DART+ (DART Expansion)

West of Maynooth.

Sorry?!

The other poster said the entire fleet for all DART lines will be based in Maynooth, I was just asking if that's true because it seems crazy.

I am not critical of DART+ West, I'm critical of IE and their incompetence. I'm also highly amused by the zeal and slavish devotion of their fanboys on this forum.

Railway Order won't be in until August at the earliest.

There are no macro economic indicators pointing to recession right now. Record income tax receipts, GDP through the roof. Inflation will slow that down but no prospect of a recession and certainly not within 6months time. Recession is at least 2 consecutive quarters of negative growth and we're very far from that

Now is a relative term.

This thread started in 2009

When is public consultation due for the costal south route?

Also when will IÉ place an order for the fleet for the Maynooth line, once a RO is granted?

And any update on the enterprise upgrade scheme?

So what are the planned frequencies for the lines? I can see 12 per hour for the West line but nothing definite for the others, can’t get the PDFs on mobile.

What they state is the potential capacity rather than actual planned frequency.

DART SouthWest:

23 trains per hour in each direction (split between Heuston terminators and those continuing via Phoenix Park tunnel).

DART West:

12 trains per hour in each direction

DART Coastal North:

Drogheda-Donabate to Dublin - 24 trains per hour

Malahide & Portmarnock to Dublin - 30 trains per hour

Clongriffin to Dublin - 36 trains per hour

Howth-Howth Junction - 18 trains per hour

DART Coastal South:

Yet to be published

How long does the process of the RO for DART West take?

I wonder how this build out will affect services to Maynooth, Dunboyne and PPT during the construction phase; does the existence of the Newcomen line mean that they can do alternative routing for some or all services for parts of that construction period? Or are we facing into a decade of paralysis for the entire rail network around Dublin while this long drawn-out project snails its way to completion?

So even the earliest piece of DART "+" has now slipped into the 2030s.

Frightfully poor. What's the justification for a basic line upgrade and one new station taking 5+ years to construct?

Don’t forget that there is a large depot to be built as well and the entire line has to be resignalled, all of which has to happen while the railway remains fully functioning.

In most countries in developed world you'd be right because they'd have closed level crossings, raised bridges and regularly upgraded signalling but here we'll generally let things rot for 100 years then announce a mega project like dart plus. doing all that stuff in one go instead of using regular maintenance and improvement budgets to gradually upgrade the system