The Newry to Dublin Connolly railway line is one of the railway lines in Ireland. It is a cross border route which connects Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The route is 67.4 mi (108.4km) long. The line has a total of 17 stations. Including the Howth Branch there are 20 Stations. And is 4.0 miles long. This would make the route 71.4 mi (114.9km) long. Stations: Dublin Connolly Clontarf Road Killester Harmonstown Raheny Howth Junction & Donaghmede Clongriffin Portmarnock Malahide Donabate Rush & Lusk Skerries Balbriggan Gormanston Laytown Drogheda Dundalk Howth Branch Stations: Howth Junction & Donaghmede Bayside Sutton Howth The Requested Route is highlighted in Yellow Trains: IÉ 29000 Class These trains are capable up to speeds of 75mph (120kmh) Built 2002-2005
IÉ 22000 Class (100mph) (160kmh) Runs on InterCity Services to Rosslare, Westport, Ballina, Cork, Galway and Sligo. They can sometimes operate the Enterprise service. Built 2007-2012. (Runs in 3, 4 and 5 coaches.) (5 coaches has first class)
The IÉ 29000 Class top speed is 75mph (120kmh) These are normally used on Commuter services to Drogheda, Dundalk, Maynooth and Newry. They sometimes work InterCity services to Rosslare, Sligo and Belfast.
NIR/IÉ 201 Class (102mph) (164kmh) (Limited to 90mph in service) and NIR/IÉ Enterprise Train (90mph) (Capable of speeds up to 100mph or 125mph) (160kmh or 200kmh) Each push-pull trainset consists of seven coaches and a 201 Class locomotive. The 28 carriages were delivered as four sets of seven but entered service as three sets of eight, with two locomotives from each operator. The coaches were manufactured by De Dietrich Ferroviaire, while the locomotives are from GM-EMD; ownership of the rolling stock is shared between both operators, with carriage maintenance by NIR and locomotives maintained by IE. The coaching stock is based on the Class 373 EMU stock used by Eurostar, with the interiors identical. The EMU stock is articulated and permanently coupled, but the Enterprise is ordinary coaching stock. Built 1994-1995 and 1996-1997.
IÉ 201 Class (2006-Present Livery) Enterprise Train (2015-Present Livery) IÉ 201 Class (2014-2015 and 2016-Present Livery) Built 1994-1995
IÉ 071 Class (1976-1978) Top Speed 90mph (145kmh) IÉ 071 Class 2013-Present Livery IÉ 071 Class Supertrain Livery (2016-Present) IÉ 071 Class 1987 Livery (July 2017-Present) (Livery introduced to celebrate 30 years of Irish Rail in 2017)
I would like to see an Irish Rail Route (Dublin Connolly to Newry) set in the Year 2019 with the above trains.
Train Protection Systems CAWS Republic of Ireland side Dublin Dundalk. Dundalk Newry AWS TPWS DSD Driver's reminder Appliance
