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
County BoundaryM3 Parkway
Clonsilla
Hansfield
Dunboyne
Maynooth
Dublin
Clonsilla – M3 Parkway
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
Heuston Station
Christchurch St Stephens Green
Pearse Station Docklands
