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Journey times have reduced from over 60 minutes in the 2016 timetable to 53 minutes in the 2023 timetable. The North Tipperary Community Rail Partnership (NTCRP) has criticised the lack of services provided on the line. Other criticisms have come from communities on the line over the 'skeleton' service provided on the line. [2]
The Dublin-Westport/Galway line is a major railway route from Dublin to Galway or Westport, County Mayo.The line is part of the greater intercity rail network formed by branches of the main line between Dublin and Cork.
InterCity services have been operated by 22000 Class DMUs since December 2007, the Dublin-Sligo route being the first in the whole of Ireland to get the new trains. [10] They replaced the interim use of 29000 Class Commuter DMUs, which had been introduced to these services in 2005, having in turn replaced locomotive-hauled stock.
The journey time between Limerick and Galway is just under 2 hours and there are 5 trains each way daily. The line has seen some growth, with the Irish Times reporting that from 2013 to 2014, "the western rail corridor saw a 72.5 per cent increase from 29,000 to 50,000 journeys through the Ennis–Athenry section of the line", which was partly ...
Both languages remained part of the official company name ("Iarnród Éireann – Irish Rail"). In January 2013, a new logo was introduced with a new bilingual branding; it made its first appearance in early January on online timetables, before officially launching on the 21st. [5] In late 2013 the logo was updated again with a new font. [6]
Although electrification of the entire line was proposed within Iarnród Éireann's 2030 Rail Network Strategy Review between 2020 and 2025, [7] [8] this did not occur. The company's Strategy 2027 only mentions electrification of the line as a "first phase of InterCity electrification" without giving any date. [ 9 ]
Portlaoise railway station is a station on the Dublin to Cork/Limerick lines in Ireland. It is also the terminus for the South Western Commuter also called the Portlaoise Commuter Line which forms part of the Dublin Suburban Rail network in the commuter belt for Dublin.
The Western Railway Corridor is a term, used since c. 2003, for a partly disused railway line running through the west of Ireland.Currently two sections of the line, from Limerick via Ennis to Athenry and from Collooney to Sligo, see regular services, with other sections either closed or only technically classed as open.