a time when there is overcrowding on main routes and almost empty sets go up and down the WRC all day.
The NTA. God love them.