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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.
Map of Ireland's rail transport infrastructure, showing number of tracks, electrification and maximum speed. The Enterprise route (Dublin to Belfast) is well regarded. However, it is only double track and serves both local and intermediate Commuter as well as InterCity traffic. Hence any delay has knock-on effects.
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 to Sligo main 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.
This route is used for both passenger and freight services, as well as rolling stock movements to the main Iarnród Éireann works at Inchicore, just south of Heuston. It is occasionally also used for special passenger services to Dublin Connolly, usually for Gaelic games events at Croke Park .
The Northern Ireland section of the line was also upgraded to 90 mph running on many sections of the line. [citation needed] Today the journey times vary between 2 hours 5 minutes (with four intermediate stops) and 2 hours 20 minutes (with six intermediate stops), [4] with an average speed of 93 and 84 km/h (58 and 52 mph) respectively.
Northern: This route operates from Dublin to Dundalk, with its central terminus at Dublin Connolly. The route is shared as far as Malahide with the DART service. The trains run on the Dublin–Belfast line. South Eastern: This route operates from Dublin to Gorey, with its terminus at Connolly Station, and is shared with the DART as far as ...
In 2000, the government of the Republic of Ireland developed a National Development Plan, which has seen major investment in infrastructure.Almost the entire railway network, including the Belfast–Dublin line as far as the border, has been upgraded to continuous welded rail, while signalling is controlled using the Centralised Traffic Control system located at Dublin Connolly station.