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![]() KRUG - Kildare Rail Users' Group
February 4th 2006 Platform 11 are pleased to announce the formation of KRUG - Kildare Rail Users' Group KRUG will be campaigning for improved rail services in Kildare, Co. Kildare http://www.platform11.org/local_groups/KRUG/ The Kildare Rail Users' Group is a grassroots forum for users of Kildare Town train station. Hundreds of passengers travel daily from the station coming from as far afield as Athy, Monasterevin and Portarlington. However in recent years, Kildare has seen fewer mainline services, a reduction in the Arrow service and at the sametime a never-ending rise in passenger numbers. KRUG will provide a forum for the beleaugered passengers from Kildare to air their grievances, develop new ideas and speak to Iarnród Éireann with a single voice. It will particularly look at issues such as timetabling, the provision of increased commuter services (during the week and at weekends), improved access to mainline services, adequate parking facilities, station improvements including improved access for the mobility impaired and any other problems that the commuting public face. It will alsowork with Platform 11 to deliver improvements for all stations on the Kildare route. The first meeting of the group will take place in the meeting room of the Silken Thomas, Kildare at 8:30pm on February 9th, and all are welcome. |
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![]() So when should we see the 'Sallins and Naas Rail users group(SANRUG)'
and the 'Hazlehatch and Celbridge rail users group(HACRUG)' Its a bit wacky that with 4.5 miles between Kildare and Newbridge stations that they did not take a combined approach. |
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![]() As it stands there is a group in Lucan, Sallins and Naas, Newbridge and Kildare
The issues are primarily local, car parking, timetables, connections they are specific to that one station, you need people on the ground as they alone understand exactly the issues The end result should be local groups all over the place but the key difference now is everyone is in the loop, Irish Rail have had it easy until now as opposition has been unfocused and easily blinded by the reality distortion field senior IE staff seem to create A representive from KRUG was in fact present at the Newbridge meeting Going forward the vision for Platform 11 as it has been since day 1 is that local groups are to be encouraged pooling there knowledge and enthusiasm and by combining together to fight the larger battle forming a formidable organisation which can't be ignored. As some may have noticed a new section appeared on the p11 website on Saturday http://www.platform11.org/local_groups/ Kildare and Newbridge are the first of 2 with a real chance of that increasing, I can see it becoming 5 in the next months |
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![]() Not only have they been added, the spelling of their names has been corrected.
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![]() What about those Commuter North guys?
Last edited by sean : 08-02-2006 at 15:38. |
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http://www.leinsterleader.ie/Desktop...cumentID=20833 Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 10-02-2006 at 10:24. |
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