The new carriages will be used to expand the DART system into the greater Dublin area and eastern region.
Good news for Cork. Cabinet today approved the purchase of 90 new battery electric carriages for delivery in 2026. They are ear-marked for the new metropolitan rail network we are planning for Cork, as well as providing new services to Wicklow town, Kildare and on the Dart lines. pic.twitter.com/gItTemffLc
— Eamon Ryan (@EamonRyan) November 29, 2022
It will in part facilitate the roll-out of DART-plus to Drogheda, Maynooth and Celbridge/Hazelhatch.
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Project |
Serving |
Update |
Next steps |
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DART+ Fleet |
All DART+ routes above, with potential for deployment elsewhere on network subject to charging infrastructure |
95-carriage order December 2021; funding for further 90-carriages confirmed today |
First carriages arrive 2024, enter service from 2025 |
|
DART+ West |
Maynooth/M3 Parkway to City, including new depot West of Maynooth |
Railway Order application submitted July 2022 |
An Bord Pleanála Oral Hearing to be scheduled |
|
DART+ South West |
Hazelhatch to Heuston and Phoenix Park Tunnel |
Second public consultation complete |
Railway Order application early 2023 |
|
DART+ Coastal North |
Connolly to Drogheda |
First public consultation complete |
Second public consultation early 2023 |
|
DART+ Coastal South |
Connolly to Greystones |
Emerging preferred option being developed |
First public consultation commences early 2023 |
Further information on the DART+ Programme can be found at the link below:
DART+ About Dart+ (dartplus.ie)
New Rail Carriages
41 new intercity railcars are arriving into Ireland currently and they will enter service across the Irish rail network in 2023, increasing peak time capacity on intercity services compared to today.
In December 2021, an order for 95 new DART carriages, consisting of 65 battery-electric and 30 electric carriages, was approved by Government as part of the DART+ Fleet and these carriages should enter service in 2025.
The order announced today, as outlined above, is related to the DART+ Fleet and will add a further 90 battery-electric carriages, expected to arrive in 2026.
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