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Map of Ireland's rail transport infrastructure, showing number of tracks, electrification and maximum speed. Below is a list of all passenger routes on the island of Ireland. Please note the following when examining routes: Services below usually, but not necessarily always, involve a change of trains. Changing points are shown in bold type.
The Farringdon Elizabeth line station was built as part of the Crossrail project. It lies between Farringdon and Barbican Underground stations and has interchanges with both of them. [24] Access at the Farringdon end is via the new Thameslink ticket hall. [25] Work was anticipated to be completed in 2018, [26] but the scheduled opening date was ...
Stradbally Woodland Railway, County Laois; 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]
The stations in the Republic of Ireland are generally operated by Iarnród Éireann and stations in Northern Ireland are generally operated by NI Railways. Information about stations in the Republic of Ireland is sourced from Irish Rail's API, while details for stations in Northern Ireland served by the Enterprise come from the same source.
The railway junctions at Blackfriars and Snow Hill in 1914. The original Thameslink rail network was created by joining the electrified network south of the Thames with the then recently electrified line between Bedford and St Pancras to the north via the Snow Hill tunnel, allowing passengers to travel between stations to the north and south of London, including Bedford, Luton Airport, Gatwick ...
In 1984, British Rail proposed using Snow Hill Tunnel as a bypass for the station; driver-only trains would run from Blackfriars to Farringdon and then on to Kings Cross, allowing passengers to skip the change of trains at Holborn Viaduct. [17] Holborn Viaduct station was temporarily closed on 18 August 1986, then re-opened on 30 August. [18]
Railway Opened Closed Length Notes Ballycastle Railway: 1880: 1950: 17 mi (27 km) Ballymena and Larne Railway: 1877: 1950: 36 mi (58 km) Ruling gradient: 1 in 36 Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway: 1875: 1940: 16 mi (26 km) Highest railway in Ireland at 1,045 ft (319 m) Bessbrook and Newry Tramway: 1885: 1948: 3 mi (4.8 km) Castlederg ...
The second (1993–c.2000) stretched approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west from the museum building on Foyle Road. The current owners of the museum have tentative plans to reopen the railway. Shane's Castle Railway was a tourist railway in the grounds of the castle which used preserved narrow gauge steam locomotives. It was 1.5 miles (2.4 ...