Iarnród Éireann

Transport 21 Developments in the

Dublin Region

Dick Fearn, Chief Executive, Iarnród Éireann

to Chamber of Commerce
18th November 2009
Contents

• Update on projects currently underway or completed

• Current status of Transport 21 projects planned

• Status of longer term projects due for delivery within

the timeframe of Transport 21.
Progress to Date - DART

• DART Infrastructure upgraded for 8-car trains

• 8-car DARTS in service
• Original DART fleet refurbished
• Real Time Passenger Information, Ticket Vending
Machines, Exit Validation
Progress to Date - Commuter

• Railcar Fleet Renewal – 180 now in fleet

• 8-car train capacity on all routes
• Additional services on Maynooth, Northern and Kildare
• New stations opened at Docklands, Phoenix Park,
Adamstown, Park West & Cherry Orchard and
Clondalkin Fonthill
• Stations opening in 2010 at Clongriffin, Kishogue,
Hansfield, Dunboyne and M3 Parkway
Docklands Station

• Completed and operational on 12th March 2007

• Ahead of schedule, under budget

• Provides additional city terminal capacity

• Integration with bus and future LUAS

Docklands Station
Transport 21 – Priority Projects in progress

• Kildare line upgrading will be completed next month

• City centre resignalling in progress

• Clonsilla to Dunboyne/M3 on schedule for September

2010

• Additional rolling stock on order for longer distance

commuter services
Kildare Route Project

• Expansion of 4-track railway from Park West & Cherry

Orchard to Hazelhatch

• New stations at Park West & Cherry Orchard,

Clondalkin Fonthill, Kishogue, Adamstown and
Hazelhatch

• Facilitates western end of DART Underground route

when electrified
 City Centre Resignalling

• Plan to increase the capacity of the central area and

increase capacity on the Northern and Maynooth lines

• Eliminate or automate level crossings on Maynooth

line

• Completion planned for 2012 with minimal disruption

to customers
Clonsilla to Dunboyne/M3 Parkway

• 7.5 km line being reconstructed

• 3 new stations at Hansfield, Dunboyne and M3

Parkway

• M3 Parkway ‘park and ride’ car park with 1,200

parking spaces

• Construction works in progress on site

• Completion planned for September 2010

 Clonsilla – M3 Parkway

M3 Parkway County Boundary

Dunboyne

Hansfield

Clonsilla Dublin

Maynooth
Navan Line

• Feasibility study now complete on two route options

for extension of line from Dunboyne/M3 Parkway to
Navan

• 30 km route

• Stations at Dunshaughlin, Kilmessin, Navan Central

and Navan North
Ticketing

• Automatic ticket vending machines at all commuter

and principal InterCity stations

• Automatic exit/entry validation gates at Dublin city

centre stations

• Interim Rail Smartcard currently being tested for

introduction in January 2010

• Iarnród Éireann to join Integrated Ticketing System

for Dublin in 2011
Future Development of the DART Network

• DART Underground Project

– Application for Railway Order in 2010

• Electrification of the entire network

– Northern line

– Maynooth line

– Kildare line
Route schematic Pearse Station Docklands

Heuston Christchurch St Stephens

Station Green