Irish Rail Unveil Prototype For New DART Carriages That Will Serve Wicklow Town

Wicklow TD Jennifer Whitmore today visited Irish Rail Inchicore works to view a model of the first battery powered trains which will be due to come on stream from 2025.

Speaking after the visit today Deputy Whitmore said:

“It was great to see the demo model of the Dart + battery train that will bring the Dart to Wicklow Town.

“This model has integrated accessible ramps, with bike, family, and wheelchair spaces onboard.

“Being able to bring the Dart to Wicklow Town without needing all the traditional infrastructure like overhead wires will be a game changer.

“Fast and reliable public transport is needed now more than ever for Wicklow as our population continues to grow. It is great to see progress being made towards bring the Dart to Wicklow Town.

“This visit follows on from a meeting where I received confirmation that the NTA has provided an allocation to Irish Rail to commence the planning and design works associated with the provision of an electrified service to Wicklow using battery-electric fleet.

Irish Rail will now assemble a design team to commence work on that project later this year.”