West=On=Track
The West on Track
Campaign
Established in May 2003, West=On=Track is a
community-based campaign in the towns, villages and cities
of the West of Ireland aimed at re-opening the Western Rail
Corridor, a passenger and freight railway line which runs
from Sligo to Limerick, and one of the single most valuable
pieces of infrastructure in the whole island of Ireland.
There are currently West=On=Track affiliated groups or
committees in over 30 towns and cities in the west of
Ireland.
The WRC
Campaign
The WRC campaign is supported
by over 100,000 citizens' signatures; 12 Western County and
City Development Boards; all west coast local authorities; 3
regional authorities; The Council for the West; Shannon
Development; the Western Development Commission; The Border
Midlands and West Regional Assembly; National University of
Ireland Galway, 3,377 Community and Voluntary organizations,
members of the Community and Voluntary Forum along the West
coast; all the Dáil represented political parties;
all west coast Chambers of Commerce; ICTU in the West; IFA;
IDA; Ireland West Tourism, Local Development
Agencies.
The Western Rail Corridor (WRC) belongs, in the first
instance, to the people of the west and its re-opening will
herald the beginning of a new era in transport and
development in the whole western region.
Communities throughout the region and rail campaigners
all over Ireland are actively seeking the support of every
citizen of our country for this project. The people of the
East of Ireland are finding their daily lives more difficult
as a result of unbalanced development and are increasingly
coming to the view that population growth and development
need to be more evenly distributed. Projects like the WRC
will create a situation where many towns can be developed as
a balance to the current situation, giving respite to those
in the East and a choice to those who seek to live
elsewhere.
Fr Micheál MacGréil gives the
green flag to the
WOT campaign at Claremorris station. Pic: Karl
Keaney
OPEN THE WESTERN RAIL CORRIDOR
NOW
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