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Unread 17-05-2007, 23:30   #18
purplepanda
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Thanks for the welcome!

One point that comes to mind, thinking about this issue, especially given that there is only one road bridge into Waterford City from Kilkenny, Wexford & Carlow, is that there are no stops on the line between Campile to Waterford & onwards to Carrick on Suir. Or northwards to Thomastown.

With the continued expansion of housing on the Kilkenny side of the city & commuters driving from further away perhaps there could be a case for more stops on these lines if a more viable commuter service was introduced in the future as the city & SE region continues to grow as I think is certainly going to be the case.

Perhaps Park & Ride stations south of Slieveroe on the present line or an stop inbetween between Waterford & Thomastown / Carrick on Suir of similar could be needed in the future.

I suspect that there is very little long term planning regarding expansion of populations & development / infrastructure of cities & major towns by the government agencies judging by the ad hoc growth of Dublin & the nearby counties over the last 10-15 years. Also according to the last census the 5 SE counties population has grown by 9.5 - 13 % from 2002-2006 & apart from the Dublin related growth is the fastest growing region of the country.

Kilkenny suburbs of Waterford City have increased by 61% in the same period!
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