they're never going to electrify the whole network; hydrogen could be long term replacement for diesel on branch lines etc.
There's very little hydrogen production here (and it's pretty much all committed to bus trials), and with such a small network comparatively it's just easier to go for electrification and the lighter, more efficient trains that produces.
Ready this with interest. I wonder if Irish Rail would consider these?
Ah right,Seen that previously alright,IR playing the card close to the chest as per usual regarding location,surely the junction is the most suitable with it being located between j13 and j14 of the N7 motorway
Its actually just there as an 'eastern gateway' west of Dublin without the location being specific. I thought it was more specifically Cherryville but must have misremembered.
Any link to it in the freight plan?
The PPT currently takes container flats from Ballina to North Wall (and not on pocket wagons)
Considering that liner trains operated across the network for years from North Wall, I think that the answer to that is yes!
It's in the IR freight plan also.
With land in the north Docklands that was used for (non port company) container storage and haulage ops being turned in to apartments and hotels very rapidly there may be a need for one.
Can the PPT even take container flats or do they need to be in pocket wagons?
Seems to be talks in the Kildare County Development plan of developing an inland port at Cherryville Junction..anyone see any information on it?
Will the new warning systems been installed at various farm/local road crossings result in any speed changes assuming other factors allow it.
Irish Rail board meeting. Mr Smyth is Peter Smyth the Chief Mechanical Engineer.
QQ, where did this extract come from? I mean, who said it and in what situation?
A recent RTE radio interview with Barry Kenny suggests that (thankfully) the new order will have aircon but thankfully they will have actual windows!
Nothing mentioned in the official new fleet announcements made so far about Aircon from what I saw.
are these new darts they are buying ones with aircon ( and obviously no windows) would prefer ones with windows, better then broken aircon.
How many of the 2x3 or 3+4 sets are for stock movements as opposed to capacity requirements?
They are just doing 3/4/6 sets. Can't see many 2x3 set once all enter service.
Looking at the price of petrol they should add a few more cars onto the order !
They are just center cars, but should allow some sets to be releases as currently there are many services using a 3+4 setup with four driving cars.
Extend that 4 to a 7 and the 3 is free to work elsewhere, etc.
these are just centre cars yeah? So won't enable any additional services, just longer trains?
Pictures on the Irish Rail Twitter this morning
I love it. The Examiner link has a photo of a MarkIV train, one of the few intercity trains which is not a 22k. But it's Cork, boy, so that's OK.
So mid-2022 is fast approaching... any sign of some tarped up 22Ks on a boat headed to Dublin Port?
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40297175.html
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The definition of cross-border isn't that narrow that it just means a small section either side of the border.
Thanks, Peregrine for the clarification. I'm all for peace and cross-border co-operation, but the irony is that the cross-border bit of Dublin-Belfast is probably the least congested part of the entire network. Improving capacity on Dublin-Drogheda and Belfast-Portadown would benefit commuter services in these areas as well as speeding up Enterprise services. Also these improvements are warranted on more orthodox grounds than promoting peace, and should perhaps be assessed on that basis.
The Special EU Programmes Body was established under the Good Friday Agreement to co-ordinate EU funding programmes to promote peace and cross-border cooperation around Northern Ireland and the Border.
PEACEPLUS is their upcoming €1bn programme which Irish Rail and Translink are applying for funding from. It has been approved by the North-South Ministerial Council and is awaiting EU Commission approval early next year.
DUB-BEL is currently at best 2h05 with 4 stops. They were talking about 90 mins end to end in the 90s, surely that's achievable now with modest investment, it's only 160km.
I think it's the populations served as much as the relatively short distances that just shoot any high speed rail on the head ,
Doesn't mean speeds can't be improved upon though
