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LUAS
- Dublin's Light Railway System
A special commemorative booklet has been compiled on behalf of the
Society with the co-operation of the Railway Procurement Agency.
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to obtain your copy
Steaming in Three Centuries
Our
latest book, published to celebrate the return to steam of the World’s
oldest main-line locomotive.
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| IRISH
RAILWAY NEWS |
LOCOMOTIVES |
141/181-Class; During
March, 141/181-class locomotives were withdrawn from departmental services
and were worked back to Inchicore as they were due maintenance
examinations More
071
Class
;
Fitting
of Teloc event recorders continues in Inchicore with work taking place on
087 during May. Work on the final locomotive of the class to be fitted,
085, will commence in June. More
201-Class;
In March, 217 was re-instated to service
from storage and was initially used on the staff taxi duty between
Inchicore and Heuston following withdrawal of the 141/181-class. 218 was
restored to service to work taxi duties. The active fleet is twenty
locomotives. .More
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STATIONS
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Clongriffin
The
new station located at MP 51/2
between Howth Junction and Portmarnock was opened on Monday 19 April. It
was financed by the developers of the adjacent housing and commercial
development and consists of two 174m long island platforms with station
structure overhead. More
Kishogue
A
new platform is being constructed on the down fast line. When complete all
stations on the four track section will have platforms on the down fast
line. More
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| DIESEL
RAILCARS
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22000-Class;
The class
has been cleared to operate Ennis-Athenry (3-car) and Limerick
Junction-Waterford (3-car). 3-car
set 22001 was transferred from Laois Traincare Depot to Heuston Valeting
Plant for modification work on Friday 12 February. More
2700
Class
During major overhauls in Inchicore, end gangways have been
removed from 2700-class railcars. The first set completed was 2-car
2717/18 in April, followed by single car 2751. In recent years these
gangway doors usually remained locked out-of-use. Sets have also been
re-painted in a new livery based on the ICR livery. The entire class
remains based in Limerick.
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29000-Class; Set
29005 returned to service on Wednesday 24 March following repairs after a
smoking bogie incident at Laytown on 8 March. It worked the 06:45
Drogheda-Dublin Pearse along with set 29013 .More
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| PROPOSED
LINE CLOSURE |
WATERFORD-ROSSLARE
STRAND
IÉ
have indicated that they wished to withdraw passenger services from the
Waterford–Rosslare line to save money, which effectively closes the
line. The line opened in 1906 and is part of the Fishguard & Rosslare
Railways & Harbours Company, a joint operation between CIÉ and Stena
Line (successors to British Rail). More
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