Does anybody have any descent photos of the Rail Tunnel under Phoenix Park?

IIMII · 12-02-2009 11:29PM

Eiretrains wrote: »

I'd just like to say thanks to all those who have commented on my Eiretrains website

Alot of work gone into that. Never saw the Baltinglass station before - it's amazing that it is so well preserved. Fair play, very interesting

GerardKeating · 13-02-2009 08:37AM

shamwari wrote: »

Four tracking Connolly to Howth Junction / Malahide isn't going to happen I'm afraid.

Four tracking a green field site is a lot easier, my "dream" solution would be to make Metro North a heavy rail solution and 4 track it from the city to the airport/swords and then link it back to the northern line above rush...

Bluetonic · 13-02-2009 10:52AM

spacetweek wrote: »

Yes, but that still leaves about 10 reasons not to do it and to build the Interconnector instead.

Did you never think of as well as the interconnector.

loyatemu · 13-02-2009 11:09AM

back on topic - there are good birds-eye pics of the PP tunnel on maps.live.com:

http://tinyurl.com/bsofvv

csd · 13-02-2009 12:52PM

Good photos here, but I wouldn't recommend taking them from where they did. Moving trains, trespass on the railway and all that:

Barely there Ireland

paulm17781 · 13-02-2009 01:40PM

csd wrote: »

Good photos here, but I wouldn't recommend taking them from where they did. Moving trains, trespass on the railway and all that:

Barely there Ireland

Thanks! That's the most of it I've ever seen. I've been tempted to walk it at night but never bothered.

IIMII · 13-02-2009 01:53PM

Anyone know how it was built? Cut and cover?

paulm17781 · 13-02-2009 02:06PM

IIMII wrote: »

Anyone know how it was built? Cut and cover?

It looks bored. Definitely not C&C, they'd have had to dig down about 20M through the Phoenix park.

Draupnir · 13-02-2009 02:12PM

I grew up right beside Glasnevin Junction so we used to play (mental I know) around the railway lines there, we'd often walk through Cabra along the tracks etc. We never quite made it as far as the Phoenix Park but there is at least one other small tunnel on that line just beyond the Cemetery that takes it under the Canal.

How many times I've wished they'd put a commuter station at Glasnevin Junction!

zing · 13-02-2009 03:19PM

Draupnir wrote: »

there is at least one other small tunnel on that line just beyond the Cemetery that takes it under the Canal.

That'd presumably be here:
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=swv9h8gg8jpy&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=29503846&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

Are there any passenger services that use this tunnel these days ? Other than match going trains, etc.. iirc 12 or 13 years ago one of the trains from Galway on Sunday afternoon went on over to Connolly after dropping most people off at Heuston. Used to get that train from Galway regularly and even though I was living down near Connolly at the time I never bothered to stay on it as it was quicker to get the bus (train had a bit of a wait in Heuston iirc).

Draupnir · 13-02-2009 03:41PM

zing wrote: »

That'd presumably be here:
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=swv9h8gg8jpy&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=29503846&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

Are there any passenger services that use this tunnel these days ? Other than match going trains, etc.. iirc 12 or 13 years ago one of the trains from Galway on Sunday afternoon went on over to Connolly after dropping most people off at Heuston. Used to get that train from Galway regularly and even though I was living down near Connolly at the time I never bothered to stay on it as it was quicker to get the bus (train had a bit of a wait in Heuston iirc).

That's the one, very easily reached from the cemetery (not sure how legal it is though, it's the guts of 20 years since I ventured there). From what I remember, the only trains I ever saw using those two lines were cargo trains and/or CIE service vehicles.

Ste.phen · 13-02-2009 05:17PM

That's the spur to Docklands, goes along the canal, past croke park at the canal end, and on past connolly to the docls. There's a big fence around the outside of the cemetery wall to prevent access. I@m sure if you REALLY wanted to get down there there's nothing to stop it though

Draupnir · 13-02-2009 06:03PM

As I said, its 15+ years ago but when I was growing up in that area, it was very straightforward to get onto the tracks there and go for a wander. The section were the Maynooth line crosses above the line that heads towards the park was particularly overgrown with huge trees when I was a kid.

There was also a very big fox living up there at the time too!

Ste.phen · 13-02-2009 07:53PM

From the noise i hear on friday and saturday evenings, i can only assume that there's a way via the train station / warehouses at broombridge. It must be at least big enough to get a motorbike and about a dozen drunk teenagers through

kingshankly · 13-02-2009 10:05PM

zing wrote: »

That'd presumably be here:
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=swv9h8gg8jpy&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=29503846&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

Are there any passenger services that use this tunnel these days ? Other than match going trains, etc.. iirc 12 or 13 years ago one of the trains from Galway on Sunday afternoon went on over to Connolly after dropping most people off at Heuston. Used to get that train from Galway regularly and even though I was living down near Connolly at the time I never bothered to stay on it as it was quicker to get the bus (train had a bit of a wait in Heuston iirc).

Many years ago there Galway trains ran from connolly via heuston.
Today it's is only used for freight ( very little left) trains to north wall yard , empty trains from Connolly to inchicore and gas specials

Bluetonic · 13-02-2009 10:35PM

kingshankly wrote: »

Many years ago there Galway trains ran from connolly via heuston.
Today it's is only used for freight ( very little left) trains to north wall yard , empty trains from Connolly to inchicore and gas specials

:eek:

kingshankly · 14-02-2009 07:22AM

Bluetonic wrote: »

:eek:

Bloody predictive text on me phone make that GAA specials

spacetweek · 17-02-2009 04:30PM

kingshankly wrote: »

Bloody predictive text on me phone make that GAA specials

Posting to Boards from yer mobile. Tsk tsk

Does anybody have any descent photos of the Rail Tunnel under Phoenix Park?

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