A FERMANAGH MLA has taken the campaign to have Fermanagh included in the all-Ireland rail plan to the Assembly at Stormont. Yesterday (Tuesday) Áine Murphy MLA made a speech in the chamber urging Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd, her Sinn Féin party colleague, to improve local public transport and to consider including the county in the All-Island Strategic […]
Railway head visits Enniskillen to mark anniversary
“Headhunters does a wonderful job in keeping alive the memory of the many railways in and around Enniskillen.”
It’s time to return the railway to Fermanagh
WITH the Department of Infrastructure now considering the submissions to the All-Island Rail Review Strategy, campaigners have been making the case for the return of the railways to Fermanagh. As reported in last week’s Herald, the deadline for submissions to the public consultation to the review was last Friday, and locals were strongly encouraged by […]
Public to have say on railway review
THE PEOPLE of Fermanagh will make a case for bringing the railways back to the county. The local community was urged to have its say on the current consultation on the All-Island Strategic Rail Review, which closed on Friday, January 21. The consultation was launched by Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon in the North and Minister for Transport […]
Unique piece of railway history is uncovered in Ballinamallard garden!
AN HISTORICAL RAILWAY CABIN that once played an integral role in the local rail network is to be restored after lying in a Ballinamallard orchard for nearly 60 years.
Bring railways back to Fermanagh
The West Ulster Rail Initiative held a meeting recently in the Johnston Railway Museum in Darling Street, Enniskillen to decide effective ways of securing Ireland’s share of equal funding from the EU’s various rail connectivity programmes.
£638m railway link gets Council green light
THE PROPOSED PLAN for a £638m railway network in Fermanagh has been met with a positive response from local councillors.