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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.
This service is the newest Dublin DART/Commuter line. It was launched in 1994 as the "Arrow" service, shortly after the delivery of the then Arrow-branded 2600 Class railcars. Cherry Orchard, Clondalkin, Hazelhatch and Celbridge and Sallins and Naas stations were opened on the same day, although stations had previously existed on some of these ...
The Dublin–Rosslare railway line features both DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) services, commuter services and intercity trains, each operating at different intervals. On the electrified DART section between Dublin Connolly and Greystones, trains typically run every 10 minutes during peak hours on weekdays, approximately from 06:50 to 20:00 ...
The north–south route along Dublin's eastern coastal side is also host to DART, Ireland's only electrified heavy-rail service. The DART consists of many types of trains, the oldest and most famous one being the 8100 Class which still operates, now extensively refurbished. [citation needed] A DART 8520 Class arriving at Connolly Station
The DART system was opened in July 1984 and like all other rail service in Dublin, it suffers from overcrowding at rush hours, with expansion plans proposed to increase its capacity by 40% to 30,000 passengers by 2035. [9] [10] Plans for a proposed DART Underground project, to include a tunnel under Dublin City Centre, were shelved in 2011. [11]
Commuter (Irish: Comaitéir) is a brand of suburban rail services operated by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland, serving the cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway. This brand is distinct from the longer distance InterCity brand, and Dublin's higher frequency DART brand. Most Commuter services share a track with InterCity services.
DART Underground (Irish: DART Faoi Thalamh), [5] also known as the Interconnector or DART+ Tunnel, is a proposed mainline-rail tunnel in Dublin, Ireland. [6] First proposed in 1972, [ 7 ] as of 2021 [update] it was not funded or scheduled.
The station was reopened with the electrification of Dublin suburban rail services - launched as the DART. [ 3 ] The station was also re-opened with a one-off temporary platform for Queen Victoria 's first visit to Ireland in 1849 when she and her entourage traveled by special train from Kingstown to Sandymount before continuing by horse ...