Fresh calls are being made for the reopening of Crusheen Railway Station.
It comes as new figures from Íarnróid Éireann have revealed that the number of passengers using the western rail corridor – which stretches from Limerick to Galway, taking in Clare – has exceeded half a million.
531,000 passengers travelled on the corridor last year, marking an overall growth of 16% on all sections of the route, including Ennis to Athenry.
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Colmán Ó Raghallaigh from the Western Rail Commission says this news adds to the argument to reopen Crusheen to serve people living there and in surrounding areas:
