Iarnród Éireann has commenced a major accessibility upgrade at Boyle Train Station.
The works include:
- The provision of a new footbridge over the railway, which will feature two 13 person lifts.
- Remedial works to platform 1 & 2.
- Redesign and marking of existing accessible car parking spaces adjacent to the station building.
- Upgrade of station lighting adjacent to the station building and new footbridge.
- Improvements to accessible wayfinding signage and installation of tactile signage; including a tactile map at the station entrance.
- Provision of help points and induction loops, connecting to the existing public address system.
- Significant upgrade to the toilet facilities.
During the construction period, carparking at the station will be reduced to facilitate construction. It is anticipated that the construction will be completed by simmer 2026.
Separate to this, planning applications are expected to be lodged this summer for similar accessibility upgrades at Roscommon and Castlerea funded by the National Transport Authority, an integral element of Iarnrod Éireann’s ongoing investment programme is to continuously improve accessibility of its stations and services
The company’s Disability Users Group provides direct input from disability representative bodies and users of rail services in developing accessibility programmes and projects.
Under DART+, the new DART+ fleet, which is currently in its testing and commissioning phase, with the first sets entering service next year, there will have a retractable step at every door to address the gap between the train and the platform. This will facilitate independent access for the vast majority of mobility impaired customers.
