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High-speed rail coming to Ireland?
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According to the Irish Independent (vie Boards.ie) there are plans for high-speed train route between Dublin to Cork.
The infrastructure plans would see 200kmh adopted in the link between Clondalkin, Co Dublin and Limerick Junction, over 62pc of the route distance….
Barry Kenny, Iarnrod Eireann spokesperson, said yesterday: "The Cork-Dublin route is our flagship Intercity route, with almost 4,000,000 passenger journeys annually today."
The high-speed of 200kmh/125mmph in question is that achieved by the UK in 1990. However, it’s a positive move all the same…
"A two-hour city centre to city centre journey time would simply be impossible for any other transport mode in this country to even come close to matching," he said.
Tags: Cork, Dublin, Ireland, Rail transport, Travel
3 Responses to “High-speed rail coming to Ireland?”
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Dave
We’ve actually had 125mph in the UK since 1976 in the form of the diesel Intercity 125 aka HST. 1990 was about when the second generation electric trains came into use.
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Cian
I know of the 125s, I’m not sure how I did, but I must have over looked them at the time of writing the above.
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martin
it’s about time ireland got with the rest of the world in having a high speed train service.Not only would it gain interest and popularity.It would cut down on the reliance of the use of cars in ireland.
