Dublin–Sligo railway line

Dublin to Sligo line
File:22000 Class InterCity Train Ireland.jpg 22000 Class DMU (22020) at Dublin Connolly forming a service to Sligo.
Overview
Type	Commuter rail, Inter-city rail Heavy rail
System	Iarnród Éireann
Status	Operational
Locale	Ireland
Termini	Dublin Connolly Sligo Mac Diarmada
Stations	21
Operation
Opened	1847
Owner	Iarnród Éireann
Operator(s)	Iarnród Éireann Commuter InterCity
Character	Secondary
Rolling stock	29000 Class (Commuter) 22000 Class (InterCity)
Technical
No. of tracks	Single track and Double track with Passing Loops
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) Irish gauge
Electrification	Not electrified
Route map Legend Dublin-Sligo railway line Legend Year closed Sligo Quay freight terminal 2000 Sligo Mac Diarmada Ballysadare 1963 Ballisodare River Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Rly to Enniskillen 1957 Proposed Western Railway Corridor to Limerick Collooney Ballymote Kilfree Junction 1963 to Ballaghaderreen Boyle Carrick-on-Shannon Drumsna 1963 River Shannon Cavan and Leitrim Railway File:BSicon uldHST.svg x20px Dromod Newtown Forbes Longford Edgeworthstown Street & Rathowen 1963 to Cavan Inny Junction 1931 Multyfarnham 1963 Clonhugh 1963 The Royal Canal to Athlone Mullingar Killucan 1963 Hill of Down 1963 River Boyne Moyvalley 1963 Enfield Ferns Lock 1963 Kilcock Maynooth Blakestown Leixlip Louisa Bridge Leixlip Confey Lucan North 1941 Barberstown Docklands branch to Hansfield, Dunboyne & M3 Parkway Clonsilla Clonsilla Porterstown Coolmine Coolmine Castleknock Navan Road Parkway Ashtown Ashtown Broombridge Liffey Junction 1937 Dublin Broadstone 1937 The Royal Canal Phoenix Park Tunnel to Dublin Heuston Drumcondra Belfast–Dublin railway line Docklands( Spencer Dock) The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Dublin Heuston and Tallaght Dublin-Rosslare railway line to Rosslare = Western Commuter

The Dublin to Sligo main line is a railway route operated by Iarnród Éireann in Ireland. It starts in Dublin Connolly station, terminating at Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station in Sligo. The route is double track as far as Maynooth, being single track with passing loops between there and Sligo.

Between Dublin and Longford, the route is operated as part of Dublin Suburban Rail, specifically the Western Commuter service.

Services

Commuter operates the suburban services operates between Dublin and Maynooth. These start from Pearse Station, which connects with the route to Rosslare Europort. Some trains from Gorey and Rosslare Europort also run through to the Sligo line.

InterCity services to Sligo operate from Dublin Connolly. Freight trains carrying logs also operated from Sligo until December 2008.

Connections at Dublin Connolly

The line is also used by rail passengers changing at Dublin Connolly onto the DART to Dún Laoghaire or Bray Daly for example or travelling to Dublin Port for the Irish Ferries or Stena Line to Holyhead and then by train along the North Wales Coast Line to London Euston and other destinations in England and Wales.

Holyhead can also be reached by Irish Ferries from Dublin Port, reached by walking beside the tram lines around the corner from Amiens Street into Store Street or by Luas one stop to Busáras where Dublin Bus operates route 53 to the Ferry Terminal or to take a taxi.

Passengers can change at Dublin Connolly for the Belfast–Dublin railway line for the Enterprise to Northern Ireland.

Rolling stock

InterCity services are currently operated by the 22000 Class DMUs. They were previously operated by the 29000 Class railcar units, which now only operate the majority of Western Commuter services. The Dublin–Sligo railway line was also the first railway route in the whole of Ireland to get the new 22000 Class DMUs in December 2007.

See also

• Midland Great Western Railway
• Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Iarnród Éireann: Line information