Great update and hopefully when it’s finished it’ll be a raging success and more can be reinstated 👍🏻🏴
@alantuite4592 сағат бұрын
As always, excellent footage well done...be wonderful to see trains 🚆 going under them, old bridges again...I hope this is the start of opening all our closed railways 🛤
@liamlonergan86224 сағат бұрын
Fantastic video
@seanhayes469316 сағат бұрын
Great to see it
@tomfitzpatrick733516 сағат бұрын
I hope that whoever is living in adares station are all good with the line being redone besides their home and that they know that Irish rail is doing the right thing with the line
@dronehawk16 сағат бұрын
Same for Askeaton , both have young kids living there , must be a worry there's gonna be live trains passing inches from the door .
@tomfitzpatrick733515 сағат бұрын
@@dronehawk speaking of which, I hope these kids are train enthusiasts too It must be really cool to be living beside a railway line and to watch trains passing your house all the time. Just as long as they know the dangers of trespassing on the tracks
@barneymagee328520 сағат бұрын
Very interesting , but why all this effort to a place that seems to have nothing of interest.
@dronehawk16 сағат бұрын
Dunno but theyre building a new motorway to it as well
@tomfitzpatrick733516 сағат бұрын
Do you think this new motorway is a good idea@@dronehawk
@dronehawk3 сағат бұрын
Cant see how the railway can compete with the railway.@tomfitzpatrick7335
@noelkelly3223Күн бұрын
God bless the works I can't wait to see it finished 🙏 😊
@stuartlast8156Күн бұрын
It will be a treat to see it when its completed, hope to see some trains eventually, thanks again for bringing this to us all 👏👏👍
@ArcadiaJunctionModelTrainsКүн бұрын
The world's longest siding. No customers. No yard. No loops. No nothing.
@TheHoveHereticКүн бұрын
Are you claiming no business case for the investment? I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest IR aren't in the business of splashing out on a whim. BTW, The Uckfield Turnback is rather longer. 🙂
@dronehawkКүн бұрын
From the port road to the buffer stops will be double tracked with cross over points , so the track nearest the port will be available for freight on/off loads . What actual freight remains to be seen.
@andrewogrady811723 сағат бұрын
Freight from where to where
@odunadhaigh22 сағат бұрын
Some customers would be hesitant about signing up for a railway that doesn't yet exist. Loops and yards will, in part, be configured to the needs of customers. In any case you provide no evidence that there are no customers.
@vishalsinghal823020 сағат бұрын
I believe Foynes port has an agreement with Rotterdam port for supply green hydrogen produced in Ireland to the mainland.
@Flying_ShamrockКүн бұрын
Thanks for this looks like therr making good progress
@RedKnight-fn6jrКүн бұрын
Great to see real industry in Ireland!
@liamfoley92152 күн бұрын
Very good, thanks!
@noelcahill67072 күн бұрын
The line should be re opened to femoy
@Paul-sh5nq2 күн бұрын
and there was me thinking it they were just going to be building the Adare Bypass. Is this going to be the N21 or the N69 post construction? and is it Dual Carriageway?
@dronehawk2 күн бұрын
It's really the other way round , they're extending the motorway to Foynes , just happens they have to bypass Adare in the process
@JDoe-ne3cr3 күн бұрын
Does anyone know what kind of freight will be on this line? I'm guessing liners to Waterford and Dublin?
@dronehawk3 күн бұрын
No , nobody knows . And It won't be container traffic as Foynes doesn't have Gantry Cranes .
@martinwalsh32284 күн бұрын
Parts of the railway line not greenway should be reopened to trains.
@farmerjimmy74534 күн бұрын
Great videos why did they bother doing the rail when they are also upgrading the road to fyones is there a need for it 🤔
@dronehawk4 күн бұрын
Good question, can the rail compete cost wise now that a motorway will connect Foynes . The Dublin to Cork motorway killed off freight traffic in Cork
@martinwalsh32284 күн бұрын
Railway line should reopen on time for Easter in 2025 as it's late.
@martinwalsh32284 күн бұрын
Part of railway line not greenway will be reopened to trains.
@patwalsh79635 күн бұрын
Great work
@paulfitz1015 күн бұрын
That’s great stuff. The dedication and time to do that is amazing
@dronehawk23 сағат бұрын
Thanks for that . Yes few realise the many many hours these take to capture and edit
@seanhayes46935 күн бұрын
Great to work on the ground to get itfinished looking Forward to finish the line
@jaybeecork6 күн бұрын
That drone is way out of your line of sight. Thats giving drone operators a bad name
@dronehawk6 күн бұрын
I only lost sight when flying a few feet above the river beds .At that altitude there's no risk to planes persons or property . It was late evening work had stopped for the day. All other shots were line of sight. There's far worse than me out out there . Go troll some one else
@jaybeecork6 күн бұрын
@@dronehawk I'm not trolling, you commented on my videos before with advice. I'm just returning the favour. There is no way you had line of sight up alongside SuperValu. Just letting you know for yours and others safety.
@dronehawk4 күн бұрын
Yes , i lost sight rounding the bend , but considering Im not flying over people or that there's any possibility of an encountering a aircraft at this altitude I did stray briefly beyond line of sight . lt happens. I'm sure you agree it not as risky as flying well over 1500 feet in a zone where the legal limit is only 150 feet in a area where aircraft are liable to be. While I am happy you now have embraced the drone rules so much I see you haven't put up any new videos of your own recently. Have you stopped flying ? I have got my fair share of criticism when I was first starting out and did some stupid shit myself. @jaybeecork
@tomfitzpatrick73356 күн бұрын
I can see more of the railway line being done more here
@mikegalvin3616 күн бұрын
Great work, it was criminal to pull up the West Limerick/North Kerry railway line, its now its needed, and when you think of the hard work and slavery these men went through with picks and shovels over a 150 years ago.
