Irish Rail’s CEO believes establishing a rail link with Shannon Airport could cost hundreds of millions of euro.
It comes as Minister Eamon Ryan has committed to looking at the project, with the government committing to a feasibility study to look at connecting the airport via a spur to Sixmilebridge on the Limerick to Galway rail line.
That study has yet to commence, with Irish Rail CEO Jim Meade, originally from Sixmilebridge, telling the Oireachtas Transport Committee that land would need to be acquired before the move could be seriously considered.
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He says Irish Rail will support the National Transport Authority in completing the feasability study for the rail link.
