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All Aboard Again? The Campaign to Bring the Train Back to Youghal
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Passenger trains haven’t run to Youghal since 1987, but a growing local movement says it’s time to put them back on track.
PJ Coogan spoke with Michael Beecher, chair of the East Cork Railway Alliance, about the group’s rapid growth, thousands-strong petitions, and the mounting frustration over gridlocked roads on the N25.
Campaigners believe the return of the Cork–Youghal line could transform travel for East Cork and West Waterford.
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