Colm Joyce, what a great guy. One of the old school railwaymen in the North West. I cannot believe I'm writing this in his memory, it's not sunk in. Before I go into things, take a look at the photo. Colm catches the token at Castlerock, that's the token he secured through his passion to protect his railway.
As it's been widely said, the man put his own job on the line to save the railway network of the North West. Alot has to be said for someone who has a young family at home, has a mortgage and he's publicly disputing the proposals by ministers and management to reduce and potentially close the services on the 'Derry line that would have no doubt have an impact on people's ability to travel for work, seeing loved ones, attending hospital appointments and had this gone ahead, there would have been jobs at risk.
For a railway employee to put so much effort into a campaign about protecting the railways that spells one thing to me. Colm Joyce cared about all of us. He cared and loved everything about his railway network, his job, his colleagues and most of all like many of you know, he cared about his family. He was passionate and self motivated to protect everyone around him. If your reading this and you travel / work on the railway, you'll know that the Derry line has jumped through the roof in passenger numbers so much that in the period from April 2018 to March 2019, 3,018,600 passengers were carried on the Derry line which is a record for the first time ever in history.
That's because of Colm Joyce. Thank you Colm for the positive and major impact you have instigated, progressed and secured during your lifetime. God bless you CJ, rest easy, you will be sorely missed my friend.
Colm Joyce, what a great guy. One of the old school railwaymen in the North West. I cannot believe I'm writing this in his memory, it's not sunk in. Before I go into things, take a look at the photo. Colm catches the token at Castlerock, that's the token he secured through his passion to protect his railway.
As it's been widely said, the man put his own job on the line to save the railway network of the North West. Alot has to be said for someone who has a young family at home, has a mortgage and he's publicly disputing the proposals by ministers and management to reduce and potentially close the services on the 'Derry line that would have no doubt have an impact on people's ability to travel for work, seeing loved ones, attending hospital appointments and had this gone ahead, there would have been jobs at risk.
For a railway employee to put so much effort into a campaign about protecting the railways that spells one thing to me. Colm Joyce cared about all of us. He cared and loved everything about his railway network, his job, his colleagues and most of all like many of you know, he cared about his family. He was passionate and self motivated to protect everyone around him. If your reading this and you travel / work on the railway, you'll know that the Derry line has jumped through the roof in passenger numbers so much that in the period from April 2018 to March 2019, 3,018,600 passengers were carried on the Derry line which is a record for the first time ever in history.
That's because of Colm Joyce. Thank you Colm for the positive and major impact you have instigated, progressed and secured during your lifetime. God bless you CJ, rest easy, you will be sorely missed my friend.
