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Map of Ireland's rail transport infrastructure, showing number of tracks, electrification and maximum speed. Below is a list of all passenger routes on the island of Ireland. Please note the following when examining routes: Services below usually, but not necessarily always, involve a change of trains. Changing points are shown in bold type.
Because of its complex layout it has a special place in railway lore: it is the only remaining railway junction in Ireland where two lines cross at a near-90-degree angle, the other being the "Dundalk Square" crossing near Dundalk. [7] [9] One route is the Dublin-Cork main line, while the other is the line from Limerick to Waterford. [10]
Farringdon has recently received significant upgrades to allow it to meet the needs of a series of major rail upgrade projects: The Thameslink Programme was a major upgrade to the existing north-south Thameslink route, enabling longer and more frequent trains, completed in 2018; and the Four Lines Modernisation involves the wholesale ...
The stations in the Republic of Ireland are generally operated by Iarnród Éireann and stations in Northern Ireland are generally operated by NI Railways. Information about stations in the Republic of Ireland is sourced from Irish Rail's API, while details for stations in Northern Ireland served by the Enterprise come from the same source.
Stradbally Woodland Railway, County Laois; Waterford Suir Valley Railway, County Waterford, running a narrow-gauge railway for 10 km (6.2 mi) from Kilmeaden Station along the former mainline route from Waterford to Mallow. It operates alongside the Waterford Greenway and is Ireland's longest heritage line. [citation needed]
Railway Opened Closed Length Notes Ballycastle Railway: 1880: 1950: 17 mi (27 km) Ballymena and Larne Railway: 1877: 1950: 36 mi (58 km) Ruling gradient: 1 in 36 Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway: 1875: 1940: 16 mi (26 km) Highest railway in Ireland at 1,045 ft (319 m) Bessbrook and Newry Tramway: 1885: 1948: 3 mi (4.8 km) Castlederg ...
The railway junctions at Blackfriars and Snow Hill in 1914. The original Thameslink rail network was created by joining the electrified network south of the Thames with the then recently electrified line between Bedford and St Pancras to the north via the Snow Hill tunnel, allowing passengers to travel between stations to the north and south of London, including Bedford, Luton Airport, Gatwick ...
In 1984, British Rail proposed using Snow Hill Tunnel as a bypass for the station; driver-only trains would run from Blackfriars to Farringdon and then on to Kings Cross, allowing passengers to skip the change of trains at Holborn Viaduct. [17] Holborn Viaduct station was temporarily closed on 18 August 1986, then re-opened on 30 August. [18]