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The History of Irish Railways
8 minutes Posted Jul 18, 2023 at 2:22 pm.
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The All Island Strategic Railway Review is due to come before the Cabinet later this month, and it includes plans for more high speed connections between major cities and an increase in freight connections to ports.
But Ireland wasn’t always so poorly connected by rail, so why did we ever close so many of our lines to begin with?
Sean was joined by Jonathan Beaumont, rail historian and writer to discuss...