2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (644+ words) Funding to shorten train journey times between Dublin and Belfast to less than two hours is expected to receive Cabinet approval this week. Spending on the Government's Shared Island budget exceeds "1 billion and, in all, nearly "400 million in spending for…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (189+ words) The Irish Times Irish Rail staff "appeared openly shocked by conditions" aboard overheating train "Passengers became visibly lethargic" as carriage overheated during record temperatures, a reader says Remember the record-breaking heatwave we had at the end of May? Well, for…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (532+ words) Irish Rail's centralised control system to oversee the movement of trains has just two remaining spare central processing units, "heightening the risk of service disruption, its company directors have been told. A board meeting in March was told Irish Rail…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (576+ words) The State could face extra costs of up to "800, 000 a month if the planned introduction next year of a new train signalling system in Cork is delayed as a result of problems with a beleaguered railway IT system, the National…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago  (449+ words) Irish Rail has dismissed suggestions that new carriages bought for the Dart service are too big to fit through the tunnels on Bray Head in Co Wicklow. A rumour that the carriages would leave insufficient headroom to comply with safety…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (475+ words) Irish Rail has concluded that a new IT system to control the movement of trains across the country is unlikely to be used and has written down the "50 million value of the project in its accounts. The Irish Times understands…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (405+ words) Meath is to get four new train stations as part of a revamp of the rail network, which will see a new connection built between Dublin and Navan, the largest town in Ireland without a train service. The plan, outlined…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (573+ words) The National Transport Authority has ordered an independent review of the new "36 million IT system to manage train movements following significant delays and cost overruns. The board of the State authority responsible for planning and developing public transport and infrastructure…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (215+ words) Sir, - While I welcome the recent commentary on high'speed rail, I cannot help feeling that like so many major infrastructure projects in this country, I will never live to see the benefits, and I am only in my early 50s. Our…...

7+ mon, 4+ day ago  (407+ words) A transportation expert said there is a need to "think outside the box" in building the proposed Metro Link and suggested "something like an Olympic village" to house workers on the project. Brian Caulfield, a professor in transportation in the…...