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Tag: Irish Rail

Caledonian Sleeper train has a number of major shortcomings

8th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Letters, Network

I HAD to travel to Glasgow at short notice and decided to try out the new Caledonian Sleeper stock. As there were no cabins available, I had to travel on one of the new ‘reclining’

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Downpatrick diesel gala marks 30 years of the ITG

4th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Irish, News

STEAM gave way to internal combustion power at the Downpatrick & County Down Railway (DCDR) on October 12 as the Irish Traction Group (ITG) celebrated three decades of diesel locomotive preservation. Visitors travelled from both

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40 not out for RPSI steam crew

3rd April 2019 Sam Hewitt Irish, News, Steam

THE Railway Preservation Society of Ireland’s two ‘Midlander’ tours from Dublin to Maynooth and back on March 18 included a ‘first’ for Irish main line steam – a steam crew with an average age of

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Could Class 185s be heading for Ireland?

4th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Irish, News

The sight of Class 185 DMUs working in the Irish Republic has become a strong possibility.

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Roof renewal for Ireland’s busiest commuter station

16th December 2018 Sam Hewitt Network, News, World

THE Republic of Ireland’s busiest commuter station, Dublin Pearse, is to have its 1880s-built overall roof renewed as part of a €17million project by Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail (IÉ). The iron-vaulted, glazed structure dates from the

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