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05-05-2010, 19:58 | #1 |
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I think there is viable merit in Mosney having some trains.
I remember a few years ago a clerk at Drogheda marking the trains which stopped there in pen on an A4 timetable leaflet for me. I don't think the services stopping there were publicised towards the end. Many years before that at I recall the blue NIR loco hauling the Enterprise serving the station (think it was just one morning train that called). There is a pleasant walk from Laytown along the coast to near Mosney but don't think it's possible to get from the beach/dunes to the former camp/station (no underpass to my knowledge). I imagine it is possible to walk from the main road through the camp to/from the platform (maybe not actually onto the platform though). I have an inkling that there may be a special path through the camp to/from the station. Ultimately will Mosney remain in its present role or is there a chance it may revert to a holiday centre? The nearby Funtasia opened in recent years fills some of the gap though. Trabolgan in East Cork is a similar centre that was opened in more recent decades. Having only ever been in Mosney once (by train from/to Drogheda) it did give a pleasant day out. (I can't recall what ticket facilities were there as it's so long ago - possibly a member of staff was on the platform checking people were in possession of tickets). The fact that Mosney's platform is on a loop off the two main running lines certainly has operational advantages. |
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I heard somewhere that Mosney was leased as an asylum centre for 10 years in 2000, and that lease which runs out this year is not due to be renewed. So not much use in reopening the railway station for that.
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As posted the lease expires this year, so any decision hangs on what happens next and in the current mess the government will be quick to shut and merge as much it possible The station is only accessible from the Mosney camp which limits local access, which is already served by Gormanston and Laytown. Trains which terminate at Balbriggan depending on timing either turnback at Balbriggan or run via Mosney. Wrong line working is available between Skerries and Balbriggan northbound and the northbound platform has a starting signal and points for Dublin
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On a journey past the station earlier this week I noticed that there is no longer a track to access the platform at Mosney.
I understand the track beside the platform (a loop off the running lines) was removed in recent months. I would have thought that the loop has a value for operational flexibility. Or perhaps it's just being renewed and work hasn't started on the new track yet? There are still station signs in situ. |
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Was removed last month, not been renewed, trains run empty Drogheda (used to use loop as turn back) and minor schedule change out of Dublin in evenings.
Personally I believe it is important loop for such a busy route but the clever clogs running the railways take a different view. Last edited by Jamie2k9 : 19-08-2015 at 21:50. |
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Thanks for the information.
Just been looking at the timetable and I see that the 14.44 Pearse - Drogheda and 15.50 Drogheda - Connolly (which previously terminated/commenced at Balbriggan & think would have used Mosney loop) now operate in service to and from Drogheda. They run non-stop between Balbriggan and Drogheda in both directions. Don't remember seeing any notification of this timetable change. I understand that there are approximately 500 residents in Mosney at present. |
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The timetable alterations associated with the closure of Mosney loop have been chaotic. In so far as I understand them the 1444 from Pearse to Balbriggan is extended to Drogheda, non-stop from Balbriggan returning at 1550. Neither staff nor PIS seem to be consistently aware of the change and there have been several instances of passengers being evicted from the 1444 at Balbriggan. The 1707 from Connolly turns back at Balbriggan at 1755 and frequently delays the 1713 Pearse/Dundalk, on occasions by up to 10 minutes.
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