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1906 Viceregal Commission rail map of Ireland. The history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than that of Great Britain. By its peak in 1920, Ireland had 3,500 route miles (5,630 km). The current status is less than half that amount, with a large unserviced area around the border area between Northern Ireland and the ...
Rail transport in Ireland (InterCity, commuter and freight) is provided by Iarnród Éireann in the Republic of Ireland and by Northern Ireland Railways in Northern Ireland. Most routes in the Republic radiate from Dublin. Northern Ireland has suburban routes from Belfast and two main InterCity lines, to Derry and cross- border to Dublin.
Some of the main preserved or restored railways include: 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]
Official Railway Map of Ireland, ''Emslie, J and Emslie, W - Railway Clearing House - 1902 Official Railway Map of Ireland - Railway Clearing House - 1918 Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland - Baker, Stuart K - 1996, ISBN 0-86093-534-5
926 miles 25 chains (1,490.8 km) (1925) [1] The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR (I) or GNRI) was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) railway company in Ireland. It was formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW), Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway. The governments of Ireland and Northern Ireland ...
Map of areas of influence in Ireland c. 1450. From the late 12th century, the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland resulted in Anglo-Norman control of much of Ireland, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty. [2] [3] By the late Late Middle Ages, Anglo-Norman control was limited to an area around Dublin known as the Pale. [4]
4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge As built. Length. 8.41 miles (13.53 km) The Dublin and Kingstown Railway (D&KR), which opened in 1834, was Ireland 's first passenger railway. It linked Westland Row in Dublin with Kingstown Harbour (Dún Laoghaire) in County Dublin. The D&KR was also notable for a number of other achievements besides ...
History. Opened. 17 May 1847. (1847-05-17) Dublin and Drogheda Railway (D&D) was a railway company in Ireland which publicly opened its 31¾ mile main line between Dublin and Drogheda in May 1844. It was the third railway company in Ireland to operate passenger trains and the first to use the Irish standard 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) gauge.