Topic: Iarnród Éireann

Dublin DART recharged with Alstom hitech battery trains

Official from Irish Railways, Iarnród Éireann, have had their first view of a completed X’trapolis commuter rail car. The unveiling was last week at Alstom’s Chorzów facility near Katowice in Poland. The hitch battery-electric multiple...Read more

10-05-2024|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Irish Rail locomotive, which will be converted to run on hydrogen

Irish Rail to trial Europe’s first locomotive to combust hydrogen instead of diesel

Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail), and the Latvian company DIGAS have entered into a contractual agreement aimed at transforming a diesel freight locomotive into one that runs on hydrogen in the same combustion engine a proof-of-concept initiative....Read more

19-09-2023|Comment|author: Emma Dailey

Yellow and green traditional Irish rail color train on the way from Galway city

Busy autumn full of line improvement works for Irish Rail

With record investment in the Republic of Ireland’s rail network under the aegis of a National Development Plan, Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) is currently undertaking a wide range of rail projects. RailTech summarises the line...Read more

18-09-2023|Comment|author: Emma Dailey

Alstom to provide ETCS for Irish Rail’s Cork Area commuter rail

Irish Rail (Iarnród Éireann) has signed contract with Alstom for the installation of ETCS Level 1 and Smartlock Interlocking for Irish Rail’s Cork Area commuter rail this week.Read more

25-08-2023|Comment|author: Emma Dailey