'Into the West' - Rail Campaign

Sinn Fein accused of ‘trolling’ north west over transport funding Campaigners have accused Sinn Fein ministers of “deliberately trolling” the north west over their decision to fund night buses in Belfast –while at the same time refusing to end what campaigners have ...

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Essential works on Derry to Coleraine line planned this weekend Services will have rail replacement buses in operation due to partial lane closure

A reminder that rail replacement buses only are operating between #Derry and #Coleraine today (Saturday 20th) & tomorrow.

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Derry rail station sees record numbers amid claim just £1m would boost figures A record number of passengers used Derry’s railway station in the past year with campaigners arguing that if “timetable discrimination” was addressed then those figures would grow even higher.

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Tenders for new €165m Dublin-Belfast hybrid trains being evaluated almost two years after issuing The tender was published in September 2023, but Irish Rail says ‘no undue delay’ has occurred

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Translink Explores Return Of Rail Services To Limavady Translink is carrying out a feasibility study into reopening rail services to Limavady, Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins has confirmed.

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YouTube video by Darren J. Prior Positive decisions on new rail to be made over the next few months? - Into the West - Near FM (2025)

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Your daily reminder that #Derry & West of the Bann have suffered blatant discrimination when it comes to rail timetabling for the last 7yrs (see below), & Minister Liz Kimmins is refusing to allocate the relatively paltry £1m needed to finally bring this injustice to an end🤷‍♂️ @deptinfra.bsky.social

📌 Hope this soul follows him

everywhere . A true hero 🐥

With 10's of thousands of people frm #Donegal descending upon Dublin today for #AllIrelandFootballFinal, it's important to acknowledge the complete absence of suitable public transport from the county to get them there. It's high time that Donegal got its railway back again 🟢🟡👍 #LetterkennyDerryRail

Calls for reopening of Limavady railway on 75th anniversary of its closure Into the West rail campaign will be at Stendal festival this Sunday afternoon

Great to see the Derry Post cover our story from yesterday about the 75th anniversary of #Limavady losing its railway, & our event at Stendhal Festival tomorrow (Sun 6th, 3pm, 'Stage the Change' tent)
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Today marks 75th anniversary of #Limavady losing its railway. A century of connectivity erased in an instance. Limavady would be the easiest, quickest & cheapest rail reopening on the island - & we're campaigning to see it happen👍 Hear us speak at #Stendhal this Sunday ('Stage the Change' @ 3:45pm)

Donegal 'forgotten county' in terms of rail, Dáil hears Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty has told the Dáil it is "simply unacceptable" that Donegal is among a few counties on the island of Ireland which still has no rail network, describing it as "a forgotten co...

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RAIL PERFORMANCE IN NI 2023-24
An analysis of demand for rail in NI 2023-24. Key points:
- 26.5m journeys (+26% vs PY)
- Demand still recovering aftr Covid (-1.3% vs pre-pandemic).
- Big variance in regional performance vs pre-Covid. Derry booming, Belfast struggling.
- WFH changing travel pattrns?

Great to see public transport usage continuing to grow across NI 👍 Important to note, however, that the simple act of ending timetable discrimination against the 3 rail stations West of the Bann would add a further approx 250,000 more journeys to the rail network
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** LINE CLOSURE OVER EASTER **
The section of Derry-Belfast line between Antrim & Coleraine will be closed Good Friday (18th April) & Easter Saturday (19th) for essential engineering works.

Trains will run between Derry & Coleraine as normal, with bus substitutions onwards from Coleraine to Antrim.

Sinéad McLaughlin: ‘Absolutely absurd’ Derry treated as ‘second class’ on rail Sinéad McLaughlin has claimed Derry has for years been treated as ‘second class when it comes to rail services’.

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We had a very constructiv meeting with NI Infrastructur Minister Liz Kimmins today at Stormont. Items discussd=
1) Huge growth in Derry rail demand
2) Timetable discrimination against West of Bann
3) Reopening Lettrkenny-Derry-Portadwn
4) Phase 3 track works.
We're very grateful to Liz for her time

'Derry’s infrastructure unfit for 10,000 students' says rail lobby group Rail campaigners have welcomed plans to significantly expand university provision in Derry, but have warned that the city’s infrastructure is currently unfit for that purpose - and instead risks being...

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Economy Minister told “Derry’s infrastructure unfit for 10,000 students” ‘Into The West’ rail campaigners have welcomed plans to significantly expand university provision but warns Derry’s infrastructure risks being a barrier to student growth

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** RAIL LINE CLOSED THIS WEEKEND **
A reminder that the Derry-Belfast rail line is closed on Sat 29th & Sun 30th March for engineering works. Details on bus replacement services are below.

Rail link would put Donegal tourism on new track - Donegal News TOURISM in Donegal would get a massive boost if a rail link between Letterkenny and Derry is re-established - that’s the view of Ireland’s biggest rail tours operator.

A great article in the Donegal News this week about the huge potential rail tourism has for #Donegal. Fantastic to see Railtours Ireland raising this issue publicly 👏🏻 Do you agree that the county's tourism would be significantly enhanced by the return of rail?
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** MEETING WITH DONEGAL TDs - Tues 11th March 2025 **
We'd an extremely helpful meeting yesterday with #Donegal TDs @pearsedoherty.bsky.social & @padraigmacl.bsky.social about bringing rail back to Letterkenny & Donegal. We're very grateful for their time & engagement with us on this important issue

Have you seen our banners near the bus station in #Letterkenny? 🙂 If you'd like to help us install more around #Donegal, please consider donating here = intothewest.org/donate.
Each banner costs £50, but any donation will be used to help push the message that Donegal Needs Rail !

#DonegalNeedsRail

Our campaign to re-open the #Derry-Portadown rail line will be on UTV Live in a few minutes 👍🏻

This week marks 60th anniversary of Derry-Portadown railway line closure - Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport This Friday marks the 60th anniversary of the closure of the Derry-Portadown railway line, which led to the closure of all remaining stations in Donegal and Tyrone. The restoration of this line was a ...

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Campaigners highlight 60th anniversary of railway closures that severed ties to north west Rail campaigners are highlighting 60 years since the closure of the Derry-Portadown railway line.

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On this day 60 years ago #Tyrone & #Donegal lost their rail, & #Derry/ the entire NorthWest of Ireland lost their direct rail routes to Dublin & Belfast. It was the St.Valentine's Day Massacre of rail in West Ulster. This short video helps explain what was lost =

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Great to see Councillors in #Donegal support a motion last week calling on County Council to play lead role in securing feasibility study into restoring Letterkenny-Derry rail, & to organise deputation to the new Dublin gov. Our thnx to Councillor Declan Meehan for bringing the topic before council👍

Your map also portrays NI's second city as if it's an unimportant spur off of Coleraine, which is a quarter of its size. Merely on a par with Portrush & it'spopulation of 6,000. You'll find that this sort of stuff does not go down at all well in the North-West.

Sorry - don't buy that at all. As the below map shows, it is possible to portray the network in a geographically accurate way. If they can do it with the vast & intricate rail map of Britain, evn with London's spaghetti soup of lines, thn it can be done for NI's basic system & it's handful of lines👍🏻