Proposal envisages four lines between Dublin’s Connolly Station and Malahide to separate commuter and intercity services
Irish Rail is planning to double the number of tracks on its northern route out of Dublin from two to four.
“We believe this needs to be replicated north of Connolly Station, ideally between Connolly and Malahide, and this ambition is also included in the All-Island Strategic Rail Review,” he told the Oireachtas transport committee on Wednesday. Mark Ruffalo rows in on Irish politics, saying Green Party ‘about to do something really terrible to the environment’Mr Meade said the project – known as 4 North – would make it possible “ultimately” for a rail link from the northern line at Clongriffin to Dublin Airport.
Asked by committee chairman Alan Farrell TD why the new timetable had been introduced just as the autumn academic term was beginning, Mr Meade said there were a number of factors influencing the timeline. These included the deployment of 41 new Intercity railcars; the addition of further later-evening service options on a number of Intercity routes; and factoring in the opening of Belfast Grand Central Station, among others.
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