The funeral cortège of Daniel Cullen making its way to Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Steelstown for the 18-year-old’s Requiem Mass.
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Derry's railway station
The revival of the rail line between Derry and Portadown is one of a series of major proposals that will be presented to the irish government today.
The proposal is one of 30 recommendations made in the draft report of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review.
The restoration of a line from Derry to Portadown and on to Letterkenny would "link the large towns of Strabane, Omagh and Dungannon to the rail network" and "greatly improve intercity connectivity" from the north west to Belfast and Dublin, the report says.
Costs would be split between the two jurisdictions, with Northern Ireland taking a 25% share. The review cannot be formally published until a Stormont minister is in place to sign it off.
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP has said that the All Island Strategic Rail Review represents a once in a generation opportunity to restore rail infrastructure across the North.
Mr Eastwood was speaking ahead of the publication of the review draft commissioned by SDLP Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon and Irish Transport Minister Eamon Ryan in 2021.
“I am particularly glad that the restoration of rail from Letterkenny to Derry and on to Portadown is a key recommendation of the review.
"The withdrawal of rail services in the West has left substantial scars on communities here that have never healed because the promised investment in roads infrastructure was abandoned for decades. This plan is a rededication to people in the West," the Foyle MP said.
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