@mikegalvin3616 күн бұрын
Wow, a fantastic achievement, and an even bigger achievement to those men who constructed the railway with picks and shovels in the 1800s.
@batcollins37146 күн бұрын
😅Been following your brilliant videos. I live between Rathkeale and Ballingrane Station so I pass the road and rail works daily, just saw the tracks going through Ballingrane station a few hours ago. As a child I used to take the train from Ballingrane to Foynes to the annual Foynes Regatta. Thank you so much for your hard work and great videos. Also love the new bridge in Killaloo/Ballina video.👍👍
@Clareladd6 күн бұрын
Great video Very interesting
@stuartlast81566 күн бұрын
Excellent video quality, thank you !
@stephenfoster72576 күн бұрын
At this rate of progress the Foynes line will be making profit before HS2 does
@yant87777 күн бұрын
Excellent video sir,clearly a lot of work put into it.Thank you.A lot of people making incorrect statements here about farmers 'stealing back' the line.This is incorrect,the permanent way was sold back to farmers in the late 1990's as Dronehawk himself has mentioned.
@markhealy936117 сағат бұрын
Correct. And that will presumably make a greenway uber expensive in this instance.
@landengineer17 күн бұрын
Lot of fine farms going to be ruined again.
@colum96757 күн бұрын
Any chance of seeing a Horgans Quay update soon? Thanks!
@dronehawk7 күн бұрын
Try and swing by next week, see if much has changed
@Bluetone36876 күн бұрын
@@dronehawkwaiting for you to fly over Celtic Interconnecter
@LimerickWarrior18 күн бұрын
Now all they need is a road linking Fermoy and Mallow. What's there is a disgrace.
@finbarrcorcoran93428 күн бұрын
Glanmire was a beautiful little village about 30 years ago.Now its a building site.sad.
@dronehawk8 күн бұрын
Can't move in ANY direction lately without hitting road works .
@juliancasandre22868 күн бұрын
Youghal to Dungarven must be, to connect Cork with Waterford.
@dronehawk8 күн бұрын
There's a giant hill between the two , which is why the railway never went beyond Youghal. Even if they put a greenway in , it be too steep for most cyclists, except the lycra clad crowd.
@jascollinscork9 күн бұрын
Ya great video of the old line!! Amazing how much of it farmers or builders have just taken OR even built on 😏🙄 the Viaducts are some feat of engineering 🤯🤯🤯 wonder what the fermoy one looks like!! Hope you get to 🎥 down to Dungarvan, would love to see how the bridge at Cappaquinn looks from the air as it’s a long low bridge 🤔🤔
@yant87777 күн бұрын
It was legally sold back to farmers/land owners in the late 1990's
@landengineer17 күн бұрын
Not taken. Bought fair and square.
@MasterJaggins9 күн бұрын
1:10 laaaaad
@pumpkinflipper57519 күн бұрын
John 3:16
@dronehawk9 күн бұрын
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” I don't see the relevance ?
@stuartlast81569 күн бұрын
Quite a scheme going on there, let's hope it works ! Thanks for sharing with us 👏
@dronehawk9 күн бұрын
Me too , I live there
@RailsandSky9 күн бұрын
Excellent. It must have taken you many hours and days to film this.
@dronehawk9 күн бұрын
Yes , there's a lot hours put into this
@markcampbell-hd3wv10 күн бұрын
Hopefully this greenway won't happen.Most of the line has been incorporated into farms and residences.The Waterford greenway was untouched...it was a simple matter of tarmacing the old trackbed. Not the case between Mallow to Dungarvan.
@dronehawk9 күн бұрын
You are Correct, they're are many homes now on the former track bed. You don't see these in the video as I avoid flying over people's homes as much as possible.
@briancollier514510 күн бұрын
I have cycled the Waterford to Dungarvan greenway and this route looks like a great addition to it, along with providing a route to attract cyclists from around the world (although I was born in Dublin, I know live on the west coast of Canada).
@Georgeconna3210 күн бұрын
A lot of green will be removed by a greenaway. Should never of been abandoned.
@shanecole920210 күн бұрын
That's fabulous footage along the old rail corridor and of what remains of the infrastructure. However its sad to see how people have built upon the trackbed and the fact that government in conjunction with Irish rail sold off this 'small but historically significant' piece of land.
@PaddyAtLarge10 күн бұрын
Great work as always. Looking forward to the next one!
@finbarrcorcoran934210 күн бұрын
Never gonna happen,farmers have reclaimed most of it.Same with cork to macroom.
@treborsirrah791610 күн бұрын
"reclaimed",is that how you spell stolen
@dronehawk10 күн бұрын
To be fair , when the railway closes , the land upon which it ran is sold back to the original land owners probably at a cheap price.
@myscene201010 күн бұрын
Large sections of Cork Macroom now submerged underwater by the Lee Resevoir. It is why the line closed in 1953. Was uneconomic to realign it at the time.
@teddyturner14309 күн бұрын
@@dronehawk yes my family are farming next to the carrig viaduct which is shown in the video and my grandfather said it was sold to him
@johnkennedy805910 күн бұрын
Always amazes at the amount of the permanent way "acquired" by landowners along these proposed greenway routes
@dronehawk10 күн бұрын
Not acquired, sold back to them by the railway
@maevemcg437410 күн бұрын
Excellent video.
@stuartlast815610 күн бұрын
Super video, thanks for sharing with us, always great to see 👏 wouldn't it be great if the railway could be reinstated, bit of a pipe dream but hey ho 👍
@dronehawk10 күн бұрын
Never happen for the same reason it closed , it's easier to go to Waterford via limerick junction