A recent RTE radio interview with Barry Kenny suggests that (thankfully) the new order will have aircon but thankfully they will have actual windows!
QQ, where did this extract come from? I mean, who said it and in what situation?
Irish Rail board meeting. Mr Smyth is Peter Smyth the Chief Mechanical Engineer.
Will the new warning systems been installed at various farm/local road crossings result in any speed changes assuming other factors allow it.
Seems to be talks in the Kildare County Development plan of developing an inland port at Cherryville Junction..anyone see any information on it?
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?
Considering that liner trains operated across the network for years from North Wall, I think that the answer to that is yes!
The PPT currently takes container flats from Ballina to North Wall (and not on pocket wagons)
Any link to it in the freight plan?
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.
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
Ready this with interest. I wonder if Irish Rail would consider these?
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.
they're never going to electrify the whole network; hydrogen could be long term replacement for diesel on branch lines etc.
they will probably rely on battery for that.
Seen this come up in the news today.
Preliminary design beginning soon for flood & erosion prevention on the Rosslare line between Merrion Gates and Greystones.
actually all the way down to Wicklow Town is included in this project.
Ah my bad, even better!
Also, anyone have an update on the new ICR cars? I know the first vehicles are en-route from South Korea and due to arrive this month.
The first 3 carriages arrived to Dublin this morning along with new RTGs for DFT terminal.. They should be offloaded on Wednesday evening in Ocean Pier terminal
Irish rail posted about the first 3 carriages being unloaded today
Seems Irish Rail now want to keep the 8100s going.
https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2022/09/17/irish-rail-seeks-another-life-extension-of-original-dart-fleet-up-to-2034/
Quiet an extraordinary situation that IE, NTA and Dep of Transport have self inflected. The prospect of over half the DART fleet been taken out of service with no replacement available. Hopeing for an ontime delivary, commissioning and fault free trains.
Its about time IE stopped pandering to TDs when they appear at Gov committes wasting everyones time about this uneonomical plans for various rail lines, stations and service aspirations. There is already daily DART failures which were almost unheard of a few years ago and they expect them to keep going when they should be scraped at least 10 years ago.
The CRR will probally extend it by much less than 10 years (2-5) but it would be great to see the fallout if they refused especially coming into an election year...
Is the 2700 class still completely out of service?
I know a plan to renovate them was abandoned.
There are 26 vehicles, I think.
I have seen massive, severe overcrowding on first train into Galway in the morning, so more stock is needed.
yes still out of service, very unlikely to ever run again at this stage.
Out of service, unserviceable and non-economic to restore.
If they wanted more stock, they could get it quicker and easier by ordering it. But it seems to be the case that anything other than the limited number of 22ks that are on their way here is going to rely on cascaded diesels from Dublin when the DART+ fleet start to arrive.
Pity.
The 2700 class were in service for what, just 12-14 years?
I can't understand how they deteriorated so much by simply being parked somewhere.
Were they laid up outdoors or indoors?
They were borderline unservicable from the day they arrived. There were huge warranty claims which made them just usable enough for the life they had.
The very closely related 8200 DARTs had an even worse service history. Both should have been rejected to the manufacturer like Denmark did to AnsaladoBreda but massive fleet constraints at the time meant they weren't.
I see they have a traction stuidy for Enterprise replacment out. They are still going with 2027/28 timeframe.
Most noteable:
The new fleet will operate using IÉ’s existing 1.5 kV DC OHLE network where installed and otherwise be self-powered until route electrification is achieved around 2035. NIR propose at some future point to install 25 kV AC OHLE and it may feature short discontinuous sections. All technology & fuel source strategies and solutions recommended must be proven reliable, have established safe supply networks and demonstrate value for money. “Self-Power” requires a very detailed study and Diesel power is seen as a choice of last resort where no other practical proven solutions currently exist.
Going to be a costly train to accommodate 3 modes.
Hydrogen?
https://www.alstom.com/solutions/rolling-stock/alstom-coradia-ilint-worlds-1st-hydrogen-powered-train
