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What is the longest straightest stretch of track in the country?

  • 03-08-2010 1:27pm
    #1
    Run_to_da_hills
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    Just curious, what is the longest straightest stretch of track in the country?

    I saw this picture on the Navin to Drogheda line and wondering dose it qualify as one of the longest straight sections of track in the country?.

    <snip> - Boards.ie edit - we can't allow posting of copyrighted photographs without permission. You can see the photo on http://www.railusers.ie/campaigns/navan/navan_drogheda.php

    I travelled the Nullabor plane Australia in 1993, 300 miles without a bend. :p
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  • #2
    Judgement Day
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    The stretch of line from Wicklow Junction (site of) to south of Greystones is another contender although I feel sure that it is actually on the Dublin/Cork line.


  • #3
    lord lucan
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    Judgement Day wrote: »
    The stretch of line from Wicklow Junction (site of) to south of Greystones is another contender although I feel sure that it is actually on the Dublin/Cork line.

    I think the Wicklow section is the most level in Ireland JD. I think you're right about the straightest being on the Dublin-Cork line. Can't remember where for the life of me though!


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    OurLadyofKnock
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    lord lucan wrote: »
    I think the Wicklow section is the most level in Ireland JD. I think you're right about the straightest being on the Dublin-Cork line. Can't remember where for the life of me though!

    Limerick to Lim Junction has some fairly long straight sections.


  • #5
    Run_to_da_hills
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    Judgement Day wrote: »
    The stretch of line from Wicklow Junction (site of) to south of Greystones is another contender although I feel sure that it is actually on the Dublin/Cork line.

    I would guess that this section is also one of the flattest.


  • #6
    HonalD
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    Does this help? "We where promised a 100mph railway to Cork, less than 35 miles are currently cleared for 100mph despite the route being the straightest in the country "

    http://www.railusers.ie/news/news.php?year=2008&no=9.html


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  • #7
    Lapin
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    Not sure if its the longest, but its dead straight from Ballinasloe to Athlone.


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