Kildare Rail Users' Group
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 beleaguered 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 also work with Platform 11 to deliver improvements for all stations on the Kildare route.
The next meeting of the group will take place at St. Joseph's Academy, Kildare Town at 8:00pm on March 30th. The doors will open at 7:30 with the meeting to start promptly at 8pm. The meeting will be attended by a number of senior Irish Rail executives to respond the issued collected at the first meeting and to answer questions which arise.
Contact - Tony O'Donnell tony.odonnell@gmail.com