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I THINK I may have had a part in the closure of the Limerick-to- Galway rail line, 34 years ago. In 1976, when the last train travelled that line, I was a clerk in the Goods Office of Claremorris railway station, where my daily workload involved compiling data that was almost certainly used to justify the closure.
Part of the goods clerk's job involved drawing up a monthly survey called the 953 (nine-fivethree) and no, I have no idea what it signified; I never thought to ask. Rail and road were different departments, with independent accounting systems, administered by a common clerical staff. The purpose of the 953 was to allocate revenues for goods transaction between road and rail. If a consignment of cement was sent from Limerick to Ballinrobe, it would come by rail to Claremorris, with the final delivery made by road.See the full content of this document
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A Talent for Getting It All Wrong [Eire Region]
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