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The Dublin Area Rapid Transit system (stylised as DART) is an electrified commuter rail railway network serving the coastline and city of Dublin, Ireland.The service makes up the core of Dublin's suburban railway network, stretching from Greystones, County Wicklow, in the south to Howth and Malahide in north County Dublin.
Connolly station (Irish: Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile) or Dublin Connolly is the busiest railway station in Dublin and Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network. On the North side of the River Liffey , it provides InterCity, Enterprise and commuter services to the north, north-west, south-east and south-west.
22059 passing Malahide in September 2015 A 2800 Class unit (2810) at Dublin Connolly in 2008. As of 2018, the majority of rolling stock used on the non-DART services are 29000 Class diesel multiple units, with 22000 Class DMUs in use on all South Western Commuter services and some Western and Northern Commuter services. The 29000 Class DMUs are ...
Howth is a two-platform terminal station. Due to the lack of a run-round or turntable facility, on the rare occasion that a locomotive-hauled train arrives (such as on a railtour), a second locomotive must follow the train light engine from Dublin to haul the train back from Howth.
DART services serve the station, as do all South Eastern Commuter (Dublin Connolly to Gorey) and Intercity (Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort) services. The typical service from the station (Monday to Friday off-peak) is: 2 trains per hour to Howth or Malahide via Bray Daly and Dublin Connolly; 4 trains per day to Rosslare Europort via Arklow
The station is served by the DART and Commuter services. Enterprise services pass from Dublin Connolly en route via Drogheda , Dundalk , Newry , Portadown , Lisburn , and Belfast Central . Connecting trains from Dublin Connolly link to Sligo , as well as Rosslare Europort and buses connect Dublin Connolly to Dublin Port for ferries to Holyhead ...
In 1975, CIÉ commissioned the "Dublin Rapid Rail Transportation Study" (DRRTS), [19] which recommended a four-phase plan including a prototypical Dart Underground: Phase 1 - Upgrade and electrify Howth – Bray (completed 1984 as the DART). Phase 2 - An underground line from Connolly to Heuston. Rapid Transit tracks Heuston to Clondalkin ...
All bus services operate from Monday to Friday, except for the Airport Connector Bus (102), which runs on weekends, linking the DART station to the airport. These services are managed by the private operator Go-Ahead Ireland under the Transport for Ireland brand.