An #IrishRail Commuter train leaving #Maynooth along the banks of a Lilly-pad-speckled #RoyalCanal in the rain. In Cavan where I grew up we referred this kind of warm drizzly ‘summer’ day as ‘a grand soft day’ — good for the grass!

All Ireland Rail Review recommends significant expansion / restitution of the railway network. All-Island Rail Review: Londonderry to Portadown line recommended https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66297150 #IrishRailways #IrishRail #NIR

A pair of #IrishRail InterCity trains to and from Sligo meet along the leafy banks of the #RoyalCanal a little east of #Maynooth.

An #IrishRail InterCity service from Sligo to Dublin passing under Jackson’s Bridge along the very leafy banks of #RoyalCanal west of #Maynooth.

Fairy-foxgloves on Pike Bridge across the #RoyalCanal and the Dublin-Sligo railway line as an #IrishRail Commuter service approaches #Maynooth.

An ⁦‪#IrishRail‬⁩ InterCity train on its way towards Sligo along the banks of the #RoyalCanal west of #Maynooth. The bull rush seed heads are at their most dramatic ATM.

I love how many boats we’re starting to see on the #RoyalCanal these days — the Duke’s Harbour at the entrance to ⁦‪#CartonHouse really looks alive as an ⁦‪#IrishRail‬⁩ commuter train trundles past as it slows for the approach control signal for #Maynooth.

I love how many boats we’re starting to see on the #RoyalCanal these days — the Duke’s Harbour at the entrance to ⁦‪#CartonHouse really looks alive as an ⁦‪#IrishRail‬⁩ commuter train trundles past as it slows for the approach control signal for #Maynooth.

The tide is finally changing for Irish railways.

But nothing will happen without everyone discussing it with friends and family (plus contacting TDs and Councillors).

There are some common-sense improvements that need to be made:
•Electrification of the entire rail network, improving journey times, emissions, and frequency)
•Reopening of the Western Railway Corridor and other rural lines.
•Construction of a Cork-Dublin-Belfast high speed rail line.

#irishrail #eurail

https://www.thejournal.ie/high-speed-train-dublin-cork-belfast-5165066-Jul2020/

Sort of sad to see the gangway doors being removed from the #IrishRail 2600s. Added a bit of variety to fairly uniform fleet. Do I have time for a day trip to Cork before they are all gone!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IE_2600_Class#/media/File:Fota_1.jpg