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The Dublin–Sligo railway line is a railway route operated by Iarnród Éireann in Ireland. 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.
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.
A resignalling project in Dublin increases the ability of Iarnród Éireann to run 12 to 20 trains per hour in both directions through the Howth Junction to Grand Canal Dock line, which caters for Howth DARTs, Malahide DARTs, Northern Commuter trains, Belfast Enterprise services, Sligo InterCity and Maynooth Commuter services, as well as other ...
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.
Subsequently, the project was included as one of the projects approved under Tranche II of the PPP Roads programme as announced by the NRA in June 2000. The project involved the construction of 39 km of motorway from Kinnegad to Kilcock and is an extension of the Kilcock-Maynooth-Leixlip motorway on the N4/N6 Sligo/Galway to Dublin route. The ...
The route begins at Kilfree Junction at milepost 112½ (181.1 km) on the Dublin-Sligo line. Branch line trains have their own platform. Freight and special trains from Sligo can enter the branch without reversing. The branch curves off from the main line on an embankment and goes down steeply to milepost 2(3.2 km).
On 18 December 2009 the M6 was opened (Dublin-Galway direct). [9] It is 194 km (120 miles) of motorway. The M9 (linking Dublin to Carlow) was opened on Monday 21 December 2009 and was expanded in March 2010 to link Dublin to Waterford directly. The M9 was fully completed with the opening of the Carlow to Knocktopher section on 9 September 2010.
This is a route-map template for the Dublin–Sligo railway line, a railway in the Republic of Ireland.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.