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Iarnród Éireann is proposing that the central focus of investment plans for the national Intercity network in the revised transport investment programme be targeted at improving speeds on the country’s long-distance rail lines.

Iarnród Éireann is to begin works on the development of high speed train services in order to cut more than half an hour off the journey time for routes such as Galway to Dublin.

Iarnroid Eireann has been granted planning permission to construct a new railway station in Crusheen as part of developments to the Western Rail Corridor. Since it opened on March 30, 2010, the Galway to Limerick route has proved to be a resounding success accumulating more than 250,000 journeys. The addition of the station at Crusheen, along with a major commuter station at Oranmore, is expected to attract further custom to the route. It is expected that both new developments will open during the first half of next year.

Extra train services between Galway and Athenry will come into service next month to serve the county Galway commuter.

Planning permission has been granted by the Galway County Council for a train station in Oranmore, with a total of 10 conditions.

Iarnród Éireann has announced a new process for major rail schedule revisions which will ensure that customers have a say in timetable changes before they are formally adopted.

A decision by Irish Rail to permit the carriage of bicycles on off-peak Darts and commuter trains has been welcomed by the cycling public who up until now have been unable to bring their bicycles on trains.

The new morning bullet train service from Galway to Dublin is a major step towards people being able to travel from one city to the other in under two hours.

Kilkenny Railway Station will be looking to hold onto its title of Best Station in Leinster this year as the Iarnrod Eireann competition for best railway station reopens for voting for 2011.

Improvements to the rail service between Westport and Dublin will take 12 minutes off the journey, meaning it will take just three hours and 23 minutes to arrive at the capital.