The Dublin Suburban Rail network (now branded DART/Commuter) is a railway network that serves the city of Dublin, Ireland, aswell as most of the Greater Dublin Area. Some towns even furter afield are also served for commuters. The system is made up of five lines - WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Greater Dublin Area (GDA) is a loosely defined term which is used to describe the city of Dublin and the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Kildare, Meath, South Dublin and Wicklow of the Republic of Ireland. ...

• Northern Commuter - Dublin Pearse to Dundalk.
• South Eastern Commuter - Dublin Connolly to Wicklow.
• South Western Commuter - Dublin Heuston to Kildare.
• Western Commuter - Dublin Pearse to Longford.
• Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) - Greystones to Howth/Malahide.

The lines are owned and operated by Iarnród Éireann, however the Luas (light rail) system is not officially part of this network, and is not operated by Iarnród Éireann. Dublin Pearse, commonly called Pearse station, is located on Westland Row in the Southside in Dublin is a DART and Intercity railway station owned by Coras Iompair Eireann. ... Dundalk railway station serves Dundalk in County Louth, Ireland. ... Dublin Connolly, commonly called Connolly station, is one of the main railway stations in Dublin, Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network. ... Wicklow railway station Serves the town of Wicklow in County Wicklow Category: ... Dublin Heuston, commonly called Heuston station, is located in Dublin, Ireland is one of the countrys main railway stations, serving the south, southwest and west of Ireland. ... Kildare railway station is a railway station in Kildare. ... Dublin Pearse, commonly called Pearse station, is located on Westland Row in the Southside in Dublin is a DART and Intercity railway station owned by Coras Iompair Eireann. ... Longford railway station serves the town of Longford in County Longford Category: ... An 8200 Class DART unit, Iarnród Éireann 8203, at Grand Canal Dock station in 2001 Some DART trains feature these LED route describers - green indicates the route which has already been travelled, orange the route expected to be followed and flashing red the next station. ... Greystones railway station Serves Greystones in County Wicklow Category: ... Howth railway station serves Howth Head and the town of Howth in County Dublin [edit] External links Station information from irishrail. ... Malahide railway station Serves Malahide in County Dublin Category: ... 1994: Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann (IÉ; in English Irish Rail), is the national passenger railway system in Ireland. ... Luas (Irish for speed), also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, currently encompasses two unconnected on-street light rail lines in Dublin, Ireland. ... 1994: Iarnród Éireann Iarnród Éireann (IÉ; in English Irish Rail), is the national passenger railway system in Ireland. ...

Service frequency

Services run from approxemtely 06:00-23:30. Services are frequent on the DART line (usually every 15-20 minutes off peak, and even more frequent at peak times). Services are also frequent at peak times on the Maynooth and Northern lines (approximetely every fifteen minutes). However off-peak services on the Maynoth and Northern lines can be as infrequent as hourly, and occasionally greater. Service frequency on Sundays is even less.

Services are less frequent on the South Western line, however there are trains approxemetely hourly. The South Eastern line is the least frequent, with only four trains a day at present.

Rolling Stock

As of 2006, the majority of rolling stock used on the non-DART services on the network are IÉ 2900 Class diesel multiple units, with IÉ 2600 Class, IE 2700 Class, and IÉ 2800 Class DMUs also in use for some services. The Class 2900 DMUs are fitted with interior LEDs and automated information systems. Locomotive hauled services are no longer generally used on DART/Commuter services, although these (typically British Railways Mark 1 trains, the "Cravens") were a feature prior to the delivery of the Class 2800 DMUs in the early 2000s. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Diesel multiple units (DMUs) are regional rail cars which contain both passenger accommodations and propulsion. ... DMU 2751 in Colbert Station, 2006 The 2700 Class is a type of two car Diesel Multiple Unit used by Iarnród Éireann. ... Corridor Third (TK) M24018 at Derby, 1951 Brake Second open (BSO) E9201 Sleeper Second E2555. ...

Northern Commuter

Stations served - Dublin Pearse, Tara Street, Dublin Connolly, Howth Junction, Portmarnock, Malahide, Donabate, Rush and Lusk, Skerries, Balbriggan, Gormanston, Laytown, Drogheda, Dundalk.

