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It starts in Dublin Connolly station, terminating at Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station in Sligo. The route is a double-track railway as far as Maynooth, being a single-track railway with passing loops between there and Sligo. Between Dublin and Longford, the line is served by the Western Commuter service, part of the Dublin Suburban Rail ...
Longford is the terminus of Iarnród Éireann's Dublin Connolly–Longford Commuter service, and is also a stop on the Dublin Connolly–Sligo InterCity service. Longford is approximately 91 kilometres (57 mi) from Sligo and 122 kilometres (76 mi) from Dublin. Journeys to the capital by rail generally take about an hour and three quarters.
They are used on key InterCity services between Dublin and Limerick, Galway, Waterford, Westport and Tralee. Twenty-five 4-car sets – These mostly operate on their own or with a 3-car unit. They serve lesser-used InterCity services and most Dublin to Sligo and Rosslare services. Twenty-eight 3-car sets – These mostly operate in pairs.
Dublin – Ballyshannon: J5 – J6, J9 – J10 Lucan to Coralstown, Mullingar: Dublin – Sligo: J8 – J11 M4 Junction 11 to east of Athlone; west of Athlone to Galway: Dublin – Galway J15 – J16 Naas to Limerick. Dublin – Limerick J18 – J21 M7 Junction 19 (c. 15 km south-west of Portlaoise) to Cork. Dublin – Cork J1 – J3, J14 – J17
The first 22000 Class train entered service on 18 December 2007 on the service to Sligo. [1] These DMUs now operate all Dublin-Sligo, Dublin-Tralee and Dublin-Limerick services, as well as all Dublin-Westport services and Dublin-Galway, Dublin-Waterford and Mallow/Cork-Tralee services. The final deliveries of the 22000 Class took place in 2012.
There are also connections in Dromod with the Dublin-Sligo railway line two-hourly frequency train service to Sligo from Dublin Connolly. The road is 40 km (25 mi) long. The road is 40 km (25 mi) long.
The Bus Éireann service from Sligo to Dublin and Dublin airport stops in Newtownforbes with approximately 5 services each way, one of which is overnight. Journeytime to Dublin is typically under 3 hours. Local Link route LR12 has a bus on Friday to/from Longford town as at 2024. [10]
In 2008 Bus Éireann stated that they also intended to develop similar services to the 24-hour Dublin-Belfast route on the following routes: Donegal-Dublin, Ballina-Dublin, Sligo-Dublin and Drogheda-Balbriggan-Dublin Airport-Dublin. [4] Due to the post-2008 economic downturn in Ireland these plans were never realised. On 20 January 2009, Bus ...