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Irish Rail Future Outlined and No Dart Underground Mentioned?

ClovenHoof · 2017-07-04 11:30:23

Interesting piece into today IndoRag about how the chairman of Irish Rail wants to electrify the Maynooth Line ASAP and put the Northern Line on the long finger. Wants a fleet of diesel-electric hybrid DMUs to operate within and beyond the DART network, as well as electrify the Dublin-Belfast and Dublin-Cork lines.…

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#92 07-07-2017 8:11am
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MGWR wrote: »

So the reservation for the long-planned Blanchardstown branch was built over? I haven't heard that.

Pretty sure it's obstructed in at least one place and it'd have multiple at-grade crossings also

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#93 06-08-2018 1:09pm
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Is the icr new coach order cancelled

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#94 06-08-2018 4:25pm
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Pardon?

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#95 06-08-2018 6:15pm
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There wasn't an order or a tender. The plan appears to be cancelled

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#96 06-08-2018 6:55pm
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Ireland trains wrote: »

Is the icr new coach order cancelled

There was a proposal for such, but it was dropped in favour of the Hybrid project.

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#97 06-08-2018 7:13pm
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So, just to confirm there is not a single order signed for as of today? Assume NTA holding it all up...

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#98 06-08-2018 7:19pm
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Rashers72 wrote: »

So, just to confirm there is not a single order signed for as of today? Assume NTA holding it all up...

No, there needs to be a tendering process before there can be an order, the Hybrid tender will be issued soon.

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#99 06-08-2018 7:46pm
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Any idea when the tender will go out and how long untill we know the manufacturer

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