Dunleer and/or Drogheda North have been mooted as possible additional stations. The track is shared with Dublin-Belfast Enterprise services, and shared with DART services as far as Malahide. The bridge at Drogheda is single track which may hinder high frequency services in the long term. The halt at Mosney is no longer used due to the ending of the holiday camp there. Pearse Station, located on Westland Row in the Southside in Dublin is a DART and Intercity railway station owned by Coras Iompair Eireann. ... Tara Street railway station, May 2006 Tara Street is the busiest railway station in Ireland, with over 25,000 passengers using it daily. ... Connolly Station is one of the main railway stations in Dublin, Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network. ... Howth Junction railway station serves the area of Howth Junction where the Dublin-Belfast railway line meets here. ... Portmarnock railway station Serves Portmarnock in County Dublin Category: ... Malahide railway station Serves Malahide in County Dublin Category: ... Donabate railway station Serves Donabate in County Dublin Category: ... Rush and Lusk railway station Serves the towns of Rush and Lusk in County Dublin Category: ... Skerries railway station Serves Skerries in County Dublin Category: ... Balbriggan railway station Serves Balbriggan in County Dublin Category: ... Gormanston railway station serves Gormanston in County Meath. ... Laytown railway station Serves Laytown in County Meath Category: ... Drogheda railway station serves Drogheda in County Louth The Meath on Track campaign hope to see trains routed through Drogheda from Navan to serve as an interim commuter link to Dublin. ... Dundalk railway station serves Dundalk in County Louth, Ireland. ... Dunleer (Irish: Dún Léire) is a small town in County Louth, Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Look up Enterprise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Dart may mean: Look up Dart in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A dart is a type of missile thrown or shot. ... Malahide railway station Serves Malahide in County Dublin Category: ... Drogheda railway station serves Drogheda in County Louth The Meath on Track campaign hope to see trains routed through Drogheda from Navan to serve as an interim commuter link to Dublin. ... Mosney, in County Meath, Ireland, is situated approximately 30 miles / 48 kilometres from Dublin; it has an unstaffed station on the Dublin-Dundalk railway line. ...

Transport 21 envisages electrification as far as Balbriggan by 2015, with the stations between Balbriggan and Malahide incorporated into a new DART service betwen Balbriggan and Hazelhatch (see below). Balbriggan (Baile Brigín in Irish) is a town (Pop. ...

South Eastern Commuter

Stations served - Dublin Connolly, Tara Street, Dublin Pearse, Lansdowne Road, Sydney Parade, Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire, Bray, Greystones, Kilcoole, Wicklow, Rathdrum, Arklow, Gorey.

The services share track with mainline service to Rosslare and DART service as far as Greystones. The line is single track from Bray onwards. This service is the least frequent DART/Commuter service of all, with only a handful of trains daily. Connolly Station is one of the main railway stations in Dublin, Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network. ... Tara Street railway station, May 2006 Tara Street is the busiest railway station in Ireland, with over 25,000 passengers using it daily. ... Pearse Station, located on Westland Row in the Southside in Dublin is a DART and Intercity railway station owned by Coras Iompair Eireann. ... Lansdowne Road railway station serves Lansdowne Road in Dublin. ... Sydney Parade railway station serves Sydney Parade Avenue in Dublin The station opened in 1835 as a halt on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. ... Blackrock railway station serves Blackrock in County Dublin Category: ... Dun Laoghaire railway station serves Dun Laoghaire in County Dublin Categories: | ... Bray railway station Serves Bray in County Wicklow Category: ... Greystones railway station Serves Greystones in County Wicklow Category: ... Kilcoole railway station Serves the town of Kilcoole in Wicklow Category: ... Wicklow railway station Serves the town of Wicklow in County Wicklow Category: ... Rathdrum railway station Serves the town of Rathdrum in County Wicklow Category: ... Arklow railway station Serves the town of Arklow in County Wicklow Category: ... Gorey railway station Serves the town of Gorey in County Wexford Category: ... The name Rosslare may mean: the village of Rosslare Strand in County Wexford, Ireland the village of Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford, Ireland the Rosslare Europort at Rosslare Harbour This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Dart may mean: Look up Dart in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A dart is a type of missile thrown or shot. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

South Western Commuter

Sometimes called the Kildare Suburban or Kildare Commuter line. Previously known as the Arrow service.

Stations served - Dublin Heuston, Cherry Orchard, Clondalkin, Hazelhatch and Celbridge, Sallins and Naas, Newbridge, Kildare.

This service is the newest Dublin DART/Commuter line. It was launched in 1994 as the Arrow service, shortly after the delivery of the then Arrow-branded Class 2600 railcars. Cherry Orchard, Clondalkin, Hazelhatch and Celbridge and Sallins and Naas stations were opened on the same day, although previous stations had existed on some of these sites. Newbridge station had previously been an InterCity station, though it is now mainly served by Commuter trains. The stations on the line were at the time of launch all "Arrow" branded also, though this branding has been now removed. This line does not connect directly with the rest of the network, being operated out of Dublin Hueston, however it is connected by the Luas and Dublin Bus Route 90. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Dublin Bus or Bus Átha Cliath in Irish - provides an extensive bus network of nearly 200 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes in the City of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. ...

A station used only occasionally for "special" trains also exists at the Curragh. Plans currently exist to relocate the stations at Cherry Orchard (moving to Park West) and Clondalkin (moving to Fonthill Road). This work is part of the Kildare project, which includes quadruple-tracking the line between Park West and just beyond Hazelhatch. The line between Inchicore and Park West will become triple-tracked.

A special development zone (SDZ) called Adamstown is currently under construction. This borders an area from west Lucan to the Kildare rail line and is approx 16km from Dublin. It is expected to have 20,000 inhabitants by the time it is completed. The developers at the site will be building a new station on the line as part of the early phase of the development. Adamstown can refer to any of the following places: Adamstown, a town in Frederick County, Maryland, US Adamstown, a town in New South Wales, Australia Adamstown, a village in County Wexford, Ireland Adamstown, a townland near Lucan, County Dublin, Ireland Adamstown, a borough in Pennsylvania, US Adamstown, the capital city...

Transport 21 envisages electrification as far as Hazelhatch by 2015. Under CIÉ's Interconnetor project, upon electrification of this line and opening of the interconnector, the existing Kildare line service, as far as Hazelhatch & Celbridge would be replaced by one of two DART lines, running via the Interconnector from Hazelhatch to Balbriggan/Howth. The service would also be directly connected to the rest of the DART/Commuter network at Dublin Pearse. 2015 (MMXV) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Interconnector is a planned railway tunnel under the city centre of Dublin (Republic of Ireland), which will provide a link from the northern rail line to Dublins westerly Heuston Station. ... Hazelhatch (Colchoill in Irish) is an area on the border between Co. ... Balbriggan (Baile Brigín in Irish) is a town (Pop. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Dublin Pearse, commonly called Pearse station, is located on Westland Row in the Southside in Dublin is a DART and Intercity railway station owned by Coras Iompair Eireann. ...

Western Commuter

Stations served - Dublin Pearse, Tara St, Dublin Connolly, Drumcondra, Broombridge, Ashtown, Castleknock, Coolmine, Clonsilla, Leixlip Confey, Leixlip Louisa Bridge, Maynooth. Some trains on this service continue to Kilcock, Enfield, Mullingar, Edgeworthstown, and Longford. A new station is currently under construction in the Ashtown area, it is to be known as Phoenix Park, but will not actually be located in the park per se.

This service had been operated as a limited service until the mid-1980s, serving Clonsilla, Leixlip, and Maynooth. At this point new stations were built at Broombridge, Castleknock, Coolmine, and Leixlip Confey. Another station at Drumcondra was opened in March 1998. Most of the station buildings on this lines were portacabins and there was still a limited service owing to the single track between Clonsilla and Maynooth. In 1999-2000 a major upgrade project took place, with the upgrading of the line between Clonsilla-Maynooth to double track, the entire line being upgraded to continous welded rail, the building of permanent station buildings at all stations except Broombridge, the replacement of the semaphore signalling with computerised traffic control, and the provision of real time information displays at stations (these have, apart from at Drumcondra, never been activated however). The Wellington Monument in Phoenix Park Automatic lighting gas street lamps line the main avenue of Phoenix Park Phoenix Park (in Irish, Páirc an Fhionn-Uisce) is a large park located 3 km to the north west of Dublin city centre in Ireland. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Semaphore can refer to: Semaphore communication by means of flags or other positional indicators A mechanical device (a semaphore signal) used in railway signalling Semaphores in computer science, in which only one part of a concurrent system may access a limited resource; this application of mutual exclusion in computing was...

Upon the opening of Dublin Spencer Dock station, some Maynooth line services will temporarily operate out of that station, and no longer serve the Dublin terminal stations or Drumcondra. Spencer Dock is a location in Dublin, Ireland. ...

Transport 21 envisages electrification as far as Maynooth by 2015. Under CIÉ's Interconnetor project, upon electrification of this line and opening of the interconnector, the existing Maynooth line service would be replaced by one of two DART lines, running from Maynooth to Bray. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... The Interconnector is a planned railway tunnel under the city centre of Dublin (Republic of Ireland), which will provide a link from the northern rail line to Dublins westerly Heuston Station. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART)

See separate Dublin Area Rapid Transit article. An 8200 Class DART unit, Iarnród Éireann 8203, at Grand Canal Dock station in 2001 Some DART trains feature these LED route describers - green indicates the route which has already been travelled, orange the route expected to be followed and flashing red the next station. ...

See also

• Dublin Area Rapid Transit
• Luas
• Dublin Metro
• Interconnector
• Belfast Suburban Rail
• Cork Suburban Rail

An 8200 Class DART unit, Iarnród Éireann 8203, at Grand Canal Dock station in 2001 Some DART trains feature these LED route describers - green indicates the route which has already been travelled, orange the route expected to be followed and flashing red the next station. ... Luas (Irish for speed), also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, currently encompasses two unconnected on-street light rail lines in Dublin, Ireland. ... Diagram illustrating the planned path of Metro North, and interconnection with other transport nodes The Dublin Metro, sometimes called the Dublin Light Metro, is a planned metro (subway) system for the city of Dublin, Ireland. ... The Interconnector is a planned railway tunnel under the city centre of Dublin (Republic of Ireland), which will provide a link from the northern rail line to Dublins westerly Heuston Station. ... The Belfast Suburban Rail network serves the metropolitan area of Greater Belfast and some of its commuter towns with three lines. ... The Cork Suburban Rail network serves the Metropolitan Cork area in County Cork, Ireland. ...

External links

• Dublin Suburban Rail map (also shows DART)
• Dublin Integrated Rail Plan