This morning.
Via Iarnród Éirean
We have unveiled details of the emerging preferred option for DART+ Coastal North, the latest phase of the transformative DART+ Programme, which will dramatically increase train service frequency and capacity in the Greater Dublin Area.
DART+ Coastal North will extend the DART from Malahide to Drogheda with an increased and improved electrified network, and allow more trains to run, and more commuters switch to public transport, between Drogheda and Dublin City Centre, including Howth to Howth Junction.
Meanwhile, it promises to deliver:
A more than doubling of service and passenger capacity from Drogheda to the city centre by increasing the number of trains from 11 to 24 and capacity for commuters from 12500 – 26600 per 3 hour peak period.
Public consultation here
hope they can improve the commuter experience. I’d hate to be making that trip 5 days a week
If the DART trains start replacing the regular diesel trains running north to Drogheda, that sounds alright, more reusable energy being implemented etc. If that is the case, those diesel trains can be kept for longer Intercity journeys as they are far more comfortable than the DART.
Anyone opening a slate?
tis 2022 now, so I’m going to say 2036 for the ribbon cutting
and for the E/W bet, a +200% or more budget overrun
For the bonus line
8 appearances before PAC
a copy of ‘an idiot’s guide to railways’ was seen poking out of dinny o’brien’s manbag recently.
So the DART will soon* take us to Louth:
Iarnród Éireann must surely be proud.
But if a certain clientele,
Are still raising hell,
I think I’ll be avoiding that crowd.
*’Soon’ is a relative concept here.
Drogheda has already got rail,
So it seems like an epic fail,
Not to prioritize Navan,
(with bus feeders from Cavan)
Plainly seen by those who read braille
With Drogheda et al on the dort line…
Property price increases incoming. ;-)