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To this end, IÉ plans to purchase a significant number of new ICR vehicles – an initial purchase of 41 will be made for delivery in 2021, comprising three new trains, with the remainder planned as intermediate vehicles to lengthen existing units. The deal for the new vehicles is intended to include options for up to 40 further vehicles. [21]
To allow clearance tests and driver training to commence in advance of the delivery of the main order of 201s, it was decided to transport the first locomotive, number 201, to Dublin by air. An Antonov An-124 was used to transport the locomotive from London, Ontario to Dublin Airport , arriving on Thursday 9 June 1994. [ 1 ]
Irish name English name Coordinates Location Castlerock: Northern Ireland: Portrush: Northern Ireland: Coleraine: Northern Ireland: Dhu Varren: Northern Ireland
There are a number of museums, most concerned with the 3 ft (914 mm) gauge, and restored railway stations around Ireland: Belturbet Railway Station, County Cavan, which is restored as a museum and has several items of rolling stock. [21] Castlerea Railway Museum, formerly Hell's Kitchen Railway Museum, in County Roscommon.
The station is on the Dublin to Westport Line. Passengers to or from Galway will need to travel to Athlone and change trains. Passengers to or from Ballina and Foxford will need travel to Manulla Junction and change trains. [2]
Iarnrod Eireann Network Statement 2011, retrieved 13 March 2011 Timetable Alterations: Valid From 13 December 2010, retrieved 13 March 2011 New Public Consultation Process for Rail Timetable Changes, retrieved 13 March 2011 onward link to timetable PDF broken
Number of tracks: Double track (Dublin Connolly–Maynooth) Single track with passing loops (Maynooth–Sligo) Character: Secondary: Track gauge: 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) Irish gauge: Electrification: Not electrified: Operating speed: 121 km/h (75 mph)
Córas Iompair Éireann (Irish for 'Irish Transport System'), or CIÉ, is a statutory corporation of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport within the Republic of Ireland and jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (which trades as Translink), for the railway service between Dublin and Belfast